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Lincoln vs Portsmouth Match Summary
Competition | English Championship |
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Match Date | Saturday 22 August 2026 |
Match Time | 12:30 UK time |
Venue (City, Stadium) | LNER Stadium |
Broadcast (TV / Streaming / Radio / Bookmaker Streaming) | Sky Sports Football |
A newly promoted side against a struggling one, Lincoln vs Portsmouth pits two teams who both lost their opening Championship outings and badly need a response.
This is Lincoln's first home fixture in the second tier since 1961, arriving on the back of their League One title win last season, sealed with a mighty 103 points.
Portsmouth have their own worries after a chastening 3-1 home defeat to QPR on the opening weekend, with an injury list that keeps on growing ahead of the trip to Lincolnshire.
Portsmouth hold the edge in recent history, winning four of the last six meetings between the sides with the other two drawn, all in League One.
Lincoln vs Portsmouth Form
Lincoln began life back in the Championship with a 2-1 defeat away at Middlesbrough. Adam Reach gave the Imps an early lead, only for Boro to hit back and grab a late winner. The League One champions showed fight but were second best for long spells and sit near the foot of the table.
Portsmouth's return was even more painful, taking the lead through Terry Devlin before conceding three times before the break in a 3-1 home loss to QPR. Colby Bishop leads the line, but Pompey's defending was the story and their mounting injury problems only add to a testing start.
Lincoln vs Portsmouth Lineups & Team News
Injuries & Suspensions
Lincoln: Sonny Bradley (Injured/out), Adam Jackson (Injured/out)
Portsmouth: Connor Ogilvie (Injured/out), Marlon Kosznovszky (Injured/out), Josh Bursik (Injured/out), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (Injured/out), Kusini Anderson (Injured/out), Thomas Waddingham (Injured/out), Josh Farrell (Injured/out), Harvey Blair (Injured/doubtful), Marlon Pack (Injured/doubtful)
Lincoln
The Imps have a near clean bill of health, with only Sonny Bradley and Adam Jackson sidelined. Yunus Konak could make his debut after arriving on loan from Brentford, while Andrei Coubis is in line to start for the first time, slotting into the back five.
Portsmouth
Pompey's problems are stacking up, with seven players ruled out and Harvey Blair and Marlon Pack both doubtful. New loan signing Ryan Kavuma-McQueen could make his full debut on the left, while Josh Murphy returned to the bench against QPR but is not ready to start.
Lincoln vs Portsmouth Predicted Lineup
Lincoln
Formation: 3-5-2
Predicted Starting Lineup: Wickens; Coubis, Elerewe, Hamer; Darikwa, Varfolomeev, McGrandles, Konak, Reach; Draper, House
Portsmouth
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Predicted Starting Lineup: Schmid; Swanson, Shaughnessy, Poole, Devlin; Shein, Adams; Kavuma-McQueen, Segecic, Kamara; Bishop
Lincoln vs Portsmouth Key Stats & Match Facts
Portsmouth are undefeated in their last 6 matches against Lincoln City in all competitions.
Portsmouth have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 away matches against Lincoln City in all competitions.
Across the last six meetings the record reads no home wins, two draws and four Portsmouth wins.
Lincoln managed just 24% possession in their opening-day trip to Middlesbrough.
Portsmouth registered 54% possession and attempted 26 open-play crosses in their opener against QPR.
Lincoln vs Portsmouth Prediction & Best Bets
Our prediction: Home advantage nudges Lincoln in front here, and the projected 2.08-goal total points to a cagey, low-scoring afternoon. We fancy the Imps to edge it, so our prediction is a narrow 2-1 win for the hosts. At 7/5 with Live Score UK, a Lincoln win carries real appeal in a fixture that shapes up tight.
Best Bets
Both Teams To Score - No in Lincoln City vs Portsmouth. The numbers lean towards a low-scoring contest, with the model putting the implied probability of both teams netting at just 41.52%. Portsmouth's shaky finishing and Lincoln's home edge make one clean sheet a genuine possibility.
Under 2.5 Goals in Lincoln City vs Portsmouth. With a projected total of just 2.08 goals, this shapes up as a tight, stubborn affair. Neither side flowed going forward on the opening weekend, and that backs the case for a lower goal count here.
Lincoln vs Portsmouth Bet Builder
Our four-leg bet builder backs a Lincoln win, Freddie Draper to score anytime, both teams to score and Ebou Adams to be shown a card.
Lincoln to win makes sense with home advantage on their side and Portsmouth arriving battered by injuries and low on confidence after their heavy opening-day loss.
Freddie Draper leads the Imps' frontline and is the primary goalscoring option, making him a sensible anytime scorer pick against a leaky Pompey backline.
Both teams to score adds value given Portsmouth still carry a threat through Colby Bishop, and Lincoln are strong at building attacking moves down the wings and generating scoring opportunities of their own.
Ebou Adams plays a physical, high-involvement role in Portsmouth's engine room, so a card for the busy midfielder rounds out the accumulator nicely.
At the time of writing, this bet builder pays a best price of 25/1 and is as short as 18/1 elsewhere. That's a difference in potential winnings of £70 from best to worst price.
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Lincoln vs Portsmouth Talking Points
This is a meeting of two sides trying to steady themselves early. Lincoln, now led by joint head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, are back home in the second tier for the first time in decades and will want to make the LNER Stadium a fortress. Portsmouth, in John Mousinho's third season in charge, are the more experienced Championship outfit but arrive nursing a long injury list and a bruised opening weekend. History favours the visitors, who are undefeated in the last six against Lincoln in all competitions, but the Imps' attacking down the wings and knack for creating scoring opportunities could trouble a Pompey defence that leaked three at home last time out. Something has to give.
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The English Championship match between Lincoln and Portsmouth is being played at LNER Stadium.
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