Betting preview: Bradford City vs Gillingham should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Commercials Stadium (25136 seats)

Season ticket holders at Northern Commercials Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Bradford City languishing in the 24th position so far. The guesting Gillingham will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It's no vacation for neither Bradford City nor Gillingham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bradford City form and stats

7 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats. That’s what Bradford City have to build on here at Northern Commercials Stadium. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Bradford City have lost seven games in a row. Three consecutive losses here at Northern Commercials Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Bradford City lost their last game at Coventry City after a 0-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Bradford City lost 2-3 at Bristol Rovers's place.

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 eight games. Bradford City has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

The Bradford City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 24 in 21 matches. On the other hand, Bradford City have conceded 30 goals.

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Gillingham form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Gillingham playing as the away team this season.

Gillingham won their last game, 3-1 versus Plymouth Argyle played at home. A 0-2 loss hosting Shrewsbury Town before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gillingham playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 1 Gillingham win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Gillingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 30 away goals from 21 games. Gillingham have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gillingham - Bradford City 4-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Bradford City, 4 draws and 4 wins for Gillingham.

Top Goalscorers

T. Eaves
19 goals / 1 assists
E. Doyle
10 goals / 1 assists
J. Payne
8 goals / 1 assists

Bradford City missing players

Gillingham missing players

Bradford City Gillingham
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
45 24 Scored 30 57
74 30 Conceded 35 69
93% 90% Over 0.5 100% 98%
70% 67% Over 1.5 90% 81%
49% 43% Over 2.5 52% 51%
35% 29% Over 3.5 33% 37%
19% 14% Over 4.5 19% 16%
37% 29% Both teams to score 57% 51%
26% 33% Clean Sheet 19% 23%
44% 48% Failed To Score 24% 28%
 
5.3 5.5 Corners For (avg) 4.3 5.3
5.6 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 6.6 5.7
1.8 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.5
6 4 Red Cards (total) 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Gillingham hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gillingham is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Luton Town 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 43 24 13 6 74 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 21 10 5 6 36 21 38 85
3 Sunderland 42 22 17 3 76 41 22 12 9 1 45 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 35 83
4 Portsmouth 42 24 11 7 77 45 20 11 6 3 37 17 22 13 5 4 40 28 32 83
5 Charlton Athletic 43 23 10 10 63 40 21 14 5 2 33 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 23 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 42 18 11 13 64 55 21 8 6 7 27 26 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 65
8 Coventry City 43 18 10 15 52 49 22 9 6 7 23 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 3 64
9 Burton Albion 43 16 12 15 61 50 22 10 5 7 33 22 21 6 7 8 28 28 11 60
10 Blackpool 43 14 17 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 22 7 9 6 21 24 1 59
11 Fleetwood Town 42 15 12 15 55 48 21 8 8 5 31 26 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 57
12 Oxford United 43 14 14 15 52 57 22 11 3 8 32 25 21 3 11 7 20 32 -5 56
13 Gillingham 43 14 9 20 57 69 22 7 4 11 27 34 21 7 5 9 30 35 -12 51
14 Bristol Rovers 43 12 14 17 45 48 21 5 6 10 22 26 22 7 8 7 23 22 -3 50
15 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 14 17 48 55 21 8 8 5 23 22 22 4 6 12 25 33 -7 50
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Rochdale 43 13 9 21 52 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -31 48
18 Wycombe Wanderers 43 12 11 20 52 65 21 8 5 8 26 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -13 47
19 Plymouth Argyle 43 12 11 20 52 70 21 8 6 7 33 33 22 4 5 13 19 37 -18 47
20 Scunthorpe United 43 12 10 21 49 73 22 6 7 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 46
21 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
22 Southend United 43 12 8 23 50 64 21 6 2 13 27 31 22 6 6 10 23 33 -14 44
23 Walsall 43 11 10 22 46 70 22 6 5 11 27 37 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 43
24 Bradford City 43 10 6 27 45 74 21 7 2 12 24 30 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 36

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