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Bradford City will be facing away side Tranmere Rovers at University of Bradford Stadium in this League Two clash on Friday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Bradford City v Tranmere Rovers match are shown here (plus the best game odds).
๐ Form Guide
Bradford City
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Bradford City wonโt want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-0 League Two losing effort in their last game against Harrogate Town.
The only player to score from Bradford City was Daniel Oyegoke (79' Own goal). Josh March (21') and George Thomson (73') scored for Harrogate Town.
It has been seldom in recent games where Bradford City have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Bradford City have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 14 goals in the process.
Ahead of this meeting, Bradford City havenโt won at home in the past 4 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.
Tranmere Rovers
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Crawley Town in League Two action, Tranmere Rovers will be aiming to make amends here.
The only scorer from Tranmere Rovers was Luke Norris (21'). Jeremy Kelly (2'), Jay Williams (10') and Danilo Orsi (79') scored for Crawley Town.
Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Tranmere Rovers have amassed the sum of 7 goals. Tranmere Rovers have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have had 8 goals go into their own net. Such a pattern might not be sustained into this game, though.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Tranmere Rovers:
- haven't beaten Bradford City when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 20/04/2021 shows that Bradford City have won 2 of these games & Tranmere Rovers 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them from The Bantams and 7 belonging to Super White Army. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.
The last league fixture featuring these clubs was League Two match day 11 on 03/10/2023 when it ended Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Bradford City.
The referee was Scott Oldham.
๐๏ธ Team News: Bradford City
The Bradford City boss Graham Alexander has no fitness concerns at all coming into this match owing to a completely injury-free group to choose from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Tranmere Rovers
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Tranmere Rovers boss Nigel Adkins doesnโt have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.
๐ก Prediction
Weโre envisaging that Tranmere Rovers could find themselves up against it to score goals against this Bradford City outfit who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.
Weโre therefore predicting a very even contest with a 1-0 winning score for Bradford City when all is said and done.
There should be little in it.
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Renata Leite, 14:08 29/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Bradford City
Formed: 1903
Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium (25,136)
Captain: Richard Smallwood
Chairman: Stefan Rupp
Manager: Graham Alexander
Competitions: League Two position 17
โญ Key Player: Tyler Smith
Usually deployed in the Striker position, Tyler Smith was born in Sheffield, England. After making a first senior appearance for Hull City in the 2021 - 2022 season, the talented Forward has contributed 4 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 34 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 73 | LWLWD |
2 |
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38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 71 | DWDDW |
3 |
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39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 70 | WWDLW |
4 |
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40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 67 | WWLWL |
5 |
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39 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 65 | LLWLD |
6 |
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38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64 | WWDDW |
7 |
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38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 59 | LWWDW |
8 |
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40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 59 | LDLDW |
9 |
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40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 58 | DWWLD |
10 |
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38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 56 | WWLDD |
11 |
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39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 55 | LLWWL |
12 |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | WLLLL |
13 |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | DLDDW |
14 |
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39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 51 | LLDWL |
15 |
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40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 50 | WDWWL |
16 |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 50 | LLWDL |
17 |
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39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 50 | WLLLL |
18 |
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38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 49 | LDWWW |
19 |
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40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 47 | LLDWW |
20 |
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39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 44 | WDLLL |
21 |
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38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | -16 | 39 | DDWDL |
22 |
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37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 34 | DDLDD |
23 |
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40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -26 | 33 | LDLWW |
24 |
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39 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -27 | 33 | LWWLL |
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Harrogate Town |
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Notts County |
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Walsall |
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Colchester United |
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Forest Green Rovers |
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Sutton United |
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MK Dons |
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Gillingham |
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Grimsby Town |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 28 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Andy Cook | 15 |
Jamie Walker | 5 |
Brad Halliday | 4 |
Calum Kavanagh | 4 |
Tyler Smith | 4 |
Rob Apter | 11 |
Connor Jennings | 11 |
Kieron Morris | 9 |
Josh Hawkes | 6 |
Regan Hendry | 5 |
Walsall |
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Newport County |
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