Betting preview: Bradford City vs Tranmere Rovers should be interesting

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium

Bradford City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Tranmere Rovers.

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.

Tranmere are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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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 9 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Bradford City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Harrogate Town (1-2). Preceding that match was the home game against Crawley Town that was lost 0-2.

The manager M. Trueman will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Port Vale in only four days.

Bradford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 20 games. From these home matches, Bradford have conceded only 17 goals.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W8-D8-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Tranmere aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 349 league minutes without a goal. P. Lewis was the last player to find the net.

There were no winners in Tranmere's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 0-0 vs Salford City (placed 11th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Walsall wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

A quick return to home after this game, as Tranmere Rovers are hosting Barrow in the League Two only four days away.

Tranmere Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 21 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tranmere have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tranmere Rovers - Bradford 0-1 earlier this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Bradford won three, Tranmere Rovers won two and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tranmere RoversJ. Vaughan
J. Vaughan
18 goals
Tranmere RoversK. Woolery
K. Woolery
8 goals

Bradford City missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 7 Played P 7 21 42
16 9 3 Won W 4 8 18
10 6 2 Drew D 2 8 12
15 5 2 Lost L 1 5 12
47 22 11 Scored S 13 23 52
47 17 10 Conceded C 12 26 48
90% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 76% 86%
66% 55% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 52% 57%
49% 40% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 43% 43%
20% 10% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 71% 38% 33%
5% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 14% 14%
51% 40% 71% BTTS BTTS 57% 29% 36%
27% 40% 14% Clean Sheets C S 29% 48% 38%
32% 35% 14% Failed to Score F T 29% 48% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 1.4 1.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.1 11.2 10.1 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 10.5 10.2
4.2 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3 3.2
27% 24% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 36% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 42 22 8 12 62 41 21 11 5 5 27 19 21 11 3 7 35 22 21 74
2 Cheltenham Town 41 21 9 11 54 36 20 11 4 5 31 19 21 10 5 6 23 17 18 72
3 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 10 12 52 47 21 10 5 6 25 21 21 10 5 6 27 26 5 70
4 Morecambe 42 20 9 13 62 57 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 4 9 26 31 5 69
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 52 48 21 10 4 7 29 22 21 8 8 5 23 26 4 66
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 18 11 12 54 48 20 9 6 5 29 24 21 9 5 7 25 24 6 65
7 Newport County 41 17 11 13 49 41 20 10 5 5 20 17 21 7 6 8 29 24 8 62
8 Exeter City 41 16 13 12 65 46 20 10 5 5 34 17 21 6 8 7 31 29 19 61
9 Leyton Orient 42 17 10 15 48 43 21 9 7 5 28 18 21 8 3 10 20 25 5 61
10 Carlisle United 41 17 9 15 55 46 21 12 3 6 37 24 20 5 6 9 18 22 9 60
11 Salford City 41 15 14 12 46 33 21 9 11 1 31 15 20 6 3 11 15 18 13 59
12 Crawley Town 42 16 11 15 52 53 21 10 5 6 29 23 21 6 6 9 23 30 -1 59
13 Bradford City 41 16 10 15 47 47 20 9 6 5 22 17 21 7 4 10 25 30 0 58
14 Port Vale 42 15 9 18 53 52 21 8 5 8 25 21 21 7 4 10 28 31 1 54
15 Stevenage 42 12 17 13 36 37 21 8 7 6 23 16 21 4 10 7 13 21 -1 53
16 Harrogate Town 42 15 8 19 45 49 21 7 5 9 19 22 21 8 3 10 26 27 -4 53
17 Oldham Athletic 42 14 9 19 67 72 21 6 2 13 30 37 21 8 7 6 37 35 -5 51
18 Mansfield Town 42 10 19 13 47 52 21 4 10 7 26 30 21 6 9 6 21 22 -5 49
19 Walsall 42 10 19 13 43 49 21 7 6 8 20 23 21 3 13 5 23 26 -6 49
20 Scunthorpe United 41 13 8 20 41 54 21 7 6 8 22 25 20 6 2 12 19 29 -13 47
21 Barrow 41 12 10 19 49 53 21 7 8 6 31 28 20 5 2 13 18 25 -4 46
22 Colchester United 42 9 17 16 41 60 21 8 7 6 29 26 21 1 10 10 12 34 -19 44
23 Southend United 42 8 14 20 24 53 21 4 5 12 13 27 21 4 9 8 11 26 -29 38
24 Grimsby Town 41 8 13 20 32 59 21 4 8 9 16 27 20 4 5 11 16 32 -27 37

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 42 22 8 12 62 41 21 11 5 5 27 19 21 11 3 7 35 22 21 74
2 Cheltenham Town 41 21 9 11 54 36 20 11 4 5 31 19 21 10 5 6 23 17 18 72
3 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 10 12 52 47 21 10 5 6 25 21 21 10 5 6 27 26 5 70
4 Morecambe 42 20 9 13 62 57 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 4 9 26 31 5 69
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 18 12 12 52 48 21 10 4 7 29 22 21 8 8 5 23 26 4 66
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 18 11 12 54 48 20 9 6 5 29 24 21 9 5 7 25 24 6 65
7 Newport County 41 17 11 13 49 41 20 10 5 5 20 17 21 7 6 8 29 24 8 62
8 Exeter City 41 16 13 12 65 46 20 10 5 5 34 17 21 6 8 7 31 29 19 61
9 Leyton Orient 42 17 10 15 48 43 21 9 7 5 28 18 21 8 3 10 20 25 5 61
10 Carlisle United 41 17 9 15 55 46 21 12 3 6 37 24 20 5 6 9 18 22 9 60
11 Salford City 41 15 14 12 46 33 21 9 11 1 31 15 20 6 3 11 15 18 13 59
12 Crawley Town 42 16 11 15 52 53 21 10 5 6 29 23 21 6 6 9 23 30 -1 59
13 Bradford City 41 16 10 15 47 47 20 9 6 5 22 17 21 7 4 10 25 30 0 58
14 Port Vale 42 15 9 18 53 52 21 8 5 8 25 21 21 7 4 10 28 31 1 54
15 Stevenage 42 12 17 13 36 37 21 8 7 6 23 16 21 4 10 7 13 21 -1 53
16 Harrogate Town 42 15 8 19 45 49 21 7 5 9 19 22 21 8 3 10 26 27 -4 53
17 Oldham Athletic 42 14 9 19 67 72 21 6 2 13 30 37 21 8 7 6 37 35 -5 51
18 Mansfield Town 42 10 19 13 47 52 21 4 10 7 26 30 21 6 9 6 21 22 -5 49
19 Walsall 42 10 19 13 43 49 21 7 6 8 20 23 21 3 13 5 23 26 -6 49
20 Scunthorpe United 41 13 8 20 41 54 21 7 6 8 22 25 20 6 2 12 19 29 -13 47
21 Barrow 41 12 10 19 49 53 21 7 8 6 31 28 20 5 2 13 18 25 -4 46
22 Colchester United 42 9 17 16 41 60 21 8 7 6 29 26 21 1 10 10 12 34 -19 44
23 Southend United 42 8 14 20 24 53 21 4 5 12 13 27 21 4 9 8 11 26 -29 38
24 Grimsby Town 41 8 13 20 32 59 21 4 8 9 16 27 20 4 5 11 16 32 -27 37

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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.