Match Report
Lincoln City went into the game 17th in the table on 5 points; Portsmouth sat 14th on 6 — a 1-point gap. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Lincoln City ran at 0.8 scored and 1.2 conceded, Portsmouth at 1.4 and 1.6.
Portsmouth's winless run stood at 7. The last-five ledger: Lincoln City 9/15, Portsmouth 2/15.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Lincoln City, 2 draws and 7 for Portsmouth, at 2.1 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 30% of the wins in this matchup.
LNER Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,780. The referee was T. Harrington, with 96 matches in our database and 1.8 yellows per game on average. Portsmouth led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Lincoln City: Reeco Hackett (32') · Portsmouth: Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (7'), Adrian Segečić (16'), Ebou Adams (69')
Key stats
Possession: Lincoln City 39% · Portsmouth 61% · Total shots: 15-13 · On target: 4-7 · Corners: 8-3