Bournemouth 4:0 Lincoln: League Cup Match Result — Sportpul

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League Cup

Bournemouth DDWDWL

4:0

Finished

Kick-off was 8 Sep, 19:45 BST

Lincoln DDLWWL

Venue: Vitality Stadium City: Bournemouth

In the League Cup game on 8 September 2026, Bournemouth beat Lincoln 4:0. Match numbers: shots on target 8:1, corners 10:0.

Match report

Bournemouth beat Lincoln City 4-0 in the Round of 32 of the League Cup at the Vitality Stadium on Tuesday evening. Ryan Christie opened the scoring in the seventh minute and completed his hat-trick later in the second half, while Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha added a fourth in stoppage time. The result extends Bournemouth's unbeaten run to eight matches across all competitions.

Christie was sharp from the start, picking up the ball inside the Lincoln half and firing a low shot past the goalkeeper before the visitors could set their defence. By then Lincoln were already on the back foot, struggling to get out of their own third. The hosts kept knocking on the door, and Christie made them pay again in the sixty-ninth minute with a similar finish from close range.

Lincoln's defensive organisation was tested throughout. Callum Elder received a yellow card in the twenty-seventh minute after a late challenge, and Dom Jefferies was cautioned in the forty-eighth. Bournemouth turned to their substitutes in the second half, bringing on Álvaro Rodríguez and David Brooks in the seventy-eighth minute. The home side added a fourth goal in the ninety-fourth minute when Rocha pounced on a loose ball in the box.

The statistics tell the story of a one-sided afternoon. Bournemouth held 68 per cent possession and registered 134 attacks compared with Lincoln's 66. They took 25 shots, eight on target, while the visitors managed just two shots inside the penalty area. Expected goals showed the gulf in quality: 1.71 to 0.32. Lincoln made 43 clearances to Bournemouth's 14, but even that was not enough to survive the pressure.

And here's the thing about matches like this — they are rarely decided by the final scoreline alone. Bournemouth had created three big chances and converted two of them, while Lincoln managed only one shot on target all evening. The hosts will now advance to the next round, where they will make life awkward for whoever they are drawn against.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 68 – 32

Shots on target 8 – 1

Shots off target 14 – 1

Expected goals 1.71 – 0.32

⚽ 7' Ryan Christie — Goal 🟨 27' Callum Elder — Yellow card 🟨 41' Justin Kluivert — Yellow card 🟨 48' Dom Jefferies — Yellow card ⇄ 58' Mikkel Ladefoged — Substitution ⇄ 58' Joshua Honohan — Substitution 🟨 61' Antonio Silva — Yellow card ⇄ 62' Justin Kluivert — Substitution 🟨 67' Daniel Oyegoke — Yellow card ⚽ 69' Ryan Christie — Goal ⇄ 73' Daniel Oyegoke — Substitution ⇄ 73' Callum Elder — Substitution ⇄ 73' Yunus Konak — Substitution ⇄ 78' Álvaro Rodríguez — Substitution ⇄ 78' David Brooks — Substitution ⇄ 78' Ben Gannon-Doak — Substitution ⇄ 82' Antonio Silva — Substitution ⚽ 88' Ryan Christie — Goal ⚽ 90+4' Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha — Goal

Match events

7' 1:0 Bournemouth Goal Ryan Christie assist: Ben Gannon-Doak
27' 1:0 Lincoln Yellow card Callum Elder
41' 1:0 Bournemouth Yellow card Justin Kluivert
48' 1:0 Lincoln Yellow card Dom Jefferies
58' 1:0 Lincoln Substitution Mikkel Ladefoged off: Robert Nicholas Street
58' 1:0 Lincoln Substitution Joshua Honohan off: Andrei Coubiș
61' 1:0 Bournemouth Yellow card Antonio Silva
62' 1:0 Bournemouth Substitution Justin Kluivert off: Alex Tóth
67' 1:0 Lincoln Yellow card Daniel Oyegoke
69' 2:0 Bournemouth Goal Ryan Christie assist: David Brooks
73' 2:0 Lincoln Substitution Daniel Oyegoke off: Ben House
73' 2:0 Lincoln Substitution Callum Elder off: Sonny Bradley
73' 2:0 Lincoln Substitution Yunus Konak off: Deji Elerewe
78' 2:0 Bournemouth Substitution Álvaro Rodríguez off: Daniel Jebbison
78' 2:0 Bournemouth Substitution David Brooks off: Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha
78' 2:0 Bournemouth Substitution Ben Gannon-Doak off: Marcus Tavernier
82' 2:0 Bournemouth Substitution Antonio Silva off: Juanlu Sánchez
88' 3:0 Bournemouth Goal Ryan Christie assist: Bafode Diakite
90+4' 4:0 Bournemouth Goal Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha assist: Daniel Jebbison

Statistics

68 Possession, % 32

8 Shots on target 1

14 Shots off target 1

1.71 Expected goals 0.32

3 Big chances 2

134 Attacks 66

10 Corners 0

11 Fouls 8

8 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 0

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

1 Goal kicks 16

22 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

17/3549% Aerial duels 18/3453%

95 Backward passes 48

13 Blocked shots 0

14 Clearances 43

9/2536% Crosses 0/70%

9/2045% Dribbles 4/667%

1.18 Expected assists 0.24

66 Failed passes 75

1 Goalkeeper saves 4

5 Interceptions 12

27 Key passes 1

39/5670% Long passes 35/7547%

187 Passes into the final third 32

413 Passes in the opposition half 142

196 Passes in own half 146

0.23 Shot accuracy 0.50

15 Shots from outside the box 0

20 Shots inside the box 2

11/1385% Tackles 12/1675%

584 Total passes 281

Line-ups

Bournemouth

Starting XI
#	Player	number
20	Michele Di Gregorio	20
5	James Hill	5
6	Julio Soler	6
14	António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares	14
18	Bafodé Diakité	18
4	Lewis Cook	4
10	Ryan Christie	10
11	Ben Gannon Doak	11
19	Justin Kluivert	19
7	David Brooks	7
30	Álvaro Daniel Rodríguez Muñoz	30

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Đorđe Petrović	1
3	Adrien Truffert	3
8	Alex Jay Scott	8
12	Tyler Shaan Adams	12
16	Marcus Joseph Tavernier	16
24	Juan Luis Sánchez Velasco	24
27	Alex Tóth	27
29	Daniel David Jebbison	29
37	Ryan	37

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Lincoln

Starting XI
#	Player	number
46	Joe Anthony Gauci	46
6	Ryley Ben Towler	6
16	Dominic Jefferies	16
20	Callum Elder	20
33	Daniel Oladele Akinbiyi Oyegoke	33
8	Thomas David Bayliss	8
23	Joshua Honohan	23
26	Y. E. Konak	26
27	Chiedozie Ogbene	27
7	Reeco Lee Hackett-Fairchild	7
11	M. Ladefoged	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	George Wickens	1
4	Andrei Coubiș	4
15	Sonny Bradley	15
25	Deji Elerewe	25
24	Ivan Varfolomeev	24
17	Robert Nicholas Street	17
18	Benjamin House	18
19	Isaac Olaofe	19
29	Ethan Whitley	29

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Match information

State: Finished
Series: League Cup
Venue: Vitality Stadium
City: Bournemouth
Kick-off: 8 Sep, 19:45 BST

Key numbers

68:32 Possession, %
8:1 Shots on target
14:1 Shots off target
1.71:0.32 Expected goals

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