Bradford City vs Stevenage match preview: Even contest expected at The Utilita Energy Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium (25136 seats)

A total of eight sets of matches have gone by and both Bradford City and Stevenage are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in League Two
  • Stevenage have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

A strong away win for Bradford City against Tranmere Rovers the last match, as Cook (2) were on target. Midfield player Smallwood got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Smallwood served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Bradford won a home game hosting Walsall (2-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford City as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Bradford City has won 7 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.

Bradford have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Stevenage form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Stevenage won their last game, 1-0 versus Newport County played at home. Defender Piergianni was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Piergianni won 10 of 12 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Crewe Alexandra.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stevenage playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Stevenage wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wycombe Wanderers in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stevenage have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away.

Head 2 Head

Bradford City have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (5-1-0) when playing Stevenage.

Top Goalscorers

BradfordA. Cook
A. Cook
6 goals
StevenageJ. Reid
J. Reid
3 goals
Bradford CityJ. Young
J. Young
2 goals

Bradford City missing players

Stevenage missing players

Bradford City Stevenage
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
11 4 0 Scored S 0 5 11
7 1 0 Conceded C 1 4 6
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 62%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 62%
38% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 12%
 
6.1 5.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.6
5.5 6.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 4.5
1.8 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 12.8 23 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.2 14.6
2.5 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.2 4.1
55% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 33%
 
11.2 12 3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.8 7.8
1.5 0.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.8 2.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in League Two
  • Stevenage have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 8 7 1 0 15 4 4 4 0 0 9 2 4 3 1 0 6 2 11 22
2 Stevenage 8 6 1 1 11 6 4 4 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 19
3 Barrow 8 6 0 2 13 9 4 4 0 0 8 3 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 18
4 Salford City 8 5 2 1 13 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 17
5 Northampton Town 8 5 2 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 2 2 0 8 5 6 17
6 Bradford City 8 4 2 2 11 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 7 6 4 14
7 Doncaster Rovers 8 4 2 2 10 10 4 3 0 1 7 6 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 14
8 Mansfield Town 8 4 1 3 12 9 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 13
9 Grimsby Town 7 3 3 1 7 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 12
10 Crewe Alexandra 8 3 3 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 12
11 Swindon Town 8 2 5 1 9 8 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 0 3 1 2 5 1 11
12 Sutton United 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 0 1 3 3 6 0 11
13 Carlisle United 7 2 4 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 10
14 Walsall 8 2 3 3 10 8 4 1 2 1 7 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 9
15 AFC Wimbledon 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -3 8
16 Tranmere Rovers 8 2 1 5 8 9 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 0 1 3 1 5 -1 7
17 Newport County 8 2 1 5 9 11 4 1 0 3 4 7 4 1 1 2 5 4 -2 7
18 Stockport County 8 2 1 5 10 13 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 0 0 4 5 9 -3 7
19 Harrogate Town 8 2 1 5 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 7
20 Crawley Town 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 0 3 1 3 4 -4 6
21 Colchester United 8 1 3 4 7 12 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 0 1 3 3 7 -5 6
22 Gillingham 8 1 3 4 2 9 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 6
23 Hartlepool United 8 0 4 4 6 15 4 0 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 3 4 11 -9 4
24 Rochdale 8 0 2 6 5 13 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 1 3 3 8 -8 2

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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.