Walsall are going up against visitors Bradford City at Poundland Bescot Stadium in this League Two clash on Saturday.
View all Walsall v Bradford City tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Walsall
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Walsall, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 League Two victory versus Swindon Town.
For Walsall, the goalscorers were Modou Faal (11') and Danny Johnson (89'). Paul Glatzel (68') scored for Swindon Town.
Walsall have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although theyโve 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 encounter following on from a 1-2 League Two win against Salford City in their last game.
For Bradford City, the scorers were Calum Kavanagh (45') and Brad Halliday (86'). Callum Hendry (18') was the scorer 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.
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Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 27/02/2021 shows that Walsall have won 1 of these games & Bradford City 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
In all, 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for The Saddlers and 8 netted by The Bantams. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league clash between the two was League Two match day 10 on 30/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Bradford City 1-3 Walsall.
The referee was Scott Jackson.
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Team News: Walsall
The Walsall manager Mat Sadler will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all coming into this game owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.
In our view, The Saddlers will possibly employ a 3-4-2-1 formation, utilising Thomas Kaminski, Reece Burke, Teden Mengi, Daiki Hashioka, Issa Kabore, Alfie Doughty, Jordan Clark, Ross Barkley, Andros Townsend, Tahith Chong and Carlton Morris.
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Team News: Bradford City
With a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Bradford City boss Graham Alexander has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this match.
We believe The Bantams could decide to elect for a 3-5-2 formation, giving starts to Mark Flekken, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Mathias Joergensen, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Noergaard, Mathias Jensen, Sergio Reguilon, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.
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Prediction
Weโre 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.
Thatโs 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 under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
12:04 20/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Walsall
Formed: 1888
Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11,300)
Captain: Donervon Daniels
Chairman: Benjamin Boycott & Leigh Pomlett
Manager: Mat Sadler
Competitions: League Two position 11
๐ Key Player: Isaac Hutchinson
Normally deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Isaac Hutchinson was born in Eastbourne, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Derby County in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Midfielder has hit 11 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign to date coming from a total of 43 appearances.