Championship Championship
Regular Season - 12• 24 Oct 2026

Lincoln 4–1 Burnley

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Match Recap

Lincoln didn't just beat Burnley, they buried them, and Mikkel Ladefoged made sure his name was on the headline twice. Burnley actually struck first through Andréas Hountondji in the 39th minute, but Ben House pulled Lincoln level right before the break, and the home side simply didn't stop. Ladefoged's double either side of Dom Jefferies' strike turned a one-goal game into a 4-1 rout inside twenty-two second-half minutes. For a Lincoln side sitting 19th in the Championship with just one win in five, this is the kind of result that can flip a season's mood; for Burnley, 22nd and winless in their last two, it's confirmation that their early-season form slump is spiraling rather than stabilizing. Neither side came in near the goals charts, with W. Lankshear's 16 for the league leader a reminder of how far off both attacks usually sit, which makes this goal fest all the stranger. Watch how Ladefoged turns a scrappy five-minute spell after the restart into the goal that breaks Burnley completely.

Match Statistics

Lincoln
VS
Burnley
61% Ball Possession 39%
1.94 Expected goals (xG) 2.37
21 Total Shots 8
7 Shots on target 4
8 Shots off target 3
6 Blocked Shots 1
12 Shots inside box 7
9 Shots outside box 1
2 Corner Kicks 5
3 Offsides 0
10 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 3
414 Total passes 415
332 Accurate passes 302
9 Free Kicks 10

Lineups

Lincoln
Chris Cohen 4-2-3-1
VS
Burnley
N. Hayen 4-2-3-1

Substitutes — Lincoln

8T. Bayliss 20C. Elder 46J. Gauci 27C. Ogbene 19I. Olaofe 33D. Oyegoke 17R. Street 6R. Towler 24I. Varfolomeev

Substitutes — Burnley

8U. Raghouber 14C. Roberts 22O. Sonne 1M. Weiß 10M. Edwards 30L. Castell 17A. Hountondji 41G. Brierley 48E. Agyei