EFL Championship · Matchday 4

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:45:00 UTCLNER StadiumMatchday 4

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Lincoln City 39%Draw 34%Blackburn Rovers 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 CityBlackburn Rovers
40Possession60
18Shots8
1Shots on target2
9Shots off target3
8Blocked shots3
10Shots inside box5
8Shots outside box3
5Corners7
0Offsides2
12Fouls11
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards1
2Saves1
340Passes526
255Accurate passes449

Match events

  • 13'Tom Atcheson
  • 61'Tom Bayliss Ivan Varfolomieiev
  • 61'Frederick Draper Isaac Olaofe
  • 67'Kristi Montgomery Adam Forshaw
  • 68'Oladapo Afolayan Jayden Fevrier
  • 69'Tom Atcheson
  • 69'Tom Atcheson
  • 77'Rob Street
  • 79'Todd Cantwell Jake Garrett
  • 85'Jake Garrett
  • 87'Dominic Jefferies Andrei Coubiș
  • 87'Reeco Hackett-Fairchild Mason Melia
  • 90'Conor McGrandles
  • 90'Adam Forshaw
  • 90'Ryan Alebiosu

Lincoln City · Blackburn Rovers

Starting XI · as it playedRatings are a Pulse estimate

Lincoln City2-5-3
206.9Elder
36.5Reach
146.2McGrandles
86.561'Bayliss
66.5Towler
76.587'Hackett-Fairchild
166.587'Jefferies
176.577'Street
256.9Elerewe
346.561'Draper
17.0Wickens
Blackburn Rovers6-2-2
86.5Morsy
106.579'Cantwell
46.9Ribeiro
216.568'Afolayan
256.9Morishita
96.5Guðjohnsen
156.9McLoughlin
17.0Pears
26.990'Alebiosu
64.7Atcheson
316.967'Montgomery

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Lincoln City

  • 20Callum Elder6.9
  • 3Adam Reach6.5
  • 14Conor McGrandles6.2
  • 8Tom Bayliss6.5
  • 6Ryley Towler6.5
  • 7Reeco Hackett-Fairchild6.5
  • 16Dominic Jefferies6.5
  • 17Rob Street6.5
  • 25Deji Elerewe6.9
  • 34Frederick Draper6.5
  • 1George Wickens7.0

Blackburn Rovers

  • 8Sam Morsy6.5
  • 10Todd Cantwell6.5
  • 4Yuri Ribeiro6.9
  • 21Oladapo Afolayan6.5
  • 25Ryoya Morishita6.9
  • 9Andri Guðjohnsen6.5
  • 15Sean McLoughlin6.9
  • 1Aynsley Pears7.0
  • 2Ryan Alebiosu6.9
  • 6Tom Atcheson4.7
  • 31Kristi Montgomery6.9
Lincoln CityTale of the tapeBlackburn Rovers
2-5-3Formation6-2-2
5 ptsTable5 pts
-2Goal difference-1
0Head-to-head wins0
39%Pre-match odds27%

Head to head1 previous meeting

Lincoln City 0W1D0W Blackburn Rovers

Goals 00

  • 2026-09-01Lincoln City00Blackburn Rovers

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

This seasonother meeting

Where they standIn a 24-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Lincoln City5122-25
Blackburn Rovers5122-15
Lincoln City v Blackburn Rovers — EFL Championship | Factlen