Preview: 6 points stand between the sides so far, Swindon Town having performed best. Can Bradford City pull off a surprise?
- Bradford City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals (27) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Bradford City form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bradford City so far this season.
No payout for Bradford in their previous match, an away game at Tranmere Rovers that ended in defeat 1-2. Cook has scored in three games in a row. First-class! Midfielder Walker was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.35 (out of ten) in that game. Walker hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Walsall that was lost 1-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford City as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Bradford City has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Goals from both teams! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this team. Could it happen again?
Bradford City are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Grimsby Town awaits in three days.
The Bradford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. On the other hand, Bradford City have conceded 6 goals.
Swindon Town form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Two away games in a row for Swindon Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Notts County. Until that defeat this side had gained at least a draw from nine league fixtures in a row. Midfielder Hutton was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.62. Hutton served one assist, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Grimsby Town.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swindon Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Swindon wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The schedule is very tough for Swindon Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A EFL Trophy game at Reading is waiting in only three days.
For Swindon, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these sides: Bradford City won four, Swindon Town triumphed in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Young 9 goals | D. Kemp 7 goals |   A. Cook 5 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Swindon Town missing players
| Bradford City | Swindon Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15.2 | 14.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 40% | 47% |
| 10.5 | 8.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 14.8 | 13.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
- Bradford City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bradford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Swindon Town have scored more than double the goals of Bradford City.
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals (27) in League Two
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Crawley Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Barrow | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Walsall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Newport County | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 17 | Salford City | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 7 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 4 |
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