Bristol City vs Lincoln City - prediction, team news, lineups

Taking connected the broadside helium led to the League One rubric past season, Michael Skubala's Bristol City invited Championship newcomers Lincoln City to Ashton Gate connected Tuesday night.

The Robins saw their four-game unbeaten tally travel to an extremity astatine the hands of Southampton astatine the weekend, portion the Imps are enjoying a four-match unbeaten streak of their ain aft securing a precocious triumph implicit Preston North End connected Saturday afternoon.

Match preview

After a mediocre 2nd fractional of the 2025-26 Championship season, during which erstwhile Liverpool and England manager Roy Hodgson oversaw the last 7 matches, Bristol City decided that a caller attack successful the dugout was needed and turned to Lincoln City manager Skubala, who had led the Imps to a memorable League One rubric aft collecting much than 100 points.

A engaged transportation model besides saw further additions from the 3rd tier, with Lorent Tolaj, Dominic Ballard and Sam Tickle each arriving from the aforesaid part alongside their caller manager.

While the Robins got disconnected to a dilatory start, suffering an EFL Cup exit astatine the hands of League Two Walsall earlier losing their opening league crippled to Millwall, the Bristol-based broadside person managed to crook things astir and participate their seventh league outing of the play with the accidental to determination into the apical eight.

The decision to Alex Neil's broadside successful August was followed by a four-match unbeaten run, with a gully distant to Birmingham City coming earlier wins implicit Portsmouth, Preston North End and Burnley, though that streak came to an extremity astatine the weekend.

Travelling distant from location for the 3rd lucifer running, the Robins faced promotion hopefuls Southampton and fell to a 4-1 decision aft a Cyle Larin brace and efforts from Kuryu Matsuki and Finn Azaz helped the Saints unafraid 3 points successful a lucifer wherever the scoreline suggested a one-sided affair.

However, Bristol City registered 11 much shots than their opponents and came adjacent to scoring connected a fig of occasions, with 2 precocious goals from the hosts yet taking the crippled distant from Skubala's broadside erstwhile it was excessively precocious to equine a comeback.

As for the visiting Lincoln City, they entered their archetypal campaign successful the 2nd tier for 65 years without the antheral who led them there, but are present becoming accustomed to beingness successful the Championship nether the treble enactment of Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, who some served arsenic adjunct coaches nether Skubala.

Cohen and Shaw got disconnected to a winning commencement with a triumph implicit chap Championship broadside Derby County successful the EFL Cup, earlier successive defeats to Middlesbrough and Portsmouth successful the league near them without a constituent heading into their 3rd second-tier clash of the season. 

That lucifer came against chap promoted broadside Bolton Wanderers, with the Imps coming retired connected apical with a 1-0 triumph successful Greater Manchester.

That victory, which came aft a second-round triumph successful the EFL Cup, was followed by draws astatine location to Blackburn Rovers and Southampton earlier a 2nd league triumph of the play against Preston North End near Lincoln City 16th aft six games.

While they person since been knocked retired of the EFL Cup, suffering a 4-0 decision against Premier League outfit Bournemouth, the triumph astatine Deepdale volition beryllium regarded arsenic the much important effect with Championship endurance remaining the priority.

The triumph against Paul Heckingbottom's side, who has since been sacked, came precocious on, with Freddie Draper scoring successful the 81st infinitesimal to springiness the Imps different important 3 points and support their unbeaten tally alive.

This volition beryllium the archetypal league gathering betwixt Bristol City and Lincoln City since April 1986, with the past 3 league clashes betwixt the brace ending 1-1. 

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Team News

Bristol City look to person travel distant from the South Coast without immoderate further wounded concerns but whitethorn beryllium tempted to marque changes pursuing a dense defeat.

The lone interest remains Irish defender Luke McNally, who has been retired with a semipermanent contented since January 2025.

Crystal Palace loanee Rio Cardines presently leads the mode for assists successful the Championship with 5 successful six games, and helium is expected to support his spot astatine full-back connected Tuesday night.

As for Lincoln City, they volition beryllium forced into a alteration aft suffering an wounded successful their 1-0 triumph implicit Bolton connected Saturday.

Daniel Oyegoke was taken disconnected with conscionable 20 minutes remaining and is improbable to marque the travel to Bristol, with Dom Jefferies expected to travel in.

Oyegoke volition articulation Tom Hamer, Tendayi Darikwa and Tottenham loanee Mason Melia successful the attraction room.

Bristol City imaginable starting lineup:

Tickle; Cardines, Dickie, Eissat, Pring; Williams, Knight; Hirakawa, Ballard, Twine; Tolaj

Lincoln City imaginable starting lineup:

Wickens; Elerewe, Bradley, Coubis; Jefferies, Bayliss, McGrandles, Reach; Hackett, Street, House

We say: Bristol City 1-1 Lincoln City

Both sides participate this 1 successful bully form, which makes this a hard lucifer to call.

While Bristol City did suffer astatine the weekend, the decision came against a broadside expected to vie for the automatic promotion places travel the extremity of the season, and we bash not expect the Robins to suffer again connected Tuesday.

We spot the 2 teams playing retired a hard-fought 1-1 draw.

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