Match Report
| Lincoln City | Lincoln City |  |  | Sunderland | Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Jobson | N. Jobson |  | 52 | G |  | 1 | | G | 64 |  | Alejandro Munoz | A. Munoz | |||||||||
| Alexander Smith | A. Smith | | 63 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 |  | Oscar Silva | O. Silva | |||||||||
| Jon Tiler | J. Tiler | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 | | Stan Andrews | S. Andrews | |||||||||
| Ashley Scholes | A. Scholes | | 52 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | Alan Robson | A. Robson | |||||||||
| Ross Vieira | R. Vieira | | 50 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Graham Rufus | G. Rufus | |||||||||
| John Gardner | J. Gardner | | 58 | M | | 6 | | M | 61 |  | Nikos Lamey | N. Lamey | |||||||||
| Jason Vernazza | J. Vernazza | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 60 | | Bill Lawton | B. Lawton | |||||||||
| Radu Ovidiu | R. Ovidiu |  | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 54 | | Fredrik Carrick | F. Carrick | |||||||||
| Darius Gray | D. Gray | | 58 | A | | 9 | | M | 52 | | Leon Middleton | L. Middleton | |||||||||
| George Mckay | G. Mckay | | 51 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 |  | Tommaso Greco | T. Greco | |||||||||
| Ralph Burbage | R. Burbage | | 40 | A | | 11 | | A | 59 | | Mervin Blake | M. Blake | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Sincil Bank where Lincoln City play host to Sunderland. A crowd of 4,582 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Lincoln City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Lincoln City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Lincoln City kicking off!
12.17
0-0Bill Lawton chips the ball to his team mate, Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It curls slightly but Nigel Jobson manages to gather it comfortably.
18.18
0-0Stan Andrews deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nikos Lamey. Nikos Lamey controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco shoots from long range but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
22.08
Radu Ovidiu brings the ball forward. Radu Ovidiu plays a perfect one-two with Ralph Burbage and rushes in on goal... Radu Ovidiu tries a spectacular strike but it flies wide!
28.10
Stan Andrews knocks the ball to his team mate, Fredrik Carrick. Fredrik Carrick makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mervin Blake. Mervin Blake shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
32.41
Jason Vernazza threads the ball through to George Mckay. George Mckay plays a perfect one-two with Ralph Burbage and rushes in on goal... George Mckay makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
36.21
Nikos Lamey chips the ball to his team mate, Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but Nigel Jobson is on top of it.
45.00
0-0Leon Middleton barges into John Gardner. The referee calls over Leon Middleton and warns him to calm down! John Gardner hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Sunderland get the second half underway!
49.05
0-0Jon Tiler flicks the ball to his team mate, Radu Ovidiu. Radu Ovidiu knocks the ball to his team mate, Ralph Burbage. Ralph Burbage knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Alan Robson.
59.28
Stan Andrews passes the ball forward to Bill Lawton. Bill Lawton threads the ball through to Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco finds some space and shoots from distance. Nigel Jobson easily smothers it.
63.06
0-1Graham Rufus controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Fredrik Carrick. Fredrik Carrick makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
66.18
Jon Tiler makes a probing pass to Jason Vernazza. Jason Vernazza flicks the ball to his team mate, Darius Gray. Darius Gray knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Alejandro Munoz who gathers it comfortably.
67.36
Radu Ovidiu makes a simple pass to Ralph Burbage. Ralph Burbage knocks the ball forward to Darius Gray. Darius Gray shoots from just inside the box. It curls slightly but Alejandro Munoz manages to gather it comfortably.
71.26
Alexander Smith takes it forward alone. Alexander Smith deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ralph Burbage. Ralph Burbage plays a perfect one-two with George Mckay and rushes in on goal... Ralph Burbage makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
79.23
John Gardner deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ralph Burbage. Ralph Burbage knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Graham Rufus.
84.28
Ashley Scholes knocks the ball forward to Radu Ovidiu. Radu Ovidiu flicks the ball to his team mate, George Mckay. George Mckay goes all the way! George Mckay rockets a shot on goal. Magnificent save by Alejandro Munoz!
85.05
Alexander Smith flicks the ball to his team mate, John Gardner. John Gardner flicks the ball to his team mate, Ralph Burbage. Ralph Burbage finds some space and shoots from distance but Alejandro Munoz is on top of it.
89.40
Nikos Lamey makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
John Gardner knocks the ball to his team mate, Darius Gray. Darius Gray controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
4
4
Shots off Target
3
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.3%
44.7%
Play Area
23.7%
51.3%
25%
Scorers