League Two forecast and preview: Salford City small thought to beat Bradford City

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

Running out at their own ground is relaxed and nice for Salford City, but Bradford City are fully motivated and capable to get all three points. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Salford City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League Two
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Salford City form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Salford City have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

Salford City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Carlisle United. Midfield player Josh Morris got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Morris scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Oldham Athletic in the EFL Trophy.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salford handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, seven draws and two defeats.

The Salford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Defensively Salford City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bradford City form and stats

Bradford City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

There were no winners in Bradford City's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Walsall (placed 21st). Callum Cooke got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. Cooke hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 46 total).

The game before that, in the EFL Trophy, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Lincoln City.

Bradford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and four defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Bradford have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Bradford have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - one - zero (Salford City wins - draws - Bradford City wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityA. Cook
A. Cook
4 goals
SalfordI. Henderson
I. Henderson
2 goals
Bradford CityL. Angol
L. Angol
2 goals

Salford City missing players

Bradford City missing players

Salford City Bradford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 4 2 Played P 0 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
6 4 1 Scored S 0 3 10
6 2 2 Conceded C 0 4 7
83% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 83%
67% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
50% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 67%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 17%
33% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 33%
 
4.5 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 6.8
3 2.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.3
1.8 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 13.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 13.8
5.5 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 4.3
18% 17% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Salford City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) 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 Harrogate Town 5 4 1 0 11 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 13
2 Forest Green Rovers 6 4 1 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 13
3 Bradford City 6 3 2 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 11
4 Swindon Town 6 3 2 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 11
5 Northampton Town 5 3 1 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 10
6 Leyton Orient 6 2 3 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 9
7 Hartlepool United 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 9
8 Carlisle United 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 9
9 Barrow 6 2 2 2 8 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 4 3 2 8
10 Rochdale 6 2 2 2 10 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 8 6 1 8
11 Tranmere Rovers 6 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 8
12 Stevenage 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 8
13 Exeter City 6 1 4 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 7
14 Mansfield Town 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 2 0 2 7 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 7
15 Newport County 5 2 1 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 7
16 Bristol Rovers 6 2 1 3 5 9 3 2 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 7
17 Port Vale 6 1 3 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 6
18 Colchester United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
19 Scunthorpe United 6 1 3 2 4 7 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 1 3 -3 6
20 Salford City 6 1 2 3 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 5
21 Walsall 6 1 2 3 4 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 -4 5
22 Crawley Town 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 -4 4
23 Oldham Athletic 6 1 0 5 4 10 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 1 0 2 3 4 -6 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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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.