National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bradford City or Oldham Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
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
Bradford have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Tonbridge Angels. Last season, Bradford's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round replays.Overall League Two stats at home this season for Bradford City are 2-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 225 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Staunton was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Bradford in their previous match, an away game at Leyton Orient that ended in defeat 0-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Salford City (0-3).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bradford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost five.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Cheltenham Town in only three days. This game is also played here.
Bradford City has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Bradford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hampton & Richmond in order to reach 2nd Round of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Oldham Athletic have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Oldham are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Oldham Athletic, whose manager H. Kewell could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Barrow. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Exeter City at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Barrow was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Conor McAleny came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Barrow last time out, making the manager H. Kewell feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Conor McAleny scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Barrow.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Oldham in our archives, and the results are: one win for Oldham Athletic, five draws and seven defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Oldham are hosting Tranmere Rovers in the League Two only three days away.
Oldham has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Oldham Athletic's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Bradford City wins - draws - Oldham Athletic wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 6 goals |  D. Rowe 4 goals | Z. Dearnley 4 goals |
Bradford City missing players
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| Bradford City | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 45 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 28 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 309 | 163 | Total Shots | T S | 161 | 312 | ||
| 109 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 110 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
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