Lincoln vs Burnley 4-1

Lincoln beat Burnley 4-1 at Sincil Bank after a match that was level at half-time. Mikkel Ladefoged’s second goal and a strike from Ben House turned it after the break.

Burnley went ahead in the 39th minute when Andréas Hountondji, who had come on in the 13th minute, finished from Lucas Pires Silva. Lincoln levelled three minutes into first-half stoppage time through Ben House from Andrei Coubiș, and it was 1-1 at the break.

Lincoln took control immediately after the restart. Mikkel Ladefoged made it 2-1 on 49 minutes, Dom Jefferies added a third in the 57th minute and Ladefoged then made it 4-1 in the 67th minute, with House providing the assist for his second of the match. Burnley made two changes on 74 minutes and Lincoln made three on 81, before another two home substitutions on 89 minutes. Marcus Edwards missed a Burnley penalty on 84 minutes.

The numbers pointed to a close match in possession and a wider gap in the final-third work. Lincoln had 51% of the ball to Burnley’s 49, with 411 passes to 414, but they had 21 shots to Burnley’s 7 and 7 on target to 4. Burnley won 5 corners to 2 and had the better xG at 2.36 to 2.05. Lincoln were caught offside 3 times and Burnley once, while Burnley made 3 saves to Lincoln’s 2.

There was one booking for each side. Grégoire Coudert was booked for Burnley in the 67th minute and Ben House for Lincoln in the 73rd minute.