The Imps take on Sunderland at Sincil Bank in League One this afternoon. This match will be refereed by Charles Breakspear. Kick-off is at 15:00 and team news will be provided below once we have it.
If you would like to get involved with the conversation on 100% Imps, you can join our Lincoln City v Sunderland Match Thread! We have also published a Lincoln City v Sunderland Quiz, which can be found at the bottom of the page. Every page view helps raise money for Lincoln City Football Club!
Ahead of this match, we have published a summary of what Michael Appleton said yesterday, 3 things Chesterimp thinks The Imps need to do to win and a Q&A with a couple of Sunderland supporters.
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Referee:Β Charles Breakspear.
Assistants Refs:Β Wayne Grunnill and Stephen Brown.
Fourth Official:Β Declan Bourne.
Have a go at our Lincoln City v Sunderland Quiz below:
Views from the Match Thread ahead of kick-off:
JT_LCFC:Β “Interested how Sunderland setup, sounds like Johnson likes to press. They do have a lot more experience and a massive budget in comparison to ourselves.
Personally though if we are on it, I can see us out running these.”
sedgleyimp:Β “Tough game again but possibly one that suits us with the pace available in the team. Can’t see Sunderland with a new manager sitting back and just coming for a point. Will allow us to counter-attack with pace. An early goal would be very welcome.”
hulloutpost:Β “I hope nobody simply expects this to go as smoothly as it did against Shrewsbury reserves in midweek. We shouldn’t fear Sunderland or have an inferiority complex either as the players have earnt the right for us to have confidence about today.
However, Sunderland are still a well-resourced club, in the top half of the division, with a new manager at the helm and it will take a good performance to emerge with one or three points.
It’s important to rack up as many points as we can while we are in this rich vein of form as personally, I feel there is a potential fragility to our position. A combination of injuries, small squad and the uncertainty of the impending transfer window could all have an impact over the next couple of months.
That would be harsh on this group of players who have massively overachieved on performance levels and come together in such a short space of time. So let’s keep our feet on the ground, appreciate what MA and the players are doing and have our fingers crossed that they can keep exceeding expectations.”
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln1) December 12, 2020
