Match ends, Braintree Town 0, Lincoln City 2.
BraintreeBraintree Town0Lincoln CityLincoln City2
Lincoln beat Braintree for the second time in four days to keep alive their faint play-off hopes.
Goal scorers Luke Foster and Jake Sheridan had already gone close before Foster opened the visitors' account, heading in a Sean Newton corner.
Sheridan then doubled the lead after the break with a fierce shot from 25 yards out.
Braintree keeper Nick Hamann kept City's tally to two with a fine save to deny Sheridan in injury time.
Lincoln are 12th in the standings but only five points of the play-offs, while Braintree sit one point and one place behind.
Line-ups
Braintree
- 20Hamann
- 3HaberghamSubstituted forSparkesat 46'minutesBooked at 87mins
- 19Wells
- 5Paine
- 8DavisBooked at 85mins
- 26Mulley
- 23LaurentSubstituted forIsaacat 66'minutes
- 2PetersBooked at 55mins
- 9Marks
- 10Holman
- 17MensahSubstituted forJakubiakat 49'minutes
Substitutes
- 27Jakubiak
- 11Sparkes
- 4Isaac
- 12Daley
- 1McDonald
Lincoln City
- 30Townsend
- 3Newton
- 5Audel
- 2MillerBooked at 47mins
- 27Foster
- 12SheridanSubstituted forDixonat 90+3'minutes
- 24Mendy
- 15Gray
- 4Jordan
- 11TomlinsonSubstituted forSimmonsat 88'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 9Rowe
Substitutes
- 26Adams
- 19Nolan
- 17Dixon
- 31Preece
- 25Simmons
- Referee:
- Daniel Cook
Match Stats
Home TeamBraintreeAway TeamLincoln City
- Possession
- Home52%
- Away48%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away6
- Corners
- Home0
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away18
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Braintree Town 0, Lincoln City 2.
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Foul by Matt Paine (Braintree Town).
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Alex Simmons (Lincoln City) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Lincoln City. Bohan Dixon replaces Jake Sheridan.
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Foul by Alex Simmons (Lincoln City).
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Dean Wells (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
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Attempt saved. Jake Sheridan (Lincoln City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
Booking
Alex Simmons (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Hand ball by Jake Sheridan (Lincoln City).
Substitution
Substitution, Lincoln City. Alex Simmons replaces Ben Tomlinson.
Booking
Daniel Sparkes (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Daniel Sparkes (Braintree Town).
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Arnaud Mendy (Lincoln City) wins a free kick.
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Attempt missed. Sean Newton (Lincoln City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Booking
Kenny Davis (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).
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Jake Sheridan (Lincoln City) wins a free kick.
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Foul by Danny L. Rowe (Lincoln City).
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Ryan Peters (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
