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Lincoln City vs Chelsea (2025-09-23T18:45:00.000Z)

EFL Cup Round 3
  • LNER Stadium
  • Matt Donohue
1 - 2Full time

Lincoln City vs Chelsea (2025-09-23T18:45:00.000Z)


Match review

Lincoln City 1-2 Chelsea: George stars in second-half fightback

Despite a dismal first-half display, Chelsea laboured to a 2-1 victory over Lincoln City to progress to the fourth round of the EFL Cup.


Momentum

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Events

22’
Andrey Santos
Robert Street (1 - 0)assist by Ivan Varfolomeev
42’
HT 1 - 0
48’
90’+3
FT 1 - 2
6.5

Lincoln City

5-3-2

6.9

Chelsea

4-2-3-1
6.5
Lincoln City
5-3-2
5.2
13Jeacock
6.9
Chelsea
4-2-3-1

Coach

Coach

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Team form


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Player of the Match

Tyrique George
Chelsea
8.2

About the match

    Lincoln City faces Chelsea at LNER Stadium on Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 18:45 UTC. This match is part of the EFL Cup. You can check the recent head-to-head encounters, as well as full H2H record on this page to see how Lincoln City and Chelsea have fared against each other in the past. On FotMob, you can follow the Lincoln City vs Chelsea live score with a full set of match features, including:

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  • The lineups are:
    Lincoln City (5-3-2): Zachary Jeacock - Lewis Montsma, Sonny Bradley, Ryley Towler, Tendayi Darikwa, Thomas Hamer - Ben House, Conor McGrandles, Ivan Varfolomeev - Robert Street, Freddie Draper.
    Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Filip Jörgensen - Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Jorrel Hato - Andrey Santos, Enzo Fernández - Jamie Gittens, Facundo Buonanotte, Alejandro Garnacho - Tyrique George.

  • Lincoln City does not have any unavailable players. Unavailable players for Chelsea: Benoit Badiashile (injury), Cole Palmer (injury), Dario Essugo (injury), Levi Colwill (injury), Liam Delap (injury), Romeo Lavia (injury).

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Insights

  • Haven't lost in 10 matches

LNER StadiumLincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Capacity10,780
Attendance10,214
95%
SurfaceGrass
Weather conditions
11°C

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LNER StadiumLincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Capacity10,780
Attendance10,214
95%
SurfaceGrass
Weather conditions
11°C

Insights

  • Haven't lost in 10 matches

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