West Ham thrash nine-man Lincoln 6-0 as Soucek scores twice in Championship
West Ham kept third place in the Championship after Lincoln, reduced to nine men inside the first 23 minutes, were overwhelmed 6-0 at the ProAmpac Stadium on 14 October. Portsmouth, Southampton, QPR and Rangers also picked up results on the same day.
Lincoln lose two players early
West Ham beat Lincoln 6-0 at the ProAmpac Stadium on 14 October, ending a run of three consecutive league games without a win. The contest was effectively settled in the opening half hour. Lincoln's Tom Hamer was sent off after three minutes for a reckless lunge at Joel Veltman, who was left on the floor. Conor McGrandles followed him in the 23rd minute, when he hauled Jarrod Bowen down as the last defender and was shown a straight red card by referee Andrew Kitchen.
Goals before and after the break
West Ham nearly opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, when a Bowen corner was headed wide by Mohamadou Kante, but the breakthrough came on the stroke of half-time. Konstantinos Mavropanos headed in from a Bowen corner in the 45th minute. The second half belonged to West Ham from the first whistle. Edvin Austbo, a half-time substitute, curled a powerful effort into the top corner in the 48th minute, and Bowen scuffed a left-footed shot past the unsighted goalkeeper George Wickens two minutes later. Pablo Felipe finished off an Austbo pass in the 75th minute, and Tomas Soucek came off the bench to score in the 79th and 89th minutes.
- Lincoln's Tom Hamer sent off
- Conor McGrandles sent off for Lincoln
- Konstantinos Mavropanos heads West Ham ahead
- Edvin Austbo curls in second goal
- Jarrod Bowen scores third goal
- Pablo Felipe scores fourth goal
- Tomas Soucek scores fifth goal
- Tomas Soucek completes brace with sixth goal
Table implications
With the win, West Ham maintained third place in the Championship with 19 points, according to Portuguese outlet SAPO. Lincoln dropped to 18th with 11 points. Lincoln had made five changes from their 3-0 defeat to Sheffield United, bringing Hamer and Callum Elder back into the side for their first league starts in several weeks. West Ham made four changes from their 1-1 draw with QPR.
- West Ham
- 19 points
- Lincoln City
- 11 points
Other Championship results
Portsmouth beat Sheffield United 3-2 at Fratton Park after trailing a 2-0 lead, with Ebou Adams scoring in the 89th minute from the bench. Sheffield United had been reduced to ten men after Hamza Choudhury was dismissed for two bookings. Zak Swanson and Adrian Segecic had given Portsmouth their two-goal cushion, before Japhet Tanganga and Tom Cannon equalised. Cannon's goal was his third of the season. In another match, QPR won 4-1 at home to Derby County. Alfie Lloyd, Nicolas Madsen from a penalty and Harvey Vale scored in the first half, Paul Smyth added a fourth midway through the second half, and Lars-Jorgen Salvesen replied for Derby in the final seconds. Southampton beat Norwich 1-0 with an early second-half goal from Kuryu Matsuki, their second 1-0 win in four days after beating Portsmouth on Sunday, 11 October. It was Norwich's fourth straight Championship defeat. Rangers also won, leaving them fifth in the table, though their victory was marred by Amadou Mbengue being stretchered off late on.