Bradford City manager Hughes looking for three points in Swindon Town showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 25.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

League Two: A pair of contenders who have done superbly up to now. Get to know Bradford City - Swindon Town with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League Two

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

When playing at home in the League Two, Bradford City have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.

Bradford City are confident in defense, having played 244 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Bradford, facing Grimsby Town in a game that ended 0-0. Lewis, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.13 out of 10 in that game. Lewis topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Burton Albion in the EFL Trophy. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bradford City handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bradford City as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Crawley Town are visiting.

Bradford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Bradford City have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Swindon Town form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Swindon Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Swindon Town are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Hartlepool United (placed 24th). Williams, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Williams scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).

A defeat, in the EFL Trophy away at Bristol Rovers, before that. Swindon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Swindon Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Mansfield Town is waiting in only four days.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Swindon Town have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bradford City-Swindon Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bradford City four wins, Swindon Town five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BradfordA. Cook
A. Cook
10 goals
Swindon TownJ. Williams
J. Williams
4 goals
Swindon TownJ. Wakeling
J. Wakeling
4 goals

Bradford City missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Bradford City Swindon Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
7 3 1 Won W 0 2 7
4 3 0 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
19 9 3 Scored S 1 5 17
11 4 0 Conceded C 3 8 14
79% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
57% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 67%
50% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 40%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
43% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 47%
43% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 40%
36% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 27%
 
5.3 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.1 7.1
6.2 7.1 11 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4.3
1.7 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.9 11.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.7 13.1
2 1.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.6
68% 69% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 31%
 
11.5 12.6 16 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.1 10.5
2.3 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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 Leyton Orient 14 10 3 1 23 9 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 5 2 0 12 5 14 33
2 Stevenage 15 10 2 3 22 14 8 7 0 1 14 5 7 3 2 2 8 9 8 32
3 Northampton Town 15 9 3 3 26 16 7 5 0 2 13 7 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 30
4 Mansfield Town 14 8 2 4 23 16 6 4 2 0 12 6 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 26
5 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 17 14 8 5 2 1 12 6 7 2 3 2 5 8 3 26
6 Bradford City 14 7 4 3 19 11 7 3 3 1 9 4 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 25
7 Carlisle United 14 6 6 2 21 14 8 4 3 1 13 8 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 24
8 Salford City 14 7 3 4 17 12 8 3 2 3 9 7 6 4 1 1 8 5 5 24
9 Tranmere Rovers 14 7 2 5 17 10 6 4 0 2 11 4 8 3 2 3 6 6 7 23
10 Grimsby Town 14 6 5 3 17 11 7 1 4 2 7 6 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 23
11 Barrow 14 7 1 6 17 16 6 4 0 2 8 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 1 22
12 Doncaster Rovers 15 6 4 5 19 20 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 2 3 3 7 11 -1 22
13 Crewe Alexandra 14 4 6 4 14 16 8 3 3 2 11 8 6 1 3 2 3 8 -2 18
14 Sutton United 15 5 3 7 14 18 8 4 2 2 10 8 7 1 1 5 4 10 -4 18
15 Walsall 15 4 5 6 17 15 7 3 2 2 11 6 8 1 3 4 6 9 2 17
16 Stockport County 14 4 3 7 16 19 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 2 0 5 9 11 -3 15
17 AFC Wimbledon 14 4 3 7 16 21 6 2 1 3 6 7 8 2 2 4 10 14 -5 15
18 Newport County 15 4 2 9 14 19 8 2 1 5 6 11 7 2 1 4 8 8 -5 14
19 Gillingham 14 2 7 5 6 14 8 2 4 2 4 6 6 0 3 3 2 8 -8 13
20 Harrogate Town 14 3 3 8 11 18 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 1 1 5 4 9 -7 12
21 Crawley Town 14 3 3 8 15 25 7 3 0 4 11 13 7 0 3 4 4 12 -10 12
22 Rochdale 14 3 2 9 11 21 7 1 1 5 6 10 7 2 1 4 5 11 -10 11
23 Colchester United 14 2 3 9 10 19 7 2 2 3 6 8 7 0 1 6 4 11 -9 9
24 Hartlepool United 15 1 6 8 13 27 7 1 4 2 5 8 8 0 2 6 8 19 -14 9

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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.