Middlesbrough 2–1 Lincoln City

MIDMiddlesbrough

2–1

Full Time

LINLincoln

Will Lankshear 62′
Will Lankshear 90+1′ · assist Riley McGree

Adam Reach 12′ · assist Tendayi Darikwa

Saturday 15 August at 15:00 · Riverside Stadium · Referee Robert Madley

In this match, in a live transfer story

Will LankshearNEW13%

Match stats

76%Possession24%

23Shots10

7Shots on target2

5Big chances1

5Corners5

629

Line-ups

Middlesbrough4-2-2-25-3-2Lincoln

Next meetingLincoln City v MiddlesbroughSat, 6 Mar 2027

We go again

Passes

185

88%Pass accuracy57%

15Tackles18

4Interceptions19

0Saves5

12Fouls12

0Offsides4

0Yellow cards2

How it happened

12′Adam Reach · assist Tendayi Darikwa · away
36′Freddie Draper · away
59′Tanto Olaofe on for Freddie Draper · away
59′Rob Street on for Dom Jefferies · away
62′Will Lankshear · home
63′Max Arfsten on for Neto Borges · home
63′Myles Peart-Harris on for Leo Castledine · home
63′Riley McGree on for Abdoulaye Kanté · home
71′Reeco Hackett on for Ben House · away
71′Jeremy Sarmiento on for Kyle Joseph · home
89′Tanto Olaofe · away
90+1′Will Lankshear · assist Riley McGree · home
90+2′Tom Bayliss on for Adam Reach · away
90+2′Andrei Coubiș on for Tendayi Darikwa · away
90+2′Alfie Jones on for Morgan Whittaker · home

MIDMiddlesbrough4-2-2-2

1Radek Vitek
2Callum Brittain
12Luke Ayling
29Adilson Malanda
30Neto Borges▾ 63′ (Arfsten on)
42Abdoulaye Kanté▾ 63′ (McGree on)
6Sebastian Berhalter
11Morgan Whittaker▾ 90+2′ (Jones on)
19Leo Castledine▾ 63′ (Peart-Harris on)
7Will Lankshear
22Kyle Joseph▾ 71′ (Sarmiento on)

5Alfie Jones▴ 90+2′ for Whittaker

8Riley McGreeA▴ 63′ for Kanté

14Myles Peart-Harris▴ 63′ for Castledine

16Jeremy Sarmiento▴ 71′ for Joseph

17Max Arfsten▴ 63′ for Borges

Bench: George Edmundson, Sol Brynn, Cruz Ibeh, Finley Cartwright

LINLincoln5-3-2

1George Wickens
2Tendayi DarikwaA▾ 90+2′ (Coubiș on)
22Tom Hamer
25Deji Elerewe
6Ryley Towler
3Adam Reach▾ 90+2′ (Bayliss on)
16Dom Jefferies▾ 59′ (Street on)
24Ivan Varfolomeev

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Conor McGrandles

34Freddie Draper▾ 59′ (Olaofe on)

18Ben House▾ 71′ (Hackett on)

4Andrei Coubiș▴ 90+2′ for Darikwa

7Reeco Hackett▴ 71′ for House

8Tom Bayliss▴ 90+2′ for Reach

17Rob Street▴ 59′ for Jefferies

19Tanto Olaofe▴ 59′ for Draper

Bench: Mason Melia, Callum Elder, Josh Honohan, Joe Gauci