Lincoln City 1–3 Portsmouth — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 11:30 UTC

Lincoln City

1–3Full-time analysis

Portsmouth

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Portsmouth won 1–3.

Shots: 1513
Shots on target: 57
Expected goals: 2.291.15
Possession: 39%61%

Full time

What the match recorded

Portsmouth beat Lincoln City 3–1. Recorded in this match (Lincoln City – Portsmouth): shots 15–13, shots on target 5–7, expected goals 2.29–1.15, possession 39%–61%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots13 shotsLincoln City 15 shots, Portsmouth 13 shots
Shots on target5 shots7 shotsLincoln City 5 shots, Portsmouth 7 shots
Expected goals2.29 xG1.15 xGLincoln City 2.29 xG, Portsmouth 1.15 xG
Possession39%61%Lincoln City 39%, Portsmouth 61%
Corners8 corners3 cornersLincoln City 8 corners, Portsmouth 3 corners
Fouls17 fouls15 foulsLincoln City 17 fouls, Portsmouth 15 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards1 cardLincoln City 3 cards, Portsmouth 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Lincoln City: 15 shots, 5 on target, 2.28 xG. Portsmouth: 13 shots, 7 on target, 1.13 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Lincoln City 2.28 xG · Portsmouth 1.13 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Lincoln City

2Draws

3Portsmouth

27 Apr 2024Lincoln City — Portsmouth · League One0–2

23 Sept 2023Portsmouth — Lincoln City · League One2–1

18 Feb 2023Lincoln City — Portsmouth · League One0–0

6 Aug 2022Portsmouth — Lincoln City · League One0–0

15 Apr 2022Portsmouth — Lincoln City · League One3–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 6.9 days
Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4