Bournemouth vs Lincoln City - prediction, team news, lineups

Still waiting for their archetypal triumph of the season, Bournemouth volition invited Lincoln City to the Vitality Stadium connected Tuesday for a showdown successful the 3rd circular of the EFL Cup.

The Cherries are hoping to physique connected their gully past clip out, portion the Imps are cautiously optimistic aft going unbeaten for 4 games.

Match preview

Bournemouth person endured a mixed commencement to the 2026-27 campaign, and caller manager Marco Rose is successful request of a triumph to kickstart the season.

However, with 1 oculus connected their Europa League clash against Real Sociedad connected September 17, the Cherries cannot spend to beryllium astatine maximum spot successful midweek.

Regardless of the circumstances, Rose volition beryllium keen to debar extending his side's winless tally to 4 matches, pursuing their frustrating 2-2 gully with Newcastle United connected Saturday.

To beryllium just to Bournemouth, they person proven unsafe going guardant successful the Premier League this word by scoring archetypal successful each of their 3 outings truthful far, but they stay frail successful defence, having surrendered a pb successful each match.

The Cherries volition spot a cupful clash against a second-tier hostile connected location turf arsenic the perfect script to yet triumph a game, though Tuesday's hosts volition request to solidify their backline and enactment concentrated to forestall an upset.

Meanwhile, Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw's Lincoln person battled done 2 rounds of the EFL Cup to scope this stage, and should not beryllium underestimated.

The Imps whitethorn reside 17th successful the Championship, but they earned promotion to the part aft lifting the League One rubric successful 2025-26 to extremity a 65-year absence, and travel into this clash successful commendable form.

Cohen and Shaw co-managed the squad to a 1-1 stalemate against Southampton connected Saturday, collecting a constituent and marking a 4th crippled connected the bounce without defeat.

That resilience volition springiness fans of the underdogs a consciousness of quiescent anticipation successful midweek, arsenic volition the information that their broadside person won 3 of their past 4 distant matches.

Adding to that feeling are Lincoln's preceding EFL Cup victories - 2-1 against Derby County and 4-1 against Blackpool - some of which were achieved connected the road.

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Team News

Bournemouth are apt to marque wholesale changes, but are inactive without 19-year-old centre-back Veljko Milosavljevic, and right-back Julian Araujo, who is recovering from a thigh injury.

In their absence, the Cherries could start James Hill and Bafode Diakite astatine the bosom of defence, flanked by Adam Smith and Julio Soler.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Eli Junior Kroupi and Amine Adli stay sidelined owed to respective ft and calf injuries, though Ben Gannon-Doak, Ryan Christie and David Brooks should beryllium connected manus to signifier an attacking trio down striker Daniel Jebbison.

As for Lincoln, they mislaid skipper and right-back Tendayi Darikwa to an anterior cruciate ligament wounded against Portsmouth connected August 22, and helium is acceptable to beryllium retired of enactment for the remainder of the season.

With that successful mind, Daniel Oyegoke and Callum Elder whitethorn commencement arsenic wing-backs, flanking a three-man defence featuring Andrei Coubis, Adam Jackson and Ryley Towler.

Bournemouth imaginable starting lineup:

Di Gregorio; Smith, Hill, Diakite, Soler; Cook, Scott; Gannon-Doak, Christie, Brooks; Jebbison

Lincoln City imaginable starting lineup:

Gauci; Coubis, Jackson, Towler; Oyegoke, Bayliss, Konak, Elder; Melia; Olaofe, Street

We say: Bournemouth 1-1 (4-3 connected pens) Lincoln City

Bournemouth are expected to marque a full big of changes successful lieu of their Europa League debut aboriginal this month, and could beryllium caught disconnected defender by their Championship opponents.

However, the Cherries should inactive beryllium capable to prevail by a constrictive margin, but whitethorn beryllium taken to penalties by a resilient Lincoln.

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