Bristol City vs Lincoln — Championship: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow1 clip- 14′Lincoln, yellow card:Foul
- 28′Bristol City, yellow card:Foul
- 37′Lincoln, yellow card:Foul
- 41′Bristol City, yellow card:Persistent fouling
- 45′Lincoln, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 53′Lincoln, goal:0–1assist
- 59′Bristol City, substitution:off
- 63′Lincoln, substitution:off
- 68′Lincoln, yellow card:Foul
- 69′Lincoln, yellow card:Time wasting
- 71′Lincoln, substitution:off
- 71′Lincoln, substitution:off
- 76′Bristol City, substitution:off
- 76′Bristol City, substitution:off
- 76′Bristol City, substitution:off
- 86′Bristol City, substitution:off
- 90+6′Lincoln, substitution:off
- Full-time0 – 1
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Draper strike gives Lincoln win at Bristol City despite dominant hosts
Bristol City suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Lincoln in a Championship fixture at Ashton Gate Stadium, with the visitors making their dominance in possession count for little as Tom Shaw's side snatched the points on the counter. The result leaves M. Skubala's side 13th after seven games, while Lincoln climbed to ninth.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half finished goalless despite Bristol City controlling the game for long spells, but Lincoln struck early in the second period. Frederick Draper converted a chance created by Benjamin House in the 53rd minute to make it 0-1, and that single moment proved decisive as the scoreline held firm for the remainder of the contest.
Bristol City dominated territory and chances, racking up 18 shots to Lincoln's nine and forcing four efforts on target compared with three for the visitors, while also winning 13 corners to four. Discipline was a feature too, with Lincoln picking up five yellow cards against two for the hosts, yet none of it was enough to prevent Shaw's team from holding on for victory.
Frederick Draper scored the only goal of the match in the 53rd minute and earned the highest rating on the pitch at 7.91, with Benjamin House's assist also among the standout contributions for Lincoln.
Bristol City enjoyed 67% of possession yet could not turn that control into a positive result.
Lincoln won 1–0 away against Bristol City (half-time 0–0).
Bristol City met Lincoln in the Championship (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 18:45 UTC at Ashton Gate Stadium. Referee: Tim Robinson.
Team pages: Bristol City · Lincoln · Championship
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- 53' Goal: Freddie Draper (assist: Ben House) — 0–1 · Watch Freddie Draper's goal video (53')
Starting line-ups
Bristol City (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Sam Tickle
- 3 Cameron Pring
- 2 Lisav Eissat
- 16 Robert Dickie
- 21 Rio Cardines
- 27 Gibson Yah
- 12 Jason Knight (c)
- 7 Yu Hirakawa
- 10 Scott Twine
- 17 Jed Wallace
- 9 Lorent Tolaj
Lincoln (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Bristol City 19%, the draw 26%, Lincoln 55%. It finished Bristol City 0–1 Lincoln.
Lincoln's rating gap outweighs Bristol City's home ground — Lincoln are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and their cold finishing due to recover plus a weak Championship home advantage on top give Lincoln a clear lead. The draw at 26% is helped by a draw-heavy league.
Why Lincoln at 55%?
Lincoln sit 209 points higher on our strength rating — 1477 to 1686. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 6,091 such games. Lincoln sit -0.62 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.9% of 2,445 such games where the class table expected 36.3%. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 24.9% norm). Championship homes won 43.0% of 8,436 games vs 44.9% across all 100,217 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 25–28–47.
Why only 55%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 55% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 26% and Bristol City at 19%.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.0%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,094. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 2.0 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Bristol City average 10 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 209 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Bristol City scored +0.45 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,870 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Bristol City vs Lincoln final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Championship fixture.
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