Lincoln City 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report
League One · Saturday 20 December 2025
Result
Lincoln City 2-1 Cardiff City
League One · Saturday 20 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Lincoln City 2-1 Cardiff City: match report
Lincoln City won against Cardiff City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 20 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Lincoln City's goals came from an own goal by Alex Robertson (40') and Sonny Bradley (67'). Cardiff City scored through Perry Ng (49').
Discipline: Lincoln City received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lincoln City were 4th on 35 points from 20 and Cardiff City 1st on 41 points from 19. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.
Lincoln City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sonny Bradley of Lincoln City (7.9), ahead of Perry Ng (7.7).
Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Cardiff City's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Brian Barry-Murphy
- 22'Yellow card · Tom Hamer
- 34'Yellow card · Conor McGrandles
- 40'Own goal · Alex Robertson
- 44'Yellow card · Omari Kellyman
- 49'Goal · Perry Ng
- 67'Goal · Sonny Bradley
- 80'Yellow card · George Wickens
Team news
Lincoln City line-up (4-4-2)
George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Hamer, Sonny Bradley, Adam Reach, Reeco Hackett, Conor McGrandles, Tom Bayliss, Jack Moylan, Freddie Draper, Rob Street
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matthew Turner, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Dylan Lawlor, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Omari Kellyman, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech