Lincoln City 5-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 December 2020

Result

Lincoln City 5-1 Burton Albion

League One · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Lincoln City 5-1 Burton Albion: match report

Lincoln City won against Burton Albion 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 December 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Remy Longdon opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Remy Longdon (4'), B. Johnson (7'), Anthony Scully (56'), B. Johnson (63') and Harry Anderson (81'). Burton Albion scored through Kane Hemmings (74').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 2nd on 35 points from 18 and Burton Albion 24th on 13 points from 19. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 5th with 80 points, and Burton Albion 16th with 57.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burton Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brennan Johnson of Lincoln City (9.1), ahead of Anthony Scully (8.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Remy LongdonLincoln City · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · B. JohnsonLincoln City · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Anthony ScullyLincoln City · 3-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Joe WalshLincoln City
  • 63'Goal · B. JohnsonLincoln City · 4-0
  • 74'Goal · Kane HemmingsBurton Albion · 4-1
  • 80'Yellow card · B. JohnsonLincoln City
  • 81'Goal · Harry AndersonLincoln City · 5-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Lincoln City 2, draws 0, Burton Albion 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Danny RoweBurton Albion · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • Sam HughesBurton Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Alex Palmer, Timothy Eyoma, Lewis Montsma, Joe Walsh, Tayo Edun, J. Jones, Jorge Grant, Remy Longdon, Anthony Scully, Tom Hopper, Brennan Johnson

Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kieran O'Hara, Neal Eardley, John Brayford, Michael Bostwick, Colin Daniel, Ciaran Gilligan, S. Quinn, Ryan Edwards, Joe Powell, Charles Vernam, Lucas Akins