Match ends, Lincoln City 2, Accrington Stanley 2.
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Lincoln City dropped two points but still increased their lead at the top of the League One table after being held to a 2-2 draw by Accrington Stanley.
Dion Charles, who had put Stanley ahead early on, equalised in the 90th minute after Morgan Rogers and Tom Hopper's late header appeared to have turned the game and won it for the Imps.
Lincoln chose to restage the game with an 18:00 GMT Sunday kick-off time following Saturday's postponement due to a frozen pitch.
Michael Appleton's men now sit four point clear of second-placed Hull City, who lost at home on Saturday to MK Dons.
The Imps struggled to cope with Stanley's pressing game early on and were forced into a costly mistake on five minutes when home keeper Alex Palmer's hurried clearance went straight to Charles, who hammered home.
After showing more urgency at the start of the second half, the Imps levelled in the 53rd minute when Brennan Johnson clipped a cross into the box, where Rogers was on hand to head home his second goal for the club.
With six minutes left, after a corner was played short, Jorge Grant curled a wonderful cross to the back post, where Hopper headed in.
But, just as the match was about to enter six minutes of added time. Accrington grabbed the point their performance warranted when David Morgan supplied Charles, whose left-foot volley found the bottom right corner.
Line-ups
Lincoln City
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Palmer
- 2PooleSubstituted forEyomaat 86'minutes
- 4Montsma
- 16Walsh
- 15BramallSubstituted forEdunat 55'minutes
- 8JonesSubstituted forScullyat 55'minutes
- 10GrantBooked at 83mins
- 18McGrandlesBooked at 80mins
- 20Johnson
- 9Hopper
- 27Rogers
Substitutes
- 5Jackson
- 6Sanders
- 7Edun
- 11Scully
- 22Eyoma
- 26Anderson
- 31Long
Accrington
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Baxter
- 2Nottingham
- 16BarclayBooked at 14mins
- 3Hughes
- 4Burgess
- 6Butcher
- 28Conneely
- 36PhillipsSubstituted forMorganat 74'minutes
- 32Charles
- 19Bishop
- 7SmythSubstituted forRussellat 90+4'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Russell
- 12Maguire
- 14Uwakwe
- 18Rodgers
- 20Scully
- 37Morgan
- 40Savin
- Referee:
- Martin Coy
Match Stats
Home TeamLincoln CityAway TeamAccrington
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away16
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away4
- Corners
- Home4
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away17
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Lincoln City 2, Accrington Stanley 2.
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Foul by Jorge Grant (Lincoln City).
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Dion Charles (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Jorge Grant (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jonathan Russell (Accrington Stanley).
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Jonathan Russell replaces Paul Smyth because of an injury.
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Attempt blocked. Tom Hopper (Lincoln City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorge Grant.
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Brennan Johnson (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Cameron Burgess (Accrington Stanley).
Goal!
Goal! Lincoln City 2, Accrington Stanley 2. Dion Charles (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Morgan.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Tayo Edun.
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Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (Lincoln City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tayo Edun.
Substitution
Substitution, Lincoln City. Timothy Eyoma replaces Regan Poole.
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Tom Hopper (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley).
Goal!
Goal! Lincoln City 2, Accrington Stanley 1. Tom Hopper (Lincoln City) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jorge Grant with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Mark Hughes.
Booking
Jorge Grant (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Jorge Grant (Lincoln City).
