Match Centre: Middlesbrough vs Lincoln City
Player of the match Will Lankshear 8.7
GolVolt rating 9.7GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 62' Lankshear, 1:1-
10 → 19
Lincoln City drop 9 places in the table. Middlesbrough: 11 → 5.
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0:1 → 2:1
Middlesbrough came from behind to win.
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90+1'
The winner came late: Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough).
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:1, from 21% to 44% (Middlesbrough).
How the match went
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90+5' · 2:1Middlesbrough 95%draw 5%Lincoln City 0%
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 90+1′, Lankshear scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 90+1′, comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Lankshear scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 1.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 6.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.7more watchable than 97% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 12' Goal: Adam Reachassist: Darikwa0:1
- 36' Freddie Draperyellow card
- Half-time · 0:1
- 59' 2 substitutionsOlaofe for DraperStreet for Jefferies
- 62' Goal: Will LankshearMiddlesbrough1:1
- 63' 3 substitutionsArfsten for BorgesPeart-Harris for CastledineMcGree for Kanté
- 71' SubstitutionHackett for House
- 71' SubstitutionSarmiento for Joseph
- 89' Tanto Olaofeyellow card
- 90+1' Goal: Will Lankshearassist: McGree2:1
- 90+2' 2 substitutionsBayliss for ReachCoubiș for Darikwa
- 90+2' SubstitutionJones for Whittaker
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Middlesbrough
Lincoln City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Middlesbrough
- 31 Sol Brynn GK —
- 5 Alfie Jones DEF on
- 17 Max Arfsten DEF on
- 25 George Edmundson DEF —
- 8 Riley McGree MID on
- 14 Myles Peart-Harris MID on
- 44 Cruz Ibeh MID —
- 46 Finley Cartwright MID —
- 16 Jeremy Sarmiento ATT on
Lincoln City
- 46 Joe Gauci GK —
- 4 Andrei Coubiș DEF on
- 20 Callum Elder DEF —
- 23 Josh Honohan DEF —
- 7 Reeco Hackett MID on
- 8 Tom Bayliss MID on
- 10 Mason Melia ATT —
- 17 Rob Street ATT on
- 19 Tanto Olaofe ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Middlesbrough Will Lankshear
- 2. place · Middlesbrough Adilson Malanda
- 3. place · Middlesbrough Sebastian Berhalter
Middlesbrough
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Middlesbrough
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Lincoln City · 1 out
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James Collins Injured
since 3 Dec 2025 · return date unknown · 34 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.