Lincoln vs West Ham 0-6

West Ham won 6-0 at Lincoln after the hosts were reduced to nine men inside 23 minutes, then conceded once before half-time and five more after it. Konstantinos Mavropanos opened the scoring on 45 minutes and the visitors kept pulling away once the second half began.

Lincoln were down to 10 men in the third minute when Thomas Hamer was sent off, then to nine in the 23rd minute after Conor McGrandles was dismissed. West Ham broke through in the 45th minute, when Mavropanos headed in from Jarrod Bowen to make it 1-0. The interval came with Lincoln 0-1 West Ham.

West Ham made two changes at half-time and immediately stretched clear. Edvin Austbö, who had come on in the 45th minute, scored on 48 minutes from Joel Piroe’s assist to make it 2-0, and Bowen added the third on 50 minutes from Arne Engels. West Ham made two more changes on 58 minutes, then another two on 66 minutes, and the goals kept coming: Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus made it 4-0 on 75 minutes from Austbö, Tomáš Souček, who had come on in the 66th minute, scored on 79 minutes from Bowen and then added his second of the match on 89 minutes to seal it.

The numbers backed the scoreline. West Ham had 83% of the ball and 608 passes to Lincoln’s 120, with 33 shots and 12 on target against Lincoln’s five and none. They also won 11 corners to three, had 3.23 expected goals to 0.39, and finished with five offsides to Lincoln’s none. Lincoln made five saves, while West Ham made none.

Lincoln were shown two red cards, to Hamer on 3 minutes and McGrandles on 23 minutes. West Ham collected two yellow cards, with Konstantinos Mavropanos booked on 51 minutes and Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus on 90+1 minutes.