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Predictions and Tips
Accrington Stanley make the trip to University of Bradford Stadium on Saturday for the League Two clash with home side Bradford City.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Bradford City v Accrington Stanley are shown on this page (including the best match odds).
📊 Form Guide
Bradford City
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Bradford City will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-1 EFL Trophy defeat in their last game at the hands of Rotherham United.
Shaun McWilliams (5') scored for Rotherham United.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Bradford City have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Bradford City have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals on the way. However, we must now wait to see whether that trend will be sustained here in this match.
Going into this encounter, Bradford City haven't been beaten in the league by Accrington Stanley in their previous 3 matches.
Accrington Stanley
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In their last fixture, Accrington Stanley drew 2-2 in the League Two tie with AFC Wimbledon.
For Accrington Stanley, goals were scored by Nelson Khumbeni (58') and Dara Costelloe (75'). Alistair Smith (89') and James Tilley (97') scored for AFC Wimbledon.
During their six most recent matches, John Doolan's Accrington Stanley have turned their attacks into goals 9 times therefore yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.
Going into this encounter, Accrington Stanley haven't beaten Bradford City when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 09/08/2016 tells us that Bradford City have won 3 of these games & Accrington Stanley 1, with the number of draws being 2.
An aggregate of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for The Bantams and 4 belonging to Stanley. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was League Two match day 37 on 09/03/2024 when it finished Accrington Stanley 0-3 Bradford City.
The match was refereed by Paul Howard.
📋 Team News: Bradford City
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Bradford City gaffer Graham Alexander to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Ciaran Kelly (Ankle injury) will miss out.
💭 Prediction
In our opinion, Accrington Stanley will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Bradford City team, but it may not be as many as they’ll concede.
We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 advantage for Bradford City after the 90. It should be a decent one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:08 23/11/2024
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
🏟️ Team Focus:
Bradford City
Formed: 1903
Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium (24,840)
Captain: Richie Smallwood
Chairman: Stefan Rupp
Manager: Graham Alexander
Competitions: League Two position 8, EFL Trophy (Group H - North)
⭐ Star Player: Bobby Pointon
Usually deployed in the Right Wing position, Bobby Pointon was born in Bradford, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Bradford City in the 2024 - 2025 season, the accomplished Forward has netted 2 league goals in the League Two 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 14 appearances.
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16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 33 | WWWLW |
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17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | DWDLD |
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15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 28 | DWWDW |
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16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 28 | WLWDD |
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 27 | DWWDD |
6 |
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16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 | WWWWW |
7 |
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17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 25 | WLWDL |
8 |
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14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | WLLWD |
9 |
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16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | WDLLD |
10 |
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15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 23 | LLLDW |
11 |
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16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | WDWLL |
12 |
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16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | LDDDL |
13 |
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14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | LLDDW |
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17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 21 | DWDLW |
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16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 21 | WWDLD |
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17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 21 | WDLDD |
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16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 18 | LDWDD |
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16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 18 | DLLLW |
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16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 17 | DLDDW |
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15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 17 | WLLWL |
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15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 16 | LWDDD |
22 |
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16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -7 | 13 | LLDLD |
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16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 12 | DLLWD |
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16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 10 | LLLWL |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 55 |
Yellow cards | 2.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 3.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Andy Cook | 10 |
Neill Byrne | 2 |
Bobby Pointon | 2 |
Olly Sanderson | 2 |
Jack Shepherd | 2 |
Dara Costelloe | 5 |
Shaun Whalley | 3 |
Josh Woods | 3 |
Jimmy Knowles | 2 |
Kelsey Mooney | 2 |
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