Lincoln City 2, Doncaster Rovers 1

Lincoln City’s strong home form continued with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Doncaster Rovers at the LNER Stadium on Saturday afternoon. 

The Imps were ahead at the break thanks to Frankie Okoronkwo, who scored his second goal in as many games when he converted Tendayi Darikwa's cross with 31 minutes gone.

City showed great spirit to find a winner when Brandan Hanlan briefly restored parity with 20 minutes remaining, going on to make it back-to-back wins through an own goal from Gotts after Ben House’s shot was parried on to his leg by Rovers’ keeper Lo-Tutala.

Michael Skubala made eight changes to the side who confirmed the top spot in their Vertu Trophy group with a 2-0 win in South Yorkshire over Barnsley. Okoronkwo made his first start in the league since September whilst Dom Jefferies returned to a league matchday squad for the first time since April. 

Head coach Skubala was pleased with the resilience shown by his side as the Imps made it back-to-back wins in all competitions as City returned home after a stint of five away games.

“The most important thing is coming back to LNER Stadium and getting a home win again.

"We've had a long run of away games - the atmosphere was great and in the first half in particular I thought we were electric. Now we can go away and see if we can pick some more points up on the road to build on this."

Skubala praised Okoronkwo after he headed home his second goal of the week: "Frankie's performance was top drawer building on his performance against Barnsley in midweek.

"He also had to help out Adam Reach in stopping Luke Molyneux on the left. His goal was a well taken move and a great move down the right.

“I also thought Conor McGrandles and Tom Bayliss' partnership in midfield was excellent, in fact there are some top performances all around the pitch which really helped us dig in and get the three points.”

Attendance: 9,812

Picture: Vaughan Photography

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