Delightful dogfight as daring Bradford City duels with determined Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Bradford City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Oldham Athletic.

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (61) in League Two

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game, against Scunthorpe United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Oldham Athletic.

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Bradford City form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Bradford City at their home stadium (The Utilita Energy Stadium) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager M. Trueman led his Bradford City to a defeat in the League Two match away at Carlisle United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Utilita Energy Stadium. Prior to that, an away loss at Newport County.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bradford 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 eight wins, two draws and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bradford as they are travelling to their away game against Scunthorpe United in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

The Bradford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 16 matches. Bradford City have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Oldham Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (61) in League Two, have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season. Oldham has drawn their two previous away games.

Oldham Athletic has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Scunthorpe United for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Cambridge United.

Goalkeeper Laurie Walker made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Scunthorpe United. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

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, six draws and five defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Oldham are hosting Exeter City in the League Two only three days away.

Oldham Athletic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 17 games. In the opposite end, Oldham have conceded 28 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Oldham Athletic - Bradford 3-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Bradford victories, one draw and seven Oldham Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticC. McAleny
C. McAleny
12 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
8 goals
BradfordL. Novak
L. Novak
6 goals

Bradford City missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Bradford City Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 3 17 35
13 7 2 Won W 1 7 11
8 5 3 Drew D 0 6 8
12 4 0 Lost L 2 4 16
38 17 6 Scored S 3 29 52
38 14 2 Conceded C 6 28 61
91% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
64% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 83%
52% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 65% 63%
21% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 35% 37%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 24% 29%
52% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 71% 69%
27% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 9%
30% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.8 11.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.6 11.4
4.2 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 3.7
28% 24% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 40%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest clean sheets (3) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (61) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most points from losing position (25) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in League Two

  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 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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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.