Bradford City 0 Lincoln City 5 - Bantams miss out on Liverpool tie

Lincoln made the best possible start, racing into a 2-0 lead against their League Two opponents after six minutes.

The first goal came when defender Tyler French sliced the ball into his own net from eight yards as he tried to clear Jorge Grant’s free kick.

Before Bradford could recover, the visitors increased their lead through Anthony Scully. Goalkeeper Richard O’Donnell pushed Conor McGrandles’s shot on to the post and Scully pounced on the rebound.

Clayton Donaldson missed a good chance to bring Bradford into the game when he fired over from six yards before Lewis Monstma put Lincoln 3-0 up after 29 minutes with a close-range shot following Grant’s free kick.

James Jones scored goal No 4 after 41 minutes with a superb 20-yard shot into the far corner.

Bradford fought hard for a consolation goal as they dominated the second half, but could not break through a strong visitors’ defence and Lincoln added a fifth in stoppage time when Callum Morton scored from Timothy Eyoma’s pass.

Bradford City: O’Donnell, French (Mottley-Henry 45), P O’Connor, A O’Connor, Richards-Everton (Staunton 45), Wood, Pritchard, Cooke, Watt, Guthrie, Donaldson. Unused substitutes: Hornby , Longridge, Novak, Clarke, Ismail

Lincoln City: Palmer, Melbourne, Montsma, Jackson, Jones (Bridcutt 83), Grant, Scully (Howarth 67), McGrandles, Morton, Eyoma, Anderson (Hopper 72). Unused substitutes: Ross, Edun, Elbbouzedi, Roughan.

Referee: G Eltringham (C Durham).

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