League Two preview: Can Bradford City edge out victory against Walsall?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

Bradford City are set for a new test after their 0-2 vs Middlesbrough in the previous match. Walsall are coming to play!

Insights:
  • Bradford City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the Carabao Cup. This match was also played here at University of Bolton Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Walsall have had more rest.

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Bradford City form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Bradford City at their home stadium (University of Bolton Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Bradford City.

The Bradford City club members got no joy from their last fixture, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at University of Bolton Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Middlesbrough. Stubbs, defender, was given a rating of 7.22/10 in that game, top of the team. Stubbs hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Newport County and winning 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bradford City handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bradford as they are travelling to their away game against Tranmere Rovers in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

The Bradford City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Bradford City are not conceding a lot of goals here at University of Bolton Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Walsall form and stats

Playing away, Walsall have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

The manager Sadler was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium The Banks's Stadium. Walsall suffered a 1-3 loss to AFC Wimbledon (placed 8th). The attacker Draper got a match rating of 7.15 in that game. Draper scored one goal.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Swindon Town's place.

We have checked recent matches where Walsall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Milton Keynes Dons in just three days.

Walsall are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Walsall have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bradford City have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when facing Walsall.

Top Goalscorers

BradfordA. Cook
A. Cook
3 goals
WalsallF. Draper
F. Draper
3 goals
Bradford CityJ. Walker
J. Walker
2 goals

Bradford City missing players

Walsall missing players

Bradford City Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
10 5 0 Scored S 1 7 12
9 3 0 Conceded C 2 11 16
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 67%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
56% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 78%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
4.1 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.6
6.4 7.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 7 7.2
2.4 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.6 12.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.8 11.7
4.4 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4 4
25% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 35% 33%
 
11.1 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 14.4 14
2.4 2.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.4 5.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bradford City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bradford City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bradford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Walsall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Walsall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 6 2 1 19 14 4 4 0 0 12 7 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 20
2 Gillingham 9 6 0 3 8 8 4 3 0 1 4 4 5 3 0 2 4 4 0 18
3 Mansfield Town 9 4 5 0 16 8 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 1 4 0 9 6 8 17
4 Crawley Town 9 5 2 2 17 17 5 4 0 1 10 5 4 1 2 1 7 12 0 17
5 Swindon Town 8 4 4 0 24 13 4 3 1 0 15 5 4 1 3 0 9 8 11 16
6 Crewe Alexandra 9 4 4 1 21 14 5 3 2 0 13 8 4 1 2 1 8 6 7 16
7 Wrexham 9 4 3 2 20 20 5 3 1 1 17 13 4 1 2 1 3 7 0 15
8 AFC Wimbledon 9 3 5 1 15 9 4 0 3 1 5 6 5 3 2 0 10 3 6 14
9 Stockport County 9 4 2 3 17 12 5 2 2 1 10 5 4 2 0 2 7 7 5 14
10 Milton Keynes Dons 9 4 2 3 16 15 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 11 11 1 14
11 Bradford City 9 3 4 2 10 9 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 1 13
12 Accrington Stanley 9 4 1 4 13 13 5 3 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 0 13
13 Barrow 8 3 3 2 8 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 2 2 2 5 5 1 12
14 Morecambe 8 3 2 3 9 10 5 3 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 -1 11
15 Newport County 9 3 2 4 17 19 5 2 2 1 11 8 4 1 0 3 6 11 -2 11
16 Walsall 9 3 2 4 12 16 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 3 7 11 -4 11
17 Grimsby Town 9 2 4 3 11 12 5 2 2 1 7 4 4 0 2 2 4 8 -1 10
18 Harrogate Town 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 3 7 -3 10
19 Doncaster Rovers 9 2 2 5 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 7 4 1 0 3 4 9 -7 8
20 Colchester United 8 2 1 5 10 11 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 5 5 -1 7
21 Salford City 9 2 1 6 11 16 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 2 0 3 8 9 -5 7
22 Forest Green Rovers 9 2 1 6 9 18 5 0 0 5 3 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 -9 7
23 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 0 7 12 15 5 2 0 3 9 7 4 0 0 4 3 8 -3 6
24 Sutton United 9 1 1 7 12 21 5 1 1 3 6 7 4 0 0 4 6 14 -9 4

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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.