Bradford City look to The Utilita Energy Stadium supporters for inspiration before Oldham Athletic match

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

Match week two of the League Two campaign and the participants have learned from the first match. Here's the ultimate Bradford City - Oldham Athletic pre-match guide:

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 City and Oldham Athletic.

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Bradford City form and stats

Last season, Bradford City's league statistics were 16 wins, 11 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Bradford City managed 9-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 19 conceded.

Bradford are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 436 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by C. Donaldson).

Bradford lost their last game at Nottingham Forest after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Callum Cooke got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Cooke scored one goal, hit seven key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Exeter City that finished 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 Bradford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Stevenage in only three days. This game is also played here at The Utilita Energy Stadium.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Let's have a look at how Oldham Athletic performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 9 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 72 and conceded 81 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 41/39 goals scored/conceded.

The attacking players of Oldham Athletic have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 219 minutes.

Oldham delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Tranmere Rovers (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Carabao Cup game. Jamie Bowden got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, top player of the team. Bowden served one assist, hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

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

Oldham Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, seven draws and six defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Oldham manager K. Curle as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bristol Rovers.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bradford City one win, two draws and Oldham Athletic seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Bradford City missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Bradford City Last season Oldham Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
16 9   Won W   9 15
11 7   Drew D   7 9
19 7   Lost L   7 22
48 22   Scored S   41 72
53 19   Conceded C   39 81
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 91%
63% 48%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 83%
46% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 67%
17% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 37%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   30% 30%
48% 35%   BTTS BTTS   70% 67%
26% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 11%
37% 43%   Failed to Score F T   26% 30%
 
4.4 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.3
4.7 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.5
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 12
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 3.9
26% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Forest Green Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Mansfield Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hartlepool United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Newport County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Tranmere Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Salford City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Sutton United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Barrow 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Port Vale 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Walsall 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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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 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Forest Green Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Mansfield Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hartlepool United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Newport County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Tranmere Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Salford City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Sutton United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Barrow 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Port Vale 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Walsall 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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.