City notched up their biggest victory of the season on Saturday afternoon, defeating Barnet 4-1 at Sincil Bank Stadium.

The Imps opened the scoring in the ninth minute when Ben Wright converted a Dany N'Guessan centre and they were given the chance to double their advantage just after the half-hour mark when Wright was pushed over in the box by Ismail Yakubu. Jamie Forrester calmly netted from the spot.

Louis Dodds made it 3-0 five minutes into the second half, curling home after the Imps opened up the Barnet defence although the sending off of Bees' defender Joe O'Cearuill for a crude challenge on Lee Frecklington seemed to lift the visitors, who pulled one back through Adam Birchall just before the hour mark.

City were pushed onto the back foot for the majority of the final stages but wrapped things up on the counter-attack when substitute Mark Stallard played in Wright who capped another impressive showing by producing a neat finish for his sixth of the season.

LINCOLN CITY
28 Ben SMITH
2 Paul GREEN
25 Hamza BENCHERIF
27 Daniel HONE
20 Owain WARLOW
7 Lee FRECKLINGTON
11 Scott KERR
17 Dany N'GUESSAN
19 Louis DODDS
8 Jamie FORRESTER
15 Ben WRIGHT
 
subs
9 Mark STALLARD (for N'GUESSAN 79)
29 Lenell JOHN-LEWIS (for FORRESTER 89)
4 Adie MOSES
26 Jamie HAND
1 Alan MARRIOTT

GOALS: WRIGHT (9 & 90+1), FORRESTER (31 pen) DODDS (50)

BOOKING: WRIGHT (44)

BARNET
1 Lee HARRISON
2 Joe DEVERA
4 Neal BISHOP
5 Ismail YAKUBU
6 Michael LEARY
7 Liam HATCH
10 Adam BIRCHALL
11 Jason PUNCHEON
16 Ashley CAREW
21 Kenny GILLET
22 Joe O'CEARUILL
 
subs
3 Nicky NICOLAU
8 Anthony THOMAS
9 Giuliano GRAZIOLI
14 Max PORTER
18 Rob BECKWITH

BOOKING: PUNCHEON (16)

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE: David Foster (Tyne & Wear)
ASSISTANTS: Alan Parker & Alan Sheffield
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Craig Evans

ATTENDANCE: 3,549 (155 visiting supporters)