Preston vs Lincoln predicted line-ups
Championship · Sat 12 Sept
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Preston
4-3-3Formation· Coach: P. Heckingbottom

Lincoln
4-3-3Formation· Coach: Unknown
- 1George Wickens
- 25Deji Elerewe
- 6Ryley Towler
- 20Callum Elder
- 23Joshua Honohan
- 16Dom Jefferies
- 24Ivan Varfolomeev
- 14Conor McGrandles
- 7Reeco Hackett-Fairchild
- 34Freddie Draper
- 18Ben House
- 30G. Gryba
- 28M. Osmajić
- 36M. Wilson
- 11T. Small
- 7A. Devine
- 27L. Leroy
- 4H. Clarke
- 6L. Lindsay
- 24O. Offiah
- 14J. Storey
- 1D. Iversen
Bench
- 21L. Nicholls
- 2Pol Valentín
- 3A. Vukčević
- 23A. Moran
- 15J. Thompson
- 37D. Burgzorg
- 13D. Cornell
Out
- A. Hughes · Inactive
- A. McCann · Injury
- J. Erabi · Inactive
- C. Lang · Injury
- B. Potts · Ankle Injury
- L. Gibson · Red Card
- T. Carroll · Ankle Injury
Bench
- 46Joe Gauci
- 4Andrei Coubiș
- 3Adam Reach
- 8Tom Bayliss
- 26Yunus Konak
- 17Robert Street
- 19Tanto Olaofe
Out
- T. Hamer · Health problems
- T. Darikwa · Knee Injury
- S. Bradley · Knock
- T. Bayliss · Inactive
- J. Honohan · Injury
- J. Collins · Knee Injury
- A. Jackson · Surgery
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Preston vs Lincoln line-ups published?
Clubs in the Championship release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
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