Blackpool vs Lincoln City - prediction, team news, lineups

Blackpool will beryllium hoping to physique connected an encouraging commencement to the caller League One run erstwhile they invited newly-promoted Championship broadside Lincoln City to Bloomfield Road successful the 2nd circular of the EFL Cup connected Tuesday night.

The Seasiders person taken 4 points from their opening 2 league matches and besides defeated Grimsby Town 3-1 successful the archetypal round, portion the Imps question to Lancashire inactive searching for their archetypal Championship constituent aft back-to-back defeats.

Match preview

Following a 13th-placed decorativeness successful League One past season, Blackpool volition beryllium targeting a stronger run arsenic they look to instrumentality to the Championship for the archetypal clip since 2023, sticking with manager Ian Evatt who is closing successful connected 50 games arsenic manager of the Seasiders. 

Their 3 seasons successful the 3rd tier person seen finishes of 8th, 9th and 13th, highlighting a gradual decline, but past season’s last presumption was somewhat misleading fixed they spent overmuch of the run battling against relegation earlier a precocious tally of signifier lifted them wide of the bottommost four.

Blackpool person made a acold much affirmative commencement this clip around, earning 4 points from their opening 2 league games aft it took them six matches to scope that tally past season.

They began with a 1-1 gully against Wycombe Wanderers earlier securing an impressive 2-1 triumph distant to promotion hopefuls Stockport County, pursuing a 3-1 EFL Cup triumph astatine Grimsby Town successful their archetypal competitory crippled of the season.

After achieving what Manchester United famously could not past play by winning astatine Grimsby's Blundell Park successful the EFL Cup, Evatt's broadside volition present crook their attraction to a second-round clash with the anticipation of earning a imaginable necktie against Premier League absorption successful the adjacent round.

As for Lincoln City, they are adjusting to beingness backmost successful the 2nd tier aft securing promotion from League One past season, ending a 65-year hold to instrumentality to the Championship pursuing a singular campaign.

The Imps collected a club-record 103 points from 46 league matches and ended the run connected a 29-game unbeaten run, securing promotion nether Michael Skubala.

Skubala has since departed for Bristol City, with Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw taking associated charge, but the brace person endured a hard commencement to beingness successful the 2nd tier.

While Cohen and Shaw began their tenure with a positive 2-1 EFL Cup triumph implicit Derby County, the Imps person since suffered consecutive Championship defeats, losing 2-1 to Middlesbrough earlier falling to a 3-1 decision against Portsmouth.

The opening-day decision to promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough volition person been peculiarly frustrating, with Lincoln taking an aboriginal pb done Adam Reach and inactive holding the vantage astatine the hr people earlier a Will Lankshear brace condemned them to their archetypal league decision since November 2025.

Their archetypal location crippled of the play attracted Lincoln's biggest assemblage for much than 40 years, but the Imps were incapable to reward the bumper attendance arsenic they fell 2-0 down wrong the opening 15 minutes earlier yet losing 3-1 to a Portsmouth broadside that narrowly avoided relegation to League One past season.

Despite their hard commencement to beingness successful the Championship, Lincoln tin instrumentality assurance from their grounds against Blackpool past season, with the Imps winning 1 and drafting the different portion scoring six goals and conceding conscionable two.

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Team News

Blackpool could sanction a akin broadside to the 1 that started their awesome triumph implicit Stockport arsenic they look to support their unbeaten commencement and advancement to the 3rd round.

While the Tangerines volition beryllium without past season's starring scorer Ashley Fletcher pursuing his summertime determination to Huddersfield Town, Josh Bowler has already recovered the nett doubly this word and is apt to clasp his spot successful the attack.

Northern Ireland planetary Dion Charles joined Blackpool connected indebtedness from Huddersfield implicit the summer, moving successful the other absorption to Fletcher, and could pb the enactment again connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic helium searching for his archetypal extremity astatine his caller club. 

Jordan Brown was forced disconnected during the opening-day gully with Wycombe and was absent from the squad astatine the weekend, truthful Albie Morgan is expected to proceed successful midfield.

Lincoln City could marque changes with the Imps having a Championship travel to Bolton to hole for astatine the play which remains the priority.

Tottenham Hotspur loanee Mason Melia made his debut from the seat against Portsmouth and could beryllium handed his archetypal start, perchance replacing Ben House successful the fig 10 position. 

Blackpool imaginable starting lineup:

Peacock-Farrell; Williams, Casey, Ashworth, Hamilton; Anderson, Morgan; Bowler, Bloxham, Honeyman; Charles

Lincoln City imaginable starting lineup:

Wickens; Darikwa, Hamer, Elerewe, Reach; McGrandles, Bayliss; Hackett, Melia, Street; Draper

We say: Blackpool 1-3 Lincoln City

Blackpool person made an encouraging commencement to the season, but Lincoln's presumption arsenic a Championship broadside should springiness them the borderline contempt their winless commencement successful the 2nd tier.

The Imps are successful a part supra for a crushed and thrashed the Seasiders 4-0 erstwhile these sides past met and should person capable to unafraid a comfy triumph astatine Bloomfield Road connected Tuesday.

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