National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grimsby Town or Bradford City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Grimsby Town 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.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town have collected 11 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-2-1.
The Grimsby Town coach Hurst and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Tranmere Rovers. The hometeam coach Hurst made a successful contribution in the game against Tranmere Rovers, bringing on Pyke who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Mullarkey, defender, was given a rating of 7.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Mullarkey hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that, Grimsby had a League Two home game versus Barrow which ended with a victory 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Grimsby Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grimsby Town as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Grimsby Town has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Accrington Stanley are coming to town in four days.
Grimsby Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Blundell Park with 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Grimsby have conceded only 5 goals.
Bradford City form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bradford City so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Pointon secured the home win 1-0 against Swindon Town in their previous game. Midfielder Pointon was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.72. Pointon scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A 1-2 defeat away at Tranmere Rovers before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Bradford City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Bradford City, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to AFC Wimbledon.
8 goals have been conceded by Bradford City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Bradford City have avoided a loss in the last 13 games (7-6-0) versus Grimsby.Top Goalscorers
  A. Eisa 5 goals |   A. Cook 5 goals |  D. Rose 4 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Grimsby Town | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 33 | 7 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| 10.6 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barnsley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Manchester City U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)
- Bradford City
- Telegraph & Argus - (local newspaper)
- The Cows Arse BCFC Forum - (supporter forum)
