ACCRINGTON. Lincoln City was ultimately too much to handle for Accrington Stanley with the goal of Ben House (24′), S. Roughan (55′) and Teddy Bishop (58′).
The match was played at the Wham Stadium stadium in Accrington on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Sam Purkiss with the assistance of Ivan Stankovic and Simon Clayton. The 4th official was Thomas Parsons. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.5 degrees Celsius or 47.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 7 Total 23
- 3 On Target 7
- 3 Off Target 15
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 86 Attack 106
- 24 Dangerous attack 48
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 10
Fouls
- 12 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Accrington Stanley was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Lincoln City that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lincoln City was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lincoln City won the match.
Accrington Stanley shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Lincoln City shot 23 times, 7 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards (Doug Tharme and Josh Woods). On the opposite side, Lincoln City received 2 yellow cards (Ben House and Paudie O’Connor).
(Accrington Stanley) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (56′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Accrington Stanley will stay with 25 points like Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion and Cambridge United to sit in the 21st place. Talking about the opposition, Lincoln City will have 31 points to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Accrington Stanley will play away against Oxford United on the 6th of May with a 9-7 head to head in favor of Oxford United (7 draws).
Lincoln City will host Shrewsbury Town on the 6th of May with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Shrewsbury Town (8 draws).
Accrington Stanley – Formation
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Accrington Stanley started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager John Coleman decided to play with the following team: Toby Savin, Rosaire Longelo-Mbule, Harvey Rodgers, Ryan Astley, Sean McConville, Liam Coyle, Douglas Tharme, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji, T. Leigh, Shaun James Whalley and Aaron Presley.
The home team had on the bench: Leslie Adekoya, Lukas Jensen, Harrison Perritt, Jack Nolan, Sebastian Quirk, Josh Woods and Dan Martin.
Accrington Stanley could not rely on the presence of Harry Perritt (injured).
Substitutions
Accrington Stanley made 4 changes: R. Astley for Harry Perritt (43′), N. Butler-Oyedeji for Sebastian Quirk (59′), Aaron Pressley for Leslie Adekoya (75′) and Shaun Whalley for Josh Woods (75′).
Lincoln City – Formation
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Lincoln City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Mark Kennedy played with: Carl Rushworth, Adam Jackson, Regan Poole, Paudie O’Connor, Lewis Montsma, Sean Roughan, Teddy Bishop, Ethan Erhahon, Olamide Shodipo, Jack Diamond and Ben House.
These were the players on the bench: Luke Plange, Charles Vernam, Timothy Eyoma, Lasse Sørensen, Jordan Wright, Harry Boyes and Daniel Mandroiu.
Substitutions
Lincoln City made 4 changes: Teddy Bishop for Lasse Sorensen (63′), Olamide Shodipo for Charles Vernam (66′), S. Roughan for Harry Boyes (77′) and Jack Diamond for Luke Plange (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Sheffield Wednesday – Plymouth Argyle – 1-0
- Portsmouth – Barnsley – 1-1
- Port Vale – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-3
- Oxford United – Shrewsbury Town – 0-1
- Forest Green Rovers – Peterborough United – 0-2
- Fleetwood Town – Burton Albion – 2-3
- Exeter City – Charlton Athletic – 1-2
- Derby County – Morecambe – 5-0
- Cambridge United – Ipswich Town – 1-1
- Bristol Rovers – Milton Keynes Dons – 0-2
- Bolton Wanderers – Cheltenham Town – 1-0
- Accrington Stanley – Lincoln City – 0-3