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Stevenage 1-0 Lincoln City: Post-Match Views & Stats

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The Imps have lost 1-0 at The Lamex Stadium versus Stevenage Town in League One this afternoon, in a game of two halves. City dominated the first half but failed to score, while the hosts made changes at the break and were the better side in the second half.

Get involved with our post-match threads: Nominate Your Man of The Match, Rate The Players and Rate The Ref!

Post-match reaction from the Match Thread:

APHLCFC: “Dreadful. They’ve absolutely battered us. A proper league one side. Strong, quick, direct. No unnecessary passes, no slowing the game down.

We had zero creativity, we look like we’re going to concede every time the ball goes in the box despite having 3 centre halves and a giant in goal.

Midfield constantly outnumbered and never have a forward passing option.

The ball never sticks up front, opposition central defenders can just hang their kit up and put it back on next week.

Clearly not to blame, but MS has a big job on, he’s the 3rd bloke to have a go this year and none of them have managed to get us close to competent at defending set pieces. There’s no leaders on the pitch, nobody dragging people into position, it’s all too nice.

But at least we dominated possession.”

PortMacImp: “We struggled to cope with the intensity and physicality of Stevenage in the second half.

If we can acquire a goal threat this team will be better able to exploit the times in games when we are dominating the play as in many periods throughout the first half.

Some positives for Michael Skubala to take into the coming weeks.

Someone needs to let Michael Hortin know that is Skubala, not Skubula.”

PerthImp: “Out-physicalled by Stevenage in the second half. Considering we aren’t really a physical side we did OK. Stevenage only scored with a scrappy scramble from within the 6 yard box, which is what they do – smothering and mugging and bullying. Promising signs though and I look forward to what Michael Skuballa brings to the side if the first half was anything to go by. What worries me now is if Vale is injured, looks like we are relying on Adelukan again on Tuesday night. Not too disheartened. Give us two or three players back and a couple of weeks under the new coach and we should be OK from what I’ve seen today.”

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What date was this match?

Stevenage
1 – 0
Lincoln City

The Lamex Stadium

League One

18/11/2023 4:00 pm

Attendance: 5045

Referee: Scott Simpson

Stevenage Lincoln City
Reid 68'
1. Ashby-Hammond 1. Jensen
2. Piergianni (c)
 
22. Eyoma 85'
15. Vancooten 5. Jackson (c)
 
2. Wildin 25. Mitchell
10. Freeman 45' 2. Sørensen
3. Butler 16. Burroughs 85'
7. MacDonald 45' 11. Hamilton
17. Burns 6. Erhahon
11. Roberts 90+4' 29. Vale 61'
29. Hemmings 8. Smith 65'
19. Reid 14. Mândroiu

Substitutes

4. N. Thompson 12. Wright (GK)
8. Forster-Caskey 45' 3. Brown 85'
9. List 90+4' 21. Adelakun 61'
24. B. Thompson 45' 99. Okwewoye
23. L. Thompson 30. Shodipo
50. Woodford 17. Duffy 65'
20. Pressley 27. Makama 85'

Game Statistics

15 Goal attempts 4
5 On Target 2
6 Corners 4
11 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
43 % 57

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