Bradford City vs Newport County betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium (25136 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another absorbing skirmish at The Utilita Energy Stadium in the League Two. Bradford City is in 15th position and receive Newport County in 17th position. Learn more about the fixture here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bradford and Newport County.

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Bradford City form and stats

A League Two draw at home so far for Bradford City. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 10 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

Bradford City's previous fixture was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 against Hull City. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. The attacker Cook was announced as "man of the match" for Bradford with the rating of 8.22/10. Cook scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Barrow in the League Two.

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 17 games. Bradford City has won 7 of these, drawn 6 and lost 4.

The manager Hughes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Colchester United in only three days.

At The Utilita Energy Stadium, Bradford City has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Newport County form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 10 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Two away matches in a row for Newport County, whose manager Rowberry could celebrate last time after the Carabao Cup win against Luton Town.

The game before that, in the League Two, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Walsall.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Newport County playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Newport County wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Salford City in just three days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Newport County has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Newport County have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Bradford.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
1 goals
Bradford CityJ. Young
J. Young
1 goals
Newport CountyO. Bogle
O. Bogle
1 goals

Bradford City missing players

Newport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Newport County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 1 1 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
6.5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6.5
5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 2.5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.5 23 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 17 13
5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 25%
 
9 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 7
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2
Bradford City Last season Newport County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 6   Won W   10 19
16 10   Drew D   6 12
16 7   Lost L   7 15
53 29   Scored S   27 67
55 29   Conceded C   27 58
87% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 96%
80% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
43% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 57%
17% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 26%
7% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 13%
59% 74%   BTTS BTTS   48% 54%
24% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 26%
30% 17%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
4.9 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
4.8 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.3
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
4 2   Red cards R C   0 3
 
12.8 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.5
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.1
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 29%
 
12.4 11   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 11.8
3.6 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Walsall 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Crewe Alexandra 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Leyton Orient 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Barrow 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
5 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
6 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 Salford City 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
8 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
11 Harrogate Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
12 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Mansfield Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
15 Bradford City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Newport County 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Grimsby Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
20 Hartlepool United 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
21 Stockport County 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Rochdale 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
24 Crawley Town 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season 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 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Walsall 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Crewe Alexandra 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Leyton Orient 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Barrow 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
5 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
6 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 Salford City 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
8 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
11 Harrogate Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
12 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Mansfield Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
15 Bradford City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Newport County 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Grimsby Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
20 Hartlepool United 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
21 Stockport County 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Rochdale 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
24 Crawley Town 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0

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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.