EFL Championship · Matchday 2

Lincoln City
FULL TIME1 – 3
Portsmouth
Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:30:00 UTCLNER StadiumMatchday 2

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Lincoln City 39%Draw 34%Portsmouth 27%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

Lincoln CityPortsmouth
39Possession61
2.29Expected goals (xG)1.15
15Shots13
5Shots on target7
6Shots off target2
4Blocked shots4
11Shots inside box8
4Shots outside box5
8Corners3
9Offsides2
17Fouls15
3Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
4Saves4
219Passes369
140Accurate passes271
64Pass accuracy73

Match events

  • 16'Adrian Segecic
  • 32'Reeco Hackett-Fairchild · penalty
  • 34'Frederick Draper
  • 55'Tendayi Darikwa Andrei Coubiș
  • 55'Rocco Shein
  • 58'Rocco Shein Ebrima Adams
  • 66'Ivan Varfolomieiev Tom Bayliss
  • 66'Dominic Jefferies Rob Street
  • 68'Tom Bayliss
  • 69'Ebrima Adams
  • 71'Tom Hamer
  • 75'Benjamin House Mason Melia
  • 75'Frederick Draper Isaac Olaofe
  • 77'Josh Murphy Marko Milovanović
  • 86'Abu Kamara Luke Brooke-Smith
  • 86'Marlon Pack Josh Knight

Lincoln City · Portsmouth

This timeline is incomplete — our data source is missing at least one goal. It accounts for 12 of a 13 result.

Starting XI · as it playedRatings are a Pulse estimate

Lincoln City2-5-3
36.3Reach
146.3McGrandles
26.355'Darikwa
226.0Hamer
77.3Hackett-Fairchild
166.366'Jefferies
186.375'House
256.3Elerewe
346.075'Draper
15.9Wickens
246.366'Varfolomieiev
Portsmouth2-5-2
16.8Schmid
26.8Arthur
66.8Shaughnessy
76.886'Pack
107.8Segecic
196.558'Shein
226.8Swanson
246.8Devlin
96.8Bishop
116.886'Kamara

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Lincoln City

  • 3Adam Reach6.3
  • 14Conor McGrandles6.3
  • 2Tendayi Darikwa6.3
  • 22Tom Hamer6.0
  • 7Reeco Hackett-Fairchild7.3
  • 16Dominic Jefferies6.3
  • 18Benjamin House6.3
  • 25Deji Elerewe6.3
  • 34Frederick Draper6.0
  • 1George Wickens5.9
  • 24Ivan Varfolomieiev6.3

Portsmouth

  • 9Colby Bishop6.8
  • 7Marlon Pack6.8
  • 6Conor Shaughnessy6.8
  • 22Zak Swanson6.8
  • 10Adrian Segecic7.8
  • 11Abu Kamara6.8
  • 24Terry Devlin6.8
  • 1Nicolas Schmid6.8
  • 19Rocco Shein6.5
  • 2Benjamin Arthur6.8
Lincoln CityTale of the tapePortsmouth
2-5-3Formation
5 ptsTable6 pts
-2Goal difference-1
0Head-to-head wins1
39%Pre-match odds27%

Head to head1 previous meeting

Lincoln City 0W0D1W Portsmouth

Goals 13

  • 2026-08-22Lincoln City13Portsmouth

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

This seasonother meeting

Where they standIn a 24-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Lincoln City5122-25
Portsmouth5203-16
Lincoln City v Portsmouth — EFL Championship | Factlen