Chesham United 0, Lincoln City 4
It was job done as strikes from Jack Moylan, Jovon Makama and Conor McGrandles, in addition to an own goal, secured City a place in the second round of the Emirates FA Cup.
It was a professional performance from the Imps who will take on Crawley Town in the second round.
Head coach Michael Skubala made five changes from the side that beat Northampton Town last time out, with the Academy graduate pairing of Makama and Freddie Draper reunited up front.
It was a tight opening spell at The Meadow, with Makama registering the first chance of the match with an effort after six minutes which was deflected behind for a corner.
The home side threatened with a header from a corner after 13 minutes, but from that point City started to show their quality.
Wickens was called into his first save of note after 38 minutes to stop Nathan Minhas’ smart header from a Samson Esan cross.
City had the best of the latter stages of the half and it was little surprise that when the deadlock was broken it was by Moylan.
T’Sharne Gallimore headed away Draper’s effort, but it was only cleared as far as the Irishman who cut inside before curling home a right-footed finish into the far corner.
That goal pierced the confidence of the home side, and Makama deflated them completely when he struck early in the second half.
A smart flick by Draper sent him through, and he calmly finished low past Goode to make it 2-0.
A run of corners led to City’s third goal after 65 minutes. Moylan’s set-piece was only partially cleared, with McGrandles collecting the ball and making space for himself to fire home a low effort - with a deflection which wrong-footed Goode.
Skubala made his first changes after 69 minutes, sending on Ethan Hamilton and Bailey Cadamarteri in place of goalscorers McGrandles and Makama. Dom Jefferies joined them five minutes later, replacing Hackett.
There were further late changes for the Imps, with Academy graduate Zane Okoro sent on for his debut and Saxon Earley also coming off the bench.
Okoro was heavily involved in the fourth goal, having been sent through by Cadamarteri. Okoro couldn't get his feet sorted out, but Goode's clearance bounced off Callum Adebiyi and ended up in the back of the net.
Skubala said: "It's a real challenge whenever you come away to a lower league club, you have to be right mentally and make sure you do a really professional job with and without the ball. In the first ten minutes they started really brightly and we had to win second balls.
"Ultimately it's about controlling as much as you can control within a game, and I felt we did well on the night.”
City travel to British Rovers in the league this Saturday (November 9).
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