Bradford City favourites for feisty fight facing Grimsby Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

League Two: Bradford City welcome Grimsby Town in what should be an entertaining football game. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Grimsby Town played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match. That game, against Crawley Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Grimsby Town.

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Bradford City form and stats

Bradford City have played 19 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-8-4 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Bradford City has four draws from their last four matches.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bradford, who played 0-0 against Carlisle United. That match was also played at this venue (University of Bolton Stadium). Midfield player Smallwood got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, the max score being 10. Smallwood hit two key passes.

Before that, Bradford City drew at home versus Hartlepool United.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bradford City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 6 and lost 6.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 11 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Bradford City has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Bradford have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. Grimsby Town have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Grimsby Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Crawley Town (placed 22nd). Smith was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Smith hit one key pass and won 9 of 9 duels.

A draw for Grimsby Town before that, at their own venue hosting Walsall (1-1).

Grimsby are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

Grimsby Town have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Grimsby Town have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bradford have pulled off a streak of 11 consecutive games without losing (6-5-0) when playing Grimsby Town.

Bradford City and Grimsby Town have played each other earlier this season: Grimsby Town - Bradford City 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
22 goals
Grimsby TownH. Clifton
H. Clifton
7 goals
BradfordS. Banks
S. Banks
4 goals

Bradford City missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Grimsby Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 19 6 Played P 6 19 37
16 7 2 Won W 2 8 12
13 8 3 Drew D 2 3 12
8 4 1 Lost L 2 8 13
45 24 7 Scored S 6 21 39
32 17 5 Conceded C 7 23 43
81% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 89%
62% 68% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 68%
38% 37% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 41%
19% 21% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 16% 16%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
43% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 51%
43% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 32% 32%
32% 26% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 32% 27%
 
4.4 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.3 4.6
5.9 5.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.9 4.7
2 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 12.6 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.4 11.9
2.2 2.3 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4
54% 55% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 26%
 
10.7 11.1 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.9 11
2.9 2.7 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.3 2.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 37 21 11 5 49 25 19 13 5 1 27 8 18 8 6 4 22 17 24 74
2 Northampton Town 38 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 19 9 7 3 28 18 19 69
3 Stevenage 37 19 10 8 51 34 19 14 1 4 34 14 18 5 9 4 17 20 17 67
4 Carlisle United 38 18 12 8 58 36 19 10 6 3 28 16 19 8 6 5 30 20 22 66
5 Stockport County 38 18 9 11 51 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 9 2 8 26 18 19 63
6 Salford City 38 18 8 12 60 43 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 9 3 7 34 24 17 62
7 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
8 Mansfield Town 37 16 10 11 55 45 18 7 7 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 58
9 Sutton United 38 15 11 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 19 4 7 8 16 25 0 56
10 Barrow 38 16 7 15 40 43 19 10 3 6 23 16 19 6 4 9 17 27 -3 55
11 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 49 43 18 7 5 6 26 18 19 6 7 6 23 25 6 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 6 17 40 52 19 10 1 8 24 23 19 5 5 9 16 29 -12 51
13 Walsall 38 11 16 11 39 35 19 8 7 4 23 14 19 3 9 7 16 21 4 49
14 Tranmere Rovers 38 13 10 15 37 39 19 8 5 6 23 18 19 5 5 9 14 21 -2 49
15 Grimsby Town 37 12 12 13 39 43 18 4 9 5 18 20 19 8 3 8 21 23 -4 48
16 AFC Wimbledon 39 11 13 15 41 45 19 7 6 6 22 20 20 4 7 9 19 25 -4 46
17 Gillingham 38 11 11 16 26 40 19 9 4 6 16 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -14 44
18 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
19 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 34 46 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 37
22 Crawley Town 38 9 10 19 42 60 19 8 4 7 29 29 19 1 6 12 13 31 -18 37
23 Hartlepool United 38 6 14 18 41 67 19 3 9 7 21 31 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 32
24 Rochdale 38 6 8 24 33 59 19 3 4 12 19 30 19 3 4 12 14 29 -26 26

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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 37 21 11 5 49 25 19 13 5 1 27 8 18 8 6 4 22 17 24 74
2 Northampton Town 38 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 19 9 7 3 28 18 19 69
3 Stevenage 37 19 10 8 51 34 19 14 1 4 34 14 18 5 9 4 17 20 17 67
4 Carlisle United 38 18 12 8 58 36 19 10 6 3 28 16 19 8 6 5 30 20 22 66
5 Stockport County 38 18 9 11 51 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 9 2 8 26 18 19 63
6 Salford City 38 18 8 12 60 43 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 9 3 7 34 24 17 62
7 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
8 Mansfield Town 37 16 10 11 55 45 18 7 7 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 58
9 Sutton United 38 15 11 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 19 4 7 8 16 25 0 56
10 Barrow 38 16 7 15 40 43 19 10 3 6 23 16 19 6 4 9 17 27 -3 55
11 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 49 43 18 7 5 6 26 18 19 6 7 6 23 25 6 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 6 17 40 52 19 10 1 8 24 23 19 5 5 9 16 29 -12 51
13 Walsall 38 11 16 11 39 35 19 8 7 4 23 14 19 3 9 7 16 21 4 49
14 Tranmere Rovers 38 13 10 15 37 39 19 8 5 6 23 18 19 5 5 9 14 21 -2 49
15 Grimsby Town 37 12 12 13 39 43 18 4 9 5 18 20 19 8 3 8 21 23 -4 48
16 AFC Wimbledon 39 11 13 15 41 45 19 7 6 6 22 20 20 4 7 9 19 25 -4 46
17 Gillingham 38 11 11 16 26 40 19 9 4 6 16 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -14 44
18 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
19 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 34 46 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 37
22 Crawley Town 38 9 10 19 42 60 19 8 4 7 29 29 19 1 6 12 13 31 -18 37
23 Hartlepool United 38 6 14 18 41 67 19 3 9 7 21 31 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 32
24 Rochdale 38 6 8 24 33 59 19 3 4 12 19 30 19 3 4 12 14 29 -26 26

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.