Bradford City favourites for feisty fight facing Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Commercials Stadium (25136 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the League Two table has to be read with caution. So far Bradford City find themselves in 14th position and Oldham Athletic are placed 22nd.

Bradford City and Oldham Athletic 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

Only one draw at home so far for Bradford City. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 23 matches. The last three games played by Bradford City, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Three draws in a row here at Northern Commercials Stadium for Bradford City, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

The home team returns to Northern Commercials Stadium after sharing the points with Grimsby Town on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cambridge United 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 Bradford City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Early season goal statistics from Bradford City's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Oldham Athletic had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 6, drew 8 and lost 9.

Oldham Athletic failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Crewe Alexandra that ended with defeat 1-2. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Liverpool U21 in the EFL Trophy.

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 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Oldham Athletic has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Bradford City wins - draws - Oldham Athletic wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Vaughan
1 goals
C. Missilou
1 goals

Bradford City missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Bradford City Oldham Athletic
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 1 3
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 50%
 
3.5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 5.5
6 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 4
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Bradford City Last season Oldham Athletic
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
11 7   Won   6 16
8 4   Drew   8 14
27 12   Lost   9 16
49 25   Scored   25 67
77 31   Conceded   27 60
91% 87%   Over 0.5   78% 87%
70% 65%   Over 1.5   74% 80%
48% 39%   Over 2.5   39% 48%
35% 26%   Over 3.5   17% 30%
20% 13%   Over 4.5   13% 20%
39% 30%   BTTS   39% 54%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets   43% 33%
43% 48%   Failed To Score   39% 26%
 
5.4 5.7   Corners For (avg)   4.7 5.4
5.6 4.7   Corners Against (avg)   6.4 5.4
1.8 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.9 1.6
6 4   Red Cards   2 3

Bradford City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Bradford City 1 - 1 Wigan Athletic
23-07-19 CF Bradford Park Avenue 0 - 0 Bradford City
27-07-19 CF Rochdale 0 - 1 Bradford City
03-08-19 LT Bradford City 0 - 0 Cambridge United
10-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 1 - 1 Bradford City
13-08-19 CC Bradford City 18:45 Preston North End
17-08-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Oldham Athletic
20-08-19 LT Stevenage 18:45 Bradford City
24-08-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
31-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Bradford City
Oldham Athletic
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
04-05-19 LT Oldham Athletic 2 - 5 Northampton Town
20-07-19 CF Oldham Athletic 2 - 3 Rochdale
03-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 0 Oldham Athletic
07-08-19 EFL Oldham Athletic 3 - 2 Liverpool U21
10-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
13-08-19 CC Blackburn Rovers 18:45 Oldham Athletic
17-08-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Oldham Athletic
20-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 18:45 Exeter City
24-08-19 LT Cambridge United 14:00 Oldham Athletic
31-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Colchester United

  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 Plymouth Argyle 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Swindon Town 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Exeter City 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Grimsby Town 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Walsall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Macclesfield Town 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Carlisle United 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
11 Salford City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
13 Leyton Orient 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
14 Bradford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Cambridge United 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Mansfield Town 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Newport County 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Port Vale 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
19 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Northampton Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Stevenage 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0

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