📏 Form Guide

Walsall

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Walsall, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-1 League Two triumph versus Swindon Town.

For Walsall, the scorers were Modou Faal (11') and Danny Johnson (89'). Paul Glatzel (68') was the scorer for Swindon Town.

Walsall have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also found ways to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Walsall have conceded in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those games.

Ahead of this meeting, Walsall haven't lost in the league to Bradford City in their previous 2 matches.

Bradford City

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Bradford City will come into the game following a 1-2 League Two win with the downing of Salford City in their last fixture.

For Bradford City, goals were scored by Calum Kavanagh (45') and Brad Halliday (86'). Callum Hendry (18') scored for Salford City.

Graham Alexander's Bradford City have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 6 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 8.

Taking a look at their past results, Bradford City:

• have not been beaten by Walsall in games played away from home for the previous 4 league matches. A very good record, indeed.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 27/02/2021 shows that Walsall have won 1 of these games and Bradford City 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

An aggregate of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them from The Saddlers and 8 being from The Bantams. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was League Two match day 10 on 30/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Bradford City 1-3 Walsall.

The match was refereed by Scott Jackson.

📋 Team News: Walsall

The Walsall manager Mat Sadler will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this clash thanks to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

In all likelihood, The Saddlers should kick off with a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match with Thomas Kaminski, Reece Burke, Teden Mengi, Daiki Hashioka, Issa Kabore, Alfie Doughty, Jordan Clark, Ross Barkley, Andros Townsend, Tahith Chong and Carlton Morris.

📋 Team News: Bradford City

Owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Bradford City manager Graham Alexander does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

We reckon that The Bantams seem likely to play in a 3-5-2 lineup, starting Mark Flekken, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Mathias Joergensen, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Noergaard, Mathias Jensen, Sergio Reguilon, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Bradford City will have their work cut out to break down this Walsall team who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning score for Walsall at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 13:07 20/04/2024