Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Accrington Stanley & Bradford City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Accrington Stanley nor Bradford City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
Accrington participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The total League Two results at home this season for Accrington Stanley are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Accrington Stanley last time playing, versus Newport County. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Whalley, Adedoyin and Nolan scoring for the victors. Defender Hills got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.75/10. Hills served one assist, hit one key pass and won 14 of 21 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Oxford United and winning 2-1.Accrington Stanley are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Gillingham awaits in four days.
Accrington Stanley has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Bradford City form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Bradford City playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Bradford have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 252 minutes ago. Walker was the goal scorer.
Bradford City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Crawley Town. Defender Kelly was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Kelly won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, the Bradford City manager Hughes faced defeat when travelling to Carlisle United (after extra-time) and losing 1-3.A new game in only four days for Bradford City, the League Two home match versus Colchester United. Busy days.
{0 goals} so far away for Bradford City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Accrington victories, four draws and two Bradford City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nolan 1 goals | K. Adedoyin 1 goals | S. Whalley 1 goals |
Accrington Stanley missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Accrington Stanley | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 30% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 13.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sutton United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Salford City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Barrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Walsall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Wrexham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Newport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Notts County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
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