Match report
West Ham thrash ten-man Lincoln 6-0 at Sincil Bank
West Ham won 6-0 at Lincoln in Championship matchday 10 at Sincil Bank, a result that lifted them to fourth in the table on 19 points. Lincoln were reduced to ten men when Thomas Hamer was sent off in the third minute, and Conor McGrandles followed him in the 23rd, leaving the hosts with nine for most of the contest.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The visitors broke through on the stroke of half-time, Konstantinos Mavropanos scoring in the 45th minute from a Jarrod Bowen assist. Within five minutes of the restart the game was effectively gone: Edvin Austbö made it 2-0 in the 48th minute, set up by Joël Piroe, and Bowen added a third in the 50th after a pass from Arne Engels.
Pablo struck in the 75th minute, from an Austbö assist, and Tomáš Souček scored twice in the closing stages, in the 79th and 89th minutes, the first of them created by Bowen. Lincoln, who have now lost three games in a row, finished the night in 18th place on 11 points, 14 places and eight points behind their opponents.
Lincoln travel to Millwall in the Championship on Saturday 17 October, the same day West Ham visit Swansea.
Jarrod Bowen scored once and provided two assists, earning the highest rating of the night at 9.75. Tomáš Souček's two goals brought him 8.81.
West Ham had 32 shots to Lincoln's 5, with 12 of them on target against none for the hosts.
West Ham won 6–0 away against Lincoln (half-time 0–1).
Lincoln met West Ham in the Championship (Regular Season - 10). Kick-off was Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Sincil Bank. Referee: Andrew Kitchen.
Team pages: Lincoln · West Ham · Championship
Key moments
- 3' Red card: Tom Hamer
- 23' Red card: Conor McGrandles
- 45' Goal: Konstantinos Mavropanos (assist: Jarrod Bowen) — 0–1 · Watch Konstantinos Mavropanos's goal video (45')
- 48' Goal: Edvin Austbö (assist: Joël Piroe) — 0–2 · Watch Edvin Austbö's goal video (48')
- 50' Goal: Jarrod Bowen (assist: Arne Engels) — 0–3 · Watch Jarrod Bowen's goal video (50')
- 75' Goal: Pablo (assist: Edvin Austbö) — 0–4 · Watch Pablo's goal video (75')
- 79' Goal: Tomáš Souček (assist: Jarrod Bowen) — 0–5 · Watch Tomáš Souček's goal video (79')
- 89' Goal: Tomáš Souček — 0–6 · Watch Tomáš Souček's goal video (89')
Starting line-ups
Lincoln (4-2-3-1)
West Ham (4-4-1-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Lincoln 35%, the draw 25%, West Ham 40%. It finished Lincoln 0–6 West Ham.
West Ham's higher rating gives them a slight edge — West Ham lead mainly because our strength rating puts them 155 points higher, 1678 to 1523, though Lincoln's recent finishing below their chances pulls the other way, as cold streaks like this have tended to bounce back. The draw starts at 28% for a gap this size but falls to 25%, mostly because both teams' own recent games average 3.2 goals.
Why West Ham at 40%?
West Ham sit 155 points higher on our strength rating — 1678 to 1523. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.9% of 13,835 such games. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.4% norm). Championship homes won 42.9% of 8,470 games vs 44.6% across all 101,177 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 31–24–45.
Why only 40%?
Lincoln sit -0.54 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 38.7% of 2,523 such games where the class table expected 35.8%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,905. The goals environment takes 2.5 points off the draw. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points.
What did we measure but not count?
West Ham have averaged 14 percentage points more possession than Lincoln in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. West Ham scored +0.42 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,834 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 41.3% vs 42.4% 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 Lincoln vs West Ham 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.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Konstantinos Mavropanos's goal against Lincoln (45').
- Watch Edvin Austbö's goal against Lincoln (48').
- Watch Jarrod Bowen's goal against Lincoln (50').
- Watch Pablo's goal against Lincoln (75').
- Watch Tomáš Souček's goal against Lincoln (79').
- Watch Tomáš Souček's goal against Lincoln (89').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Lincoln 0–6 West Ham. Explore more on the Lincoln and West Ham team pages or the Championship page.