Lincoln City 1-3 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Lincoln City 1-3 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026, 11:30 UTC · LNER Stadium, Lincoln · half-time 1-2

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Lincoln City 1-3 Portsmouth: match report

Lincoln City were beaten by Portsmouth 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2026 at LNER Stadium. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Ryan Kavuma-McQueen opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Lincoln City's goal came from Reeco Hackett (32', penalty). Portsmouth scored through Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (7'), Adrian Segečić (16') and Ebou Adams (69').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Lincoln City are 17th on 15 points and Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Abu Kamara of Portsmouth (7.8), ahead of Adrian Segečić (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Lincoln City win, 2 draws and 7 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ryan Kavuma-McQueenPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · Adrian SegečićPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 32'Penalty goal · Reeco HackettLincoln City · 1-2
  • 34'Yellow card · Freddie DraperLincoln City
  • 55'Yellow card · Rocco SheinPortsmouth
  • 68'Yellow card · Tom BaylissLincoln City
  • 69'Goal · Ebou AdamsPortsmouth · 1-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Tom HamerLincoln City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
10Portsmouth146441916+322WDWDW
17Lincoln City144371424-1015LDWLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lincoln City 1, draws 2, Portsmouth 7.

Team news

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

George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Hamer, Deji Elerewe, Adam Reach, Conor McGrandles, Ivan Varfolomeev, Reeco Hackett, Ben House, Dom Jefferies, Freddie Draper

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Benjamin Arthur, Conor Shaughnessy, Zak Swanson, Rocco Shein, Marlon Pack, Abu Kamara, Adrian Segečić, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Colby Bishop

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