Lincoln City 1-2 Northampton Town

Northampton took two wins from their last three League One games by beating Lincoln at Sincil Bank.

Goals from Jon Guthrie and Kieron Bowie either side of half-time made the difference as Jon Brady's side handed Michael Skubala's Imps a third defeat in a row.

The visitors opened the scoring after half an hour when Guthrie jumped over Imps goalkeeper Lukas Jensen from a cross from Marc Leonard and headed into the empty net.

Lincoln started the second half brightly as they looked for an equalizer when Jack Burroughs was denied by Max Thompson in the Cobblers' goal.

At the other end, Northampton continued to pose a threat on the counterattack and in the 58th minute Bowie doubled the visitors' lead with his left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Just two minutes later, Timothy Eyoma's header from close range from Ethan Hamilton's corner promised a thrilling finish.

But any hope Lincoln had of an improbable comeback ended when Paudie O'Connor was shown a red card for a deliberate elbow as Town took all three points.

Report provided by PA Media.

Lineups

Lincoln City

formation 3-4-1-2

1Jensen

22Eyoma5Jackson15O'Connor

16Burroughs10bishop6Erhahon23Roughan

11Hamilton

2Sorensen21Adelakun

• 1Jensen
• 22Eyoma
• 5Jackson
• 15O'ConnorBooked for 76 minutes
• 16BurroughsReplaced byto the authorityat 59'protocol
• 10bishopBooked for 41 minutesReplaced byBlacksmithat 86'protocol
• 6ErhahonReplaced byShodipoat 72'protocol
• 23Roughan
• 11Hamilton
• 2SorensenReplaced byDuffyat 85'protocol
• 21AdelakunReplaced byvalleyat 86'protocol

Substitute

• 8thBlacksmith
• 12Wright
• 17Duffy
• 25Mitchell
• 27to the authority
• 29valley
• 30Shodipo

Northampton

formation 4-3-3

26Thompson

3McGowan15Willis5Guthrie33Brough

23Hondermarck4Sowerby21Leonard

19Bowie16Simpson11Pinnock

• 26Thompson
• 3McGowan
• 15Willis
• 5GuthrieReplaced byMontheat 79'protocol
• 33Brough
• 23HondermarckBooked for 25 minutesReplaced byHyltonat 82'protocolBooked for 90 minutes
• 4Sowerby
• 21Leonard
• 19BowieBooked for 45 minutesReplaced byThe one who livesat 61'protocolBooked for 90 minutes
• 16SimpsonBooked for 90 minutes
• 11Pinnock

Substitute

• 1Guarantor
• 10Hylton
• 12Monthe
• 20Lintott
• 22The one who lives
• 27Abimbola
• 35Dyche

Referee: Matthew Corlett

Number of visitors: 8,661

Live text

1. Match ends: Lincoln City 1, Northampton Town 2.

2. Second half ends, Lincoln City 1, Northampton Town 2.

3. Danny Hylton (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

4. Attempt blocked. Ethan Hamilton (Lincoln City)'s left-footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Supported by Olamide Shodipo.

5. Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

6. Foul by Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town).

7. Seán Roughan (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

8. Corner, Lincoln City. Goal conceded by Aaron McGowan.

9. Attempt failed. Mitchell Pinnock (Northampton Town) left footed shot is too high from outside the box. Prepared by Danny Hylton after a quick counterattack.

10. Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded goal by Dylan Duffy.

11. Akinwale Odimayo (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

12. Attempt saved. Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town) tries with his left foot from the center of the box, but the shot is saved in the bottom right corner. Supported by Emmanuel Monthe.

13. Foul by Marc Leonard (Northampton Town).

14. Ethan Hamilton (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

15. Substitution Lincoln City. Jack Vale replaces Hakeeb Adelakun.

16. Substitution Lincoln City. Alistair Smith replaces Teddy Bishop.

17. Substitution Lincoln City. Dylan Duffy replaces Lasse Sørensen.

18. Foul by Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town).

19. Lasse Sørensen (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

20. Substitution Northampton Town. Danny Hylton replaces William Hondermarck.