Another engrossing fixture in the League Two. Bradford City is in the 3rd spot from participating in five games. They welcome Walsall who are placed 21st from five matches.
- Bradford City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Walsall have lost all their away matches so far.
The hosts Bradford saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the EFL Trophy. This match was also played here at The Utilita Energy Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Walsall have had more rest.
Bradford City form and stats
Perfect League Two season at home so far for Bradford City 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The Bradford fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at The Utilita Energy Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Lincoln City.
Heartbreak before that as Bradford City lost 0-2 at Leyton Orient's place.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bradford matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bradford City at home in the league. 6 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Walsall form and stats
No League Two points yet away for Walsall, from their first 2 matches. Walsall has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Walsall go into this game after a win, the home game against Stevenage that ended 1-0. Midfield player Jack Earing was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Earing served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-2 defeat away at Hartlepool United before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Walsall when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.
It's early days yet, but Walsall has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Bradford City wins - draws - Walsall wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 4 goals |  L. Angol 2 goals | P. O'Connor 1 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Walsall missing players
| Bradford City | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 5.6 | 8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 18 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 43% | 60% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 30% |
- All of Bradford City's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bradford City have scored more than double the goals of Walsall.
- Bradford City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Bradford City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Walsall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Walsall have failed to score a single goal away.
- Walsall have lost all their away matches so far.
- Walsall have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Bradford City | Last season | Walsall | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 14 | 20 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 15 | ||
| 48 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 45 | ||
| 53 | 19 | Conceded | C | 26 | 53 | ||
| 89% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 87% | ||
| 63% | 48% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 72% | ||
| 46% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 13% | ||
| 4% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 57% | ||
| 26% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 37% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 35% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Stevenage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Newport County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Salford City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Barrow | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 | Walsall | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
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