Lincoln City 1-3 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Lincoln City 1-3 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026, 12:30 UTC · LNER Stadium, Lincoln · half-time 0-1

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Lincoln City 1-3 Birmingham City: match report

Lincoln City lost to Birmingham City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2026 at LNER Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

August Priske Flyger opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Lincoln City's goal came from Tom Bayliss (63'). Birmingham City scored through August Priske Flyger (16'), August Priske Flyger (60') and Alex Cochrane (73').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 15th on 15 points from 12 and Birmingham City 7th on 20 points from 12. In the current table Lincoln City are 17th on 15 points and Birmingham City are 3rd on 26 points.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to August Priske Flyger of Birmingham City (8.4), ahead of Alex Cochrane (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · August Priske FlygerBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Mikkel LadefogedLincoln City
  • 27'Yellow card · Liam MillarBirmingham City
  • 32'Yellow card · Ethan LairdBirmingham City
  • 42'Yellow card · Dom JefferiesLincoln City
  • 60'Goal · August Priske FlygerBirmingham City · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Tom BaylissLincoln City · 1-2
  • 73'Goal · Alex CochraneBirmingham City · 1-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Yunus KonakLincoln City
  • 89'Yellow cardLincoln City

Form and table

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3Birmingham City147522613+1326WWLWW
17Lincoln City144371424-1015LDWLL

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Lincoln City 0, draws 0, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

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Lincoln City line-up (4-2-3-1)

George Wickens, Andrei Coubiș, Deji Elerewe, Sonny Bradley, Adam Reach, Yunus Konak, Ivan Varfolomeev, Reeco Hackett, Ben House, Dom Jefferies, Mikkel Ladefoged

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

J. Beadle, Ethan Laird, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Alex Cochrane, Tomoki Iwata, Jhon Solís, Patrick Roberts, Jay Stansfield, Liam Millar, August Priske Flyger

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