Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley · Championship
Lincoln City beat Burnley 4-1 in the Championship. Goals: A. Hountondji 39', B. House 45+3', M. Ladefoged 49', D. Jefferies 57', M. Ladefoged 67'. Expected goals (xG): Lincoln City 1.1, Burnley 0.8. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Lincoln City and Burnley met in the Championship at Sincil Bank in Lincoln on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
Goalscorers
Lincoln City: B. House 45'; M. Ladefoged 49', 67'; D. Jefferies 57'. Burnley: A. Hountondji 39'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 50% to 50%. Lincoln City had 21 shots with 7 on target, Burnley 8 with 4 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 2 to Lincoln City and 5 to Burnley. Lincoln City conceded 10 fouls, Burnley 9. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Lincoln City, 1 for Burnley).
Line-ups
Lincoln City started in a 4-2-3-1: George Wickens, Andrei Coubiș, Deji Elerewe, Sonny Bradley, Adam Reach, Yunus Konak, Conor McGrandles, Reeco Hackett-Fairchild, Ben House, Dom Jefferies, Mikkel Ladefoged.
Burnley started in a 4-2-3-1: Grégoire Coudert, Kyle Walker, Hjalmar Ekdal, Igor Júlio, Lucas Pires, Max Alleyne, Reo Hatate, Largie Ramazani, Josh Laurent, Dastan Satpaev, Armando Broja.
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Minute by minute
- 39'Goal! Lincoln City 0-1 Burnley. A. Hountondji (Burnley) scores, assisted by L. Pires.
- 45+3'Goal! Lincoln City 1-1 Burnley. B. House (Lincoln City) scores, assisted by A. Coubiș.
- 45'Half-time. Lincoln City 1-1 Burnley.
- 49'Goal! Lincoln City 2-1 Burnley. M. Ladefoged (Lincoln City) scores.
- 57'Goal! Lincoln City 3-1 Burnley. D. Jefferies (Lincoln City) scores.
- 67'Goal! Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley. M. Ladefoged (Lincoln City) scores, assisted by B. House.
- 84'Penalty missed! M. Edwards (Burnley), saved.
- 90'Full-time. Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley.
Full commentary (58 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Lincoln City vs Burnley.
- 4'Offside, Lincoln City.
- 7'Attempt saved. R. Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 13'Substitution, Burnley: A. Hountondji comes on for A. Broja.
- 19'Attempt missed. A. Reach (Lincoln City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 19'Attempt blocked. A. Reach (Lincoln City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 19'Attempt blocked. D. Jefferies (Lincoln City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 22'Offside, Lincoln City.
- 24'Corner, Burnley.
- 24'Cleared off the line! M. Alleyne (Burnley), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.14.
- 32'Attempt blocked. R. Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 32'Attempt blocked. D. Jefferies (Lincoln City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 34'Attempt saved. D. Satpayev (Burnley), left-footed shot. xG 0.28.
- 38'Corner, Burnley.
- 39'Goal! Lincoln City 0-1 Burnley. A. Hountondji (Burnley) scores, assisted by L. Pires.
- 42'Attempt missed. C. McGrandles (Lincoln City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 45'Attempt blocked. L. Ramazani (Burnley), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
- 45'Corner, Burnley.
- 45'4 minutes of added time.
- 45+3'Goal! Lincoln City 1-1 Burnley. B. House (Lincoln City) scores, assisted by A. Coubiș.
- 45+4'Attempt missed. L. Ramazani (Burnley), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 45'Half-time. Lincoln City 1-1 Burnley.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Burnley: C. Roberts comes on for K. Walker.
- 47'Attempt missed. B. House (Lincoln City), header. xG 0.03.
- 48'Attempt missed. M. Ladefoged (Lincoln City), left-footed shot. xG 0.17.
- 49'Attempt blocked. D. Jefferies (Lincoln City), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 49'Goal! Lincoln City 2-1 Burnley. M. Ladefoged (Lincoln City) scores.
- 54'Attempt saved. B. House (Lincoln City), header. xG 0.07.
- 56'Attempt blocked. Y. Konak (Lincoln City), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.01.
- 56'Corner, Lincoln City.
- 56'Corner, Burnley.
- 57'Goal! Lincoln City 3-1 Burnley. D. Jefferies (Lincoln City) scores.
- 59'Substitution, Burnley: O. Sonne comes on for D. Satpayev.
- 61'Attempt saved. D. Jefferies (Lincoln City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 67'Attempt missed. M. Ladefoged (Lincoln City), header. xG 0.12.
- 67'Goal! Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley. M. Ladefoged (Lincoln City) scores, assisted by B. House.
- 67'Yellow card for G. Coudert (Burnley) for argument.
- 73'Yellow card for B. House (Lincoln City) for foul.
- 74'Substitution, Burnley: U. Raghouber comes on for R. Hatate.
- 74'Substitution, Burnley: M. Edwards comes on for M. Alleyne.
- 76'Off the woodwork! A. Hountondji (Burnley), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.25.
- 81'Substitution, Lincoln City: C. Ogbene comes on for R. Hackett-Fairchild.
- 81'Substitution, Lincoln City: R. Street comes on for M. Ladefoged.
- 81'Substitution, Lincoln City: R. Towler comes on for S. Bradley.
- 81'Attempt missed. G. Wickens (Lincoln City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.01.
- 82'Offside, Lincoln City.
- 84'Penalty missed! M. Edwards (Burnley), saved.
- 89'Substitution, Lincoln City: D. Oyegoke comes on for D. Jefferies.
- 89'Substitution, Lincoln City: V. Ivan comes on for C. McGrandles.
- 90'Corner, Lincoln City.
- 90'Attempt missed. D. Elerewe (Lincoln City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.20.
- 90'Off the woodwork! R. Street (Lincoln City), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+3'Corner, Burnley.
- 90+3'Corner, Burnley.
- 90+5'Attempt missed. U. Raghouber (Burnley), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 90'Full-time. Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley.