Championship Scores & Fixtures
Saturday 5th September
Championship Table
- Lincoln City, Position 17, Points 4
- Southampton, Position 18, Points 3
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
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| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
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| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 2 |
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| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2 : Promotion
- Position 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Play-off
- Position 22, 23, 24 : Relegation
- Southampton were deducted four points due to breaches of EFL regulations
Season so far
Championship
Goals scored
Lincoln City 3Southampton 10Form guide
All competitions
Previous scores
All competitions
League Cup
Match Facts
This will be the first league meeting between Lincoln City and Southampton since March 1961, won 3-0 by the Saints in the second tier.
In all competitions, Southampton have lost just one of their last 16 meetings with Lincoln City (W10 D5), going down 3-2 in December 1960.
In 2026, no side has kept more clean sheets in England’s top four tiers than Lincoln City (13), who have kept a shutout in their last two Championship games.
Southampton have both scored (19 goals) and conceded (11) in each of their last eight league games, last having a longer such run in November 2009 (10 in a row in League One).
No player has scored more Championship goals this season than Southampton’s Cyle Larin (4), who has also scored seven goals in his last seven league appearances for Saints.