Match Summary · Middlesbrough · EFL Championship · Football · England · Championship · Middlesbrough FC · Lincoln City · Adam Reach · Tendayi Darikwa · Will Lankshear
| Metric | Middlesbrough FC | Lincoln City |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 78% | 22% |
| Shots | 19 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 8 | 2 |
| Shots off target | 7 | 2 |
| Corners | 5 | 5 |
| Fouls | 14 | 13 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 4 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 1 | 7 |
"No segundo tempo, só tenho que agradecer aos jogadores, porque acho que eles fizeram isso junto com a torcida. Foi sobre isso", Kim Hellberg said in the report, and that line fits the match summary. Middlesbrough were flat early, trailed at half-time, and then flipped the tone completely after the restart.
Lincoln's opener came at 11'58'', with Reach finishing a move created by Darikwa, and the visitors protected that lead through the first half. Draper's booking on 35'39'' was one of the few clear interruptions before the game changed shape in the final half-hour.
Lankshear drew Middlesbrough level at 61'23'', and the home side kept pressing after a triple change just beyond the hour. McGree was among the substitutes introduced, and his impact arrived at the decisive moment: the assist for Lankshear's second goal at 90'00'' completed the comeback and supplied the biggest highlights of the afternoon.
The score moves Middlesbrough onto three points and up to fifth in the early table, while Lincoln sit 18th after one match. The stats tell the bare result, but the story was a second-half surge that rewrote the day.