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# Middlesbrough 2-1 Lincoln

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 15 Aug 15:00
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 1
- **Venue:** Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 12' | Normal Goal | A. Reach (T. Darikwa) | Lincoln |
| 36' | Yellow Card | F. Draper | Lincoln |
| 59' | Substitution 1 | F. Draper (on for T. Olaofe) | Lincoln |
| 59' | Substitution 2 | D. Jefferies (on for R. Street) | Lincoln |
| 62' | Normal Goal | W. Lankshear | Middlesbrough |
| 63' | Substitution 1 | A. Kante (on for R. McGree) | Middlesbrough |
| 63' | Substitution 2 | L. Castledine (on for M. Peart-Harris) | Middlesbrough |
| 63' | Substitution 3 | Neto Borges (on for M. Arfsten) | Middlesbrough |
| 71' | Substitution 4 | K. Joseph (on for J. Sarmiento) | Middlesbrough |
| 71' | Substitution 3 | B. House (on for R. Hackett-Fairchild) | Lincoln |
| 89' | Yellow Card | T. Olaofe | Lincoln |
| 90+1' | Normal Goal | W. Lankshear (R. McGree) | Middlesbrough |
| 90+2' | Substitution 4 | A. Reach (on for T. Bayliss) | Lincoln |
| 90+2' | Substitution 5 | T. Darikwa (on for A. Coubis) | Lincoln |
| 90+2' | Substitution 5 | M. Whittaker (on for A. Jones) | Middlesbrough |

## Statistics

| Stat | Middlesbrough | Lincoln |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 7 | 2 |
| Shots off Goal | 7 | 4 |
| Total Shots | 22 | 10 |
| Blocked Shots | 8 | 4 |
| Shots insidebox | 13 | 7 |
| Shots outsidebox | 9 | 3 |
| Fouls | 12 | 11 |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 5 |
| Offsides | 0 | 4 |
| Ball Possession | 78% | 22% |
| Yellow Cards | 0 | 2 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 0 | 5 |
| Total passes | 623 | 172 |
| Passes accurate | 553 | 98 |
| Passes % | 89% | 57% |
| expected_goals | 2.26 | 0.62 |
| goals_prevented | 0.81 | 0.81 |

## Middlesbrough Lineup (4-2-2-2)

**Starting XI:** Radek Vitek (1), Callum Brittain (2), Luke Ayling (12), Adilson Malanda (29), Neto Borges (30), Abdoulaye Kanté (42), Sebastian Berhalter (6), Morgan Whittaker (11), Leo Castledine (19), Will Lankshear (7), Kyle Joseph (22)

**Substitutes:** Maximilian Arfsten (17), Myles Peart-Harris (14), Riley McGree (8), Jeremy Sarmiento (16), Solomon Brynn (31), George Edmundson (25), Alfie Jones (5), Finlay Cartwright (46), Cruz Ibeh (44)


## Lincoln Lineup (5-3-2)

**Starting XI:** George Wickens (1), Tendayi Darikwa (2), Thomas Hamer (22), Deji Elerewe (25), Ryley Towler (6), Adam Reach (3), Dom Jefferies (16), Ivan Varfolomeev (24), Conor McGrandles (14), Freddie Draper (34), Ben House (18)

**Substitutes:** Isaac Olaofe (19), Robert Street (17), Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (7), Joe Gauci (46), Andrei Coubiș (4), Joshua Honohan (23), Tom Bayliss (8), Callum Elder (20), Mason Melia (10)