Scunthorpe United fights Bradford City in League One battle

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glanford Park (9088 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Scunthorpe United holding 21st place and Bradford City lying 24th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Scunthorpe United are 6-7-9 (wins-draw-losses).

Scunthorpe United lost their last game at Charlton Athletic after a 0-4 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Blackpool that ended 0-0.

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 Scunthorpe United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

The Scunthorpe United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 29 in 22 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Scunthorpe United defense is not exactly impregnable. 39 goals conceded from 22 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Bradford City form and stats

Bradford City, who have the fewest points (13) away in League One, have only collected 13 points from their away games after 3-4-15 (22 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Bradford City, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

There were no winners in Bradford City's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Gillingham. A 0-2 defeat away at Coventry City before that.

Bradford City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bradford City as they have only managed to score 21 times from 22 away games. For Bradford City, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Bradford City - Scunthorpe United 2-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Scunthorpe United won 3 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Bradford City has 3 wins.

Top Goalscorers

L. Novak
11 goals
E. Doyle
10 goals / 1 assists
J. Payne
8 goals / 1 assists

Scunthorpe United missing players

Bradford City missing players

Scunthorpe United Bradford City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
49 29 Scored 21 46
77 39 Conceded 44 75
95% 95% Over 0.5 95% 93%
82% 82% Over 1.5 73% 70%
50% 50% Over 2.5 55% 48%
27% 32% Over 3.5 41% 34%
20% 27% Over 4.5 23% 18%
50% 55% Both teams to score 45% 39%
16% 18% Clean Sheet 18% 25%
39% 32% Failed To Score 41% 43%
 
4.2 4.5 Corners For (avg) 5.2 5.3
6.5 6.4 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.5
1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.8
2 0 Red Cards (total) 2 6
Key stats this season:
  • Bradford City 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 43 26 12 5 84 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 22 11 6 5 32 21 47 90
2 Barnsley 44 25 13 6 77 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 22 11 5 6 39 21 41 88
3 Portsmouth 43 25 11 7 79 46 21 12 6 3 39 18 22 13 5 4 40 28 33 86
4 Sunderland 43 22 18 3 77 42 22 12 9 1 45 24 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 84
5 Charlton Athletic 44 24 10 10 67 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 27 82
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 43 18 12 13 65 56 22 8 7 7 28 27 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 66
8 Coventry City 44 18 10 16 53 51 22 9 6 7 23 19 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 64
9 Blackpool 44 15 17 12 49 47 22 8 8 6 28 23 22 7 9 6 21 24 2 62
10 Burton Albion 44 16 12 16 63 53 22 10 5 7 33 22 22 6 7 9 30 31 10 60
11 Oxford United 44 15 14 15 55 59 22 11 3 8 32 25 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 59
12 Fleetwood Town 43 15 12 16 56 50 21 8 8 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 57
13 Gillingham 44 14 10 20 58 70 22 7 4 11 27 34 22 7 6 9 31 36 -12 52
14 Rochdale 44 14 9 21 53 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -30 51
15 Bristol Rovers 44 12 14 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 22 7 8 7 23 22 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
17 Wycombe Wanderers 44 13 11 20 53 65 22 9 5 8 27 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -12 50
18 Accrington Stanley 43 12 12 19 43 64 22 6 6 10 21 32 21 6 6 9 22 32 -21 48
19 Southend United 44 13 8 23 53 66 22 7 2 13 30 33 22 6 6 10 23 33 -13 47
20 Plymouth Argyle 44 12 11 21 52 73 22 8 6 8 33 36 22 4 5 13 19 37 -21 47
21 Scunthorpe United 44 12 10 22 49 77 22 6 7 9 29 39 22 6 3 13 20 38 -28 46
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
23 Walsall 44 11 10 23 46 71 22 6 5 11 27 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -25 43
24 Bradford City 44 10 7 27 46 75 22 7 3 12 25 31 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 37

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