With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Bradford City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Southend United.
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 Southend United.
Bradford City form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Bradford City at their home stadium (Northern Commercials Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Bradford City has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. McCall and the players.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 284 minutes without scoring a league goal. B. Clarke was the last player to find the net.
Bradford faced defeat in their previous match, away at Barrow (0-1). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bolton Wanderers.
Bradford City are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Tonbridge Angels awaits in four days.
Bradford aren't scoring a lot here at Northern Commercials Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Southend United form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Southend United, who have the most conceded goals (22) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Southend, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Bristol Rovers game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Southend United have lost on their last two travels.
Southend United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Port Vale proved too strong as Southend United slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Roots Hall Stadium. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Oldham Athletic.
The schedule is very tough for Southend now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Boreham Wood is waiting in only four days.
Goals are few and far between in Southend United's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. Southend have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Bradford, three draws and four wins for Southend United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Novak 3 goals |  C. Wood 1 goals | E. Watt 1 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Southend United missing players
| Bradford City | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | 67 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 29 | 70 |
| 43 | 26 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 19% | 12% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 29% |
- All of Southend United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Southend United have scored away.
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (22) in League Two
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-17) in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southend United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Southend United have yet to win a game.
- Southend United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southend United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Salford City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Barrow | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 2 |
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