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

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium (25136 seats)

Bradford City have performed better than Barrow so far, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Bradford City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Bradford City and Barrow should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bradford City form and stats

Seven points from three League Two home games is a great start for Bradford City, who are hoping to build on that form here at The Utilita Energy Stadium.

Bradford City lost their last game at Salford City (placed 14th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Elliot Watt (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Watt hit two key passes.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Walsall.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bradford City, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Manchester United U21 is only three days away.

Goals decide football matches and Bradford are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Bradford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barrow form and stats

Barrow are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Barrow failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Colchester United (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 2-3. The attacker Jordan Stevens got a match rating of 8.11 in that game. Stevens scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Barrow won their away game at Oldham Athletic. The scoreline was 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where Barrow have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were three victories, two draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Barrow have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. 3 goals have been conceded by Barrow in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Bradford victory, zero draws and one Barrow win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BradfordA. Cook
A. Cook
4 goals
BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
3 goals
BarrowO. Zanzala
O. Zanzala
3 goals

Bradford City missing players

Barrow missing players

Bradford City Barrow
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
10 7 0 Scored S 1 4 10
8 3 0 Conceded C 2 3 9
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
71% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
43% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
57% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 57%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
6.1 9.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5
5.3 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 4.9
1.4 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 3.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14 17.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.3 11.4
4.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.1
33% 47% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 45%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Bradford City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bradford City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bradford City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bradford City have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 7 5 1 1 14 8 4 3 0 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 16
2 Harrogate Town 6 4 2 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 14
3 Leyton Orient 7 3 3 1 13 6 4 3 0 1 9 2 3 0 3 0 4 4 7 12
4 Hartlepool United 6 4 0 2 8 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 12
5 Rochdale 7 3 2 2 11 9 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 11
6 Bradford City 7 3 2 2 10 8 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 11
7 Swindon Town 7 3 2 2 8 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 11
8 Exeter City 7 2 4 1 9 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 10
9 Northampton Town 6 3 1 2 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
10 Colchester United 6 2 3 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 9
11 Port Vale 7 2 3 2 7 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 1 9
12 Carlisle United 7 2 3 2 7 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 4 5 0 9
13 Barrow 7 2 2 3 10 9 4 1 2 1 6 6 3 1 0 2 4 3 1 8
14 Salford City 7 2 2 3 7 6 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 8
15 Tranmere Rovers 7 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 2 0 2 -1 8
16 Newport County 6 2 2 2 7 9 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 8
17 Stevenage 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 -2 8
18 Walsall 7 2 2 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 8
19 Crawley Town 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 3 3 8 -3 7
20 Mansfield Town 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 2 0 2 7 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 7
21 Bristol Rovers 7 2 1 4 5 10 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 7
22 Scunthorpe United 7 1 3 3 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 0 2 1 1 3 -7 6
23 Sutton United 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 5
24 Oldham Athletic 7 1 0 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 1 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 -10 3

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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.