LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE. AFC Wimbledon tops Lincoln City 1-0 after A. Pressley scored a penalty (5′). Lincoln City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium (Lincoln, Lincolnshire) stadium in Lincoln, Lincolnshire on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Paul Howard who was helped by Alan Clayton and Wayne Grunnill. The 4th official was Trevor Kettle. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.1 degrees Celsius or 77.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lincoln City was in firm control of the ball 62% while AFC Wimbledon was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lincoln City was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, AFC Wimbledon was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Lincoln City shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, AFC Wimbledon shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Lincoln City received 3 yellow cards (L. Montsma, T. Eyoma and L. Fiorini). On the opposite side, AFC Wimbledon received 3 yellow cards (H. Lawrence, A. Hartigan and A. Pressley).

Standings

After playing this match, Lincoln City will stay with 15 points like Cambridge United and Portsmouth to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, AFC Wimbledon will have 17 points like Ipswich Town to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Lincoln City will host Shrewsbury Town on the 30th of October with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Shrewsbury Town (6 draws).

AFC Wimbledon will host Wigan Athletic on the 23rd of October with a 1-1 head to head record.

Lincoln City – Formation

Lincoln City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Michael Appleton decided to play with the following team: Joshua Griffiths (6.5), Timothy Eyoma (6.2), Lewis Montsma (7.6), Joe Walsh (6.8), Jamie Robson (6.6), Lasse Sørensen (6.8), Conor McGrandles (6.1), Lewis Fiorini (7.4), Anthony Scully (6.9), Chris Maguire (7.0) and Teddy Bishop (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Hakeeb Adelakun (6.6), M. Sanders, S. Long, R. Longdon, Dan N’Lundulu (6.3), C. Bramall and Adam Jackson (6.6).

Substitutions

Lincoln City made 3 changes: J. Walsh for A. Jackson (46′), L. Sorensen for H. Adelakun (65′) and C. McGrandles for D. N’Lundulu (77′).

Best player: Lewis Montsma​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lincoln City was Lewis Montsma.

His rating is (7.6) with 78 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 16.

AFC Wimbledon – Formation

AFC Wimbledon started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Mark Robinson played with: Nik Tzanev (8.1), Henry Lawrence (7.1), Paul Kalambayi (6.9), Ben Heneghan (7.8), Nesta Guinness-Walker (6.7), Alex Woodyard (7.2), Anthony Hartigan (6.9), Jack Rudoni (7.0), Luke McCormick (7.2), Ayoub Assal (7.0) and Aaron Pressley (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Z. Oualah, C. Alexander, D. Csóka, D. Charles, Ethan Chislett (6.2) and Paul Osew (6.0).

Substitutions

AFC Wimbledon made 2 changes: L. McCormick for E. Chislett (70′) and A. Assal for P. Osew (79′).

Best player: Nik Tzanev​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Wimbledon was the goalkeeper: Nik Tzanev. His rating is 8.05. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Cambridge United – Sheffield Wednesday – 1-1
• Charlton Athletic – Accrington Stanley – 2-3
• Cheltenham Town – Morecambe – 3-1
• Crewe Alexandra – Sunderland – 0-4
• Fleetwood Town – Burton Albion – 0-1
• Gillingham – Doncaster Rovers – 1-0
• Lincoln City – AFC Wimbledon – 0-1
• Oxford United – Shrewsbury Town – 2-0
• Plymouth Argyle – Bolton Wanderers – 3-0
• Portsmouth – Ipswich Town – 0-4
• Rotherham United – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-0
• Wigan Athletic – Milton Keynes Dons – 1-2