LINCOLN. Northampton Town topped Lincoln City to win 2-1. It was Northampton Town to strike first with a goal of Jon Guthrie at the 30′. Then Kieron Bowie scored again for Northampton Town in the 58′ minute. Eventually, Timothy Eyoma reduced the distance for Lincoln City (61′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Paudie O’Connor received a red card (76′). This red card was one of the reason why Lincoln City lost the match.
The match was played at the LNER Stadium stadium in Lincoln on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 8,661 spectators. The referee was Matthew Corlett with the collaboration of Scott Williams and David Harrison. The 4th official was Stephen Wade. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 7.77 degrees Celsius or 45.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 12 Total 8
- 3 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 2
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 91 Attack 117
- 40 Dangerous attack 43
- 122 Ball safe 118
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Lincoln City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Northampton Town that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Northampton Town was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Northampton Town won the match.
Lincoln City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Northampton Town shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Lincoln City received 1 yellow card (Teddy Bishop). On the other side, Northampton Town received 6 yellow cards (J. Brady, Tyreece Simpson, Danny Hylton, Akinwale Odimayo, William Hondermarck and Kieron Bowie).
(Lincoln City) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (76′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lincoln City stays with 32 points to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, Northampton Town will has 33 points to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Lincoln City will play away with Blackpool on the 1st of January with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Lincoln City (1 draw).
Northampton Town will play away against Charlton Athletic on the 18th of November with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Charlton Athletic (1 draw).
Lincoln City – Formation
Lincoln City
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Lincoln City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Michael Skubala decided to play with the following team: Lukas Jensen , Timothy Eyoma , Adam Jackson , Paudie O’Connor , Jack Burroughs , Teddy Bishop , Ethan Erhahon , Sean Roughan , Ethan Hamilton , Lasse Sörensen and Hakeeb Adelakun .
The home team had on the bench: Alistair Smith , Jordan Wright, Dylan Duffy , Alex Mitchell, Jovon Makama , Jack Vale and Olamide Shodipo .
Substitutions
Lincoln City made 5 changes: Ethan Erhahon for Olamide Shodipo (72′), Lasse Sörensen for Dylan Duffy (85′), Teddy Bishop for Alistair Smith (86′), Hakeeb Adelakun for Jack Vale (86′) and Jack Burroughs for Jovon Makama (59′).
Player of the match: Ethan Hamilton
The most impressive player for Lincoln City was Ethan Hamilton.
His rating is with 33 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Northampton Town – Formation
Northampton Town
Northampton Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jon Brady played with: Max Thompson , Aaron McGowan , Jordan Willis , Jon Guthrie , Patrick Brough , William Hondermarck , Jack Sowerby , Marc Leonard , Kieron Bowie , Tyreece Simpson and Mitchell Pinnock .
They had on the bench: Lee Burge, Danny Hylton , Emmanuel Monthe , Harvey Lintott, Akinwale Odimayo , Peter Abimbola and Max Dyche.
Substitutions
Northampton Town made 3 changes: Jon Guthrie for Emmanuel Monthe (79′), Kieron Bowie for Akinwale Odimayo (61′) and William Hondermarck for Danny Hylton (82′).
Player of the match: Marc Leonard
The player that probably impressed the most for Northampton Town was Marc Leonard even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 64 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Wigan Athletic – Carlisle United – 2-0
- Port Vale – Blackpool – 3-0
- Peterborough United – Barnsley – 2-2
- Oxford United – Derby County – 2-3
- Lincoln City – Northampton Town – 1-2
- Leyton Orient – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-0
- Fleetwood Town – Bolton Wanderers – 0-2
- Exeter City – Portsmouth – 0-0
- Cheltenham Town – Reading – 2-2
- Burton Albion – Shrewsbury Town – 1-0
- Bristol Rovers – Charlton Athletic – 2-1
