Bradford City manager Hughes looking for three points in Gillingham showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

Bradford City are hunting the top table places while Gillingham are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (32) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bradford City and Gillingham.

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Bradford City form and stats

9 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Bradford City have to build on here at University of Bolton Stadium in the League Two. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bradford after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager Hughes led his Bradford City to a defeat away at Swindon Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at University of Bolton Stadium. This club put together a eleven league matches long run without a defeat before that game! Midfielder Walker was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Walker hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that match, a win away at Rochdale.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bradford City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 2 matches, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Bradford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 30 goals in 21 games. Bradford City have only conceded 20 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gillingham form and stats

There's been little loot from Gillingham's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 21 away games in the League Two. Gillingham only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 7 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Harris, the Gillingham manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Gillingham had fun at their own home (University of Bolton Stadium) last time out, beating Leyton Orient 2-0. MacDonald and Alexander scored. Masterson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.41. Masterson won 0 of 1 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Stockport County.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gillingham playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

A tale of few goals? 32 of this club's most recent 40 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 27 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier on this match year: Gillingham - Bradford 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bradford City three wins, three draws and Gillingham four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
24 goals
BradfordS. Banks
S. Banks
6 goals
GillinghamT. Nichols
T. Nichols
5 goals

Bradford City missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 6 21 43
19 9 3 Won W 0 2 13
14 8 3 Drew D 1 7 12
9 4 1 Lost L 5 12 18
54 30 11 Scored S 1 12 32
36 20 7 Conceded C 8 27 45
81% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 81% 86%
62% 71% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
40% 43% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 24% 21%
21% 29% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 2%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 2%
43% 52% 57% BTTS BTTS 17% 29% 28%
43% 38% 43% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 37%
33% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 83% 62% 49%
 
4.4 5.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.8 3.9
5.8 5.5 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.7 4.4
2 1.7 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 12.9 14.9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.8 9.6
2.6 2.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 1.3 2
49% 49% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 43% 38%
 
10.5 10.7 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.9 11.4
2.8 2.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4 3.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gillingham have scored away.
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (12) away in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (32) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (34) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

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