Lincoln City vs Burnley — match summary
England · Championship · kick-off 24 Oct 2026 21:00
Full time · score 4-1
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Lincoln City 17 · Burnley 50
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Lincoln City 59 · Burnley 45
Shots on target 7-4 · corners 2-3 · possession 51-49
NextGOAL tip: Lincoln City +0.25 · 3 stars
Lincoln City and Burnley meet in the Championship under clearly different conditions. The hosts have just won 1-0 at home, but in the three matches before that they lost every one, conceding as many as 11 goals. Burnley, meanwhile, lost 1-2 at home in their latest match, but before that they had just thrashed their opponents 4-0. Lincoln City have scored only 9 goals in 11 matches this season but have already conceded 19, so the defence is a problem that follows them every week. Burnley have scored more and drawn several matches, but their defence is not much tighter than the hosts'. Both teams therefore arrive with similar weaknesses; the difference is that the hosts have the better result from their latest match. This game should be an open exchange in midfield. Lincoln City are likely to sit back and wait to counter from pace around the edge of the box, while Burnley will have more of the ball and try to break into the box. If the hosts score first, the game will favour them even more to defend deep and play long balls on the counter. But if Burnley score first, the hosts will have to open up, which could give an already leaky defence even more gaps for the opposition to exploit.