Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · LNER Stadium, Lincoln · half-time 0-1

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Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton: match report

Lincoln City drew with Southampton 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 September 2026 at LNER Stadium. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Welington opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Lincoln City's goal came from Mikkel Ladefoged (87'). Southampton scored through Welington (44').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 4 yellow cards; Southampton received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 18th on 4 points from 4 and Southampton 4th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Lincoln City are 17th on 15 points and Southampton are 1st on 28 points.

Lincoln City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Ward-Prowse of Southampton (8.3), ahead of Welington (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Southampton.

Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read D-W-L-L and Southampton's D-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Yellow card · Conor McGrandlesLincoln City
  • 44'Goal · WelingtonSouthampton · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Chris CohenLincoln City
  • 56'Yellow card · Ivan VarfolomeevLincoln City
  • 75'Yellow card · Freddie DraperLincoln City
  • 87'Goal · Mikkel LadefogedLincoln City · 1-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Southampton148422914+1528WDWWD
17Lincoln City144371424-1015LDWLL

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Head-to-head

1 meetings: Lincoln City 0, draws 0, Southampton 1.

Team news

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

George Wickens, Deji Elerewe, Sonny Bradley, Ryley Towler, Andrei Coubiș, Ivan Varfolomeev, Conor McGrandles, Adam Reach, Ben House, Rob Street, Freddie Draper

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

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Jack Stephens, Keven Schlotterbeck, Welington, Flynn Downes, James Ward-Prowse, Kuryu Matsuki, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Cyle Larin

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