Lincoln City vs West Ham United, 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Lincoln City

3': Thomas Hamer
23': Conor McGrandles

FT
0 - 6

West Ham United

45': Konstantinos Mavropanos
48': Edvin Austbø
50': Jarrod Bowen
75': Pablo
79': Tomás Soucek
89': Tomás Soucek

About

Lincoln City are hosting West Ham United at LNER Stadium, Lincoln, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Mohamadou Kanté (West Ham United).
3': Attempt missed. Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) header from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by George Wickens following a set piece situation.
3': Foul by Tom Hamer (Lincoln City).
3': Joël Veltman (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
3': Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) is shown the red card.
5': Sonny Bradley (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Joël Piroe (West Ham United).
6': Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Pablo (West Ham United).
7': Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Mohamadou Kanté (West Ham United).
8': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Callum Elder.
10': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Manor Solomon.
11': Attempt missed. Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
12': Attempt missed. Pablo (West Ham United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamadou Kanté.
13': Foul by Daniel Oyegoke (Lincoln City).
13': Morato (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
14': Offside, West Ham United. Pablo is caught offside.
16': Chiedozie Ogbene (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
16': Foul by Manor Solomon (West Ham United).
19': Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Pablo (West Ham United).
19': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Arne Engels.
20': Attempt blocked. Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
21': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Callum Elder.
22': Attempt missed. Mohamadou Kanté (West Ham United) header from very close range is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
22': Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Foul by Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
23': Foul by Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City).
23': Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City) is shown the red card.
25': Attempt missed. Arne Engels (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
26': Attempt missed. Ben House (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
27': Offside, West Ham United. Joël Piroe is caught offside.
29': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Deji Elerewe.
30': Offside, West Ham United. Arne Engels is caught offside.
31': Foul by Freddie Draper (Lincoln City).
31': Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Arne Engels.
35': Attempt blocked. Arne Engels (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Morato.
37': Attempt missed. Joël Piroe (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
38': Attempt blocked. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo with a headed pass.
38': Attempt saved. Joël Veltman (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by George Wickens (Lincoln City).
39': Attempt missed. Manor Solomon (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross.
39': Chiedozie Ogbene (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Manor Solomon (West Ham United).
41': Attempt blocked. Pablo (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manor Solomon.
42': Attempt saved. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Manor Solomon.
42': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ivan Varfolomeev.
44': Attempt blocked. Maximilian Kilman (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manor Solomon.
44': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ben House.
45': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Sonny Bradley.
45': Goal! Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 1. Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45'+4': First Half ends, Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 1.
45': Substitution, Lincoln City. Ryley Towler replaces Chiedozie Ogbene.
45': Substitution, Lincoln City. Rob Street replaces Freddie Draper.
45': Substitution, West Ham United. Edvin Austbø replaces Morato.
45': Second Half begins Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 1.
48': Attempt blocked. Edvin Austbø (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Kilman.
48': Attempt blocked. Maximilian Kilman (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
48': Goal! Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 2. Edvin Austbø (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joël Piroe.
50': Goal! Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 3. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arne Engels.
51': Daniel Oyegoke (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
51': Foul by Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
51': Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Daniel Oyegoke.
57': Attempt blocked. Arne Engels (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manor Solomon.
57': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ben House.
58': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Rob Street.
58': Ben House (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Maximilian Kilman (West Ham United).
58': Substitution, West Ham United. Valentín Castellanos replaces Manor Solomon.
58': Substitution, West Ham United. Airidas Golambeckis replaces Konstantinos Mavropanos.
60': Ben House (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
60': Rob Street (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Foul by Edvin Austbø (West Ham United).
61': Attempt missed. Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Callum Elder with a cross following a set piece situation.
63': Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
63': Substitution, Lincoln City. Andrei Coubis replaces Sonny Bradley.
64': Substitution, Lincoln City. Yunus Konak replaces Ben House.
64': Foul by Andrei Coubis (Lincoln City).
64': Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Attempt blocked. Pablo (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
65': Attempt missed. Maximilian Kilman (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
66': Substitution, West Ham United. Kyle Walker-Peters replaces Joël Veltman.
66': Substitution, West Ham United. Tomás Soucek replaces Arne Engels.
67': Attempt blocked. Mohamadou Kanté (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
69': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a through ball.
70': Offside, West Ham United. Kyle Walker-Peters is caught offside.
71': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Airidas Golambeckis.
72': Foul by Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City).
72': Kyle Walker-Peters (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
73': Substitution, Lincoln City. Tom Bayliss replaces Ivan Varfolomeev.
74': Attempt blocked. Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Edvin Austbø with a cross.
74': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Deji Elerewe.
75': Goal! Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 4. Pablo (West Ham United) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Edvin Austbø with a cross following a corner.
76': Attempt saved. Edvin Austbø (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Maximilian Kilman.
78': Attempt missed. Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
78': Attempt missed. Mohamadou Kanté (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
79': Goal! Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 5. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
84': Callum Elder (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Foul by Pablo (West Ham United).
86': Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
87': Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Joël Piroe.
88': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Callum Elder.
89': Goal! Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 6. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
90': Foul by Yunus Konak (Lincoln City).
90': Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+1': Foul by Pablo (West Ham United).
90'+1': Pablo (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Offside, West Ham United. Valentín Castellanos is caught offside.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 6.
0': Match ends, Lincoln City 0, West Ham United 6.

Statistics

WHU		LCN
14	Fouls	7
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	2
5	Offsides	0
11	Corner Kicks	3
0	Saves	5
82.8	Possession	17.2
32	SHOTS	5
12	ON GOAL	0
0.4	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
556	Accurate Passes	62
610	Passes	120
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.5
11	Accurate Crosses	4
38	Crosses	13
0.3	Cross %	0.3
17	Long Balls	53
8	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
9	Blocked Shots	1
6	Effective Tackles	6
12	Tackles	9
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
3	Interceptions	8
23	Effective Clearances	38
23	Clearances	38

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: LNER Stadium
Location: Lincoln, England
Attendance: 10,605

Line-Ups

Lincoln City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	George Wickens (GK)
15	Sonny Bradley
22	Thomas Hamer
20	Callum Elder
25	Ayodeji Elerewe
33	Daniel Oyegoke
24	Ivan Varfolomeev
14	Conor McGrandles
34	Freddie Draper
18	Ben House
27	Chiedozie Ogbene

Lincoln City Substitutes:

Dom Jefferies, Ryley Towler, Yunus Konak, Tom Bayliss, Mikkel Ladefoged, Robert Street, Joe Gauci, Andrei Coubis, Adam Reach.

West Ham United (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
1	Mads Hermansen (GK)
3	Max Kilman
15	Konstantinos Mavropanos
5	Morato
34	Joël Veltman
17	Mohamadou Kanté
7	Arne Engels
10	Manor Solomon
20	Jarrod Bowen
9	Joël Piroe
19	Pablo

West Ham United Substitutes:

Alphonse Areola, Divine Mukasa, Lewis Orford, Tomás Soucek, Valentín Castellanos, Kyle Walker-Peters, Edvin Austbø, Airidas Golambeckis, Oliver Scarles.

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