Bradford City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Salford City.
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (33) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Bradford nor Salford City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salford City are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Bradford City form and stats
Bradford City have collected 33 points from their League Two home games so far after 9-6-6. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Bradford with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Grimsby Town game, 17 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The Bradford City manager M. Trueman might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
In their previous game, the manager M. Trueman led his Bradford to a defeat in the League Two match away at Port Vale. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Utilita Energy Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Tranmere Rovers that was lost 0-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bradford as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Scunthorpe United are visiting.
The Bradford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bradford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Utilita Energy Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 18 from 21 matches.
Salford City form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Salford City, who have the fewest conceded goals (33) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 7-3-11 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Salford goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky is eager to challenge this, with his 337 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Salford City's previous game versus Mansfield Town (placed 18th), a League Two 2-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Walsall.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Colchester United.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salford City as they have only managed to score 17 times from 21 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Salford City - Bradford 3-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Bradford City zero wins, one draw and Salford City two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 18 goals |   A. Cook 8 goals |  J. Wilson 7 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Salford City missing players
| Bradford City | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 21 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 21 | 43 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| 48 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 50 |
| 50 | 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 33 |
| 91% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 65% | 52% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 29% | 48% | 60% |
| 49% | 38% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 29% | 33% |
| 19% | 10% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 5% | 12% |
| 5% | 5% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| 51% | 38% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 24% | 37% |
| 26% | 38% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 48% | 47% |
| 33% | 38% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 43% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11.3 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 24% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 20% | 28% |
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (33) in League Two
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) 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 | 43 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 78 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 22 | 77 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 47 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 76 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 58 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 72 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 72 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 67 |
| 7 | Newport County | 43 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 66 |
| 8 | Salford City | 43 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 65 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 43 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 65 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 63 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 61 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 49 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 61 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 53 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 60 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 52 | 55 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -3 | 60 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 43 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 44 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 37 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 56 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 71 | 74 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 35 | -3 | 54 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 28 | -7 | 54 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 50 | 54 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -4 | 52 |
| 19 | Walsall | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 45 | 51 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 26 | -6 | 52 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 44 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 61 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 35 | -18 | 47 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 43 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 59 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 32 | -18 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 46 |
| 23 | Southend United | 44 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -30 | 41 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 63 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 33 | -29 | 40 |
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