Balanced ball game between Bradford City and Swindon Town expected

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Commercials Stadium (25136 seats)

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 8th position and the visitors placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Bradford City form and stats

3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bradford City so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bradford City after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The home team returns to Northern Commercials Stadium after sharing the points with Scunthorpe United (placed 23rd) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Manchester City U21 with the scoreline 1-2.

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 seven games. Bradford City has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Bradford City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Northern Commercials Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Bradford City have conceded only 3 goals.

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Swindon Town form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Swindon Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Swindon Town love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The manager R. Wellens was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Northern Commercials Stadium. Swindon Town suffered a 0-2 loss to Newport County (placed 6th). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Cambridge United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swindon Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Swindon Town wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Plymouth Argyle in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Swindon Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Swindon Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Bradford City-Swindon Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bradford City 2 wins, Swindon Town 5 wins, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

E. Doyle
7 goals
J. Yates
5 goals
J. Vaughan
3 goals

Bradford City missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Bradford City Swindon Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
5 3 0 Won W 0 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 2 2 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 3
15 8 0 Scored S 3 9 18
10 3 1 Conceded C 3 4 13
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
45% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 55%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 45%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
18% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 27%
 
5.9 6.6 5 Corners For (avg) C F 7 6.6 6.4
4.9 4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 4.7
2.3 2.8 5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.3
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Swindon Town have not yet lost a game away.
  • Swindon Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Swindon Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Swindon Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Bradford City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 LT Walsall 0 - 1 Bradford City
17-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 3 - 2 Bradford City
21-09-19 LT Bradford City 3 - 1 Carlisle United
24-09-19 EFL Bradford City 1 - 2 Manchester City U21
28-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Bradford City
05-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Swindon Town
12-10-19 LT Morecambe 14:00 Bradford City
19-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Crawley Town
22-10-19 LT Bradford City 18:45 Port Vale
26-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 14:00 Bradford City
Swindon Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Leyton Orient 1 - 3 Swindon Town
14-09-19 LT Swindon Town 3 - 0 Macclesfield Town
17-09-19 LT Swindon Town 0 - 3 Colchester United
21-09-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 1 Swindon Town
28-09-19 LT Swindon Town 0 - 2 Newport County
05-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Swindon Town
08-10-19 EFL Swindon Town 18:45 Plymouth Argyle
12-10-19 LT Swindon Town 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
19-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Swindon Town
22-10-19 LT Swindon Town 18:45 Stevenage

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

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