Lincoln City 2-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Thursday 22 January 2026

Result

Lincoln City 2-1 Burton Albion

League One · Thursday 22 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Lincoln City 2-1 Burton Albion: match report

Lincoln City beat Burton Albion 2-1 in the League One on Thursday 22 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jack Moylan opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Jack Moylan (35') and Jack Moylan (55'). Burton Albion scored through Jake Beesley (37').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 4 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 2nd on 49 points from 26 and Burton Albion 19th on 30 points from 25. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Moylan of Lincoln City (8.2), ahead of Jake Beesley (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Lincoln City wins, 0 draws and 4 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Jack MoylanLincoln City · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Jake BeesleyBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Jack MoylanLincoln City · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Tom HamerLincoln City
  • 89'Yellow cardLincoln City
  • 89'Yellow card · Alfie LloydLincoln City
  • 90'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaLincoln City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Gary BowyerBurton Albion

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Lincoln City 3, draws 0, Burton Albion 4.

Team news

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

George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Hamer, Sonny Bradley, Adam Reach, Conor McGrandles, Ivan Varfolomeev, Reeco Hackett, Jack Moylan, Rob Street, Freddie Draper

Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Terence Vancooten, Toby Sibbick, Kyran Lofthouse, Dylan Williams, Kegs Chauke, Julian Larsson, Jack Armer, Jake Beesley, Kain Adom