League Two: Two contenders who have performed well as yet. Learn more on Salford City - Bradford City with this broad guide!
- Salford 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
This has all the signs of an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Salford City form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Salford City at their home stadium (The Peninsula Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Salford City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Northampton Town's place. The match ended 1-0 with Galbraith scoring. King, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.04 out of 10 in that game. King topped it up with a clean sheet.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Grimsby Town.Salford City are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Rochdale awaits in three days.
The Salford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Salford City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Bradford City form and stats
Playing away, Bradford City have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.
The manager Hughes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Northern Commercials Stadium. Bradford suffered a 0-1 loss to Stockport County (placed 16th). Before that defeat this club had won at least a draw from seven league matches in a row.
Ahead of that, 2-2 at home hosting Leicester U21 (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
Bradford City have another match away in just three days, a EFL Trophy fixture vs Burton Albion. A gruelling calendar for the visitors!
Bradford City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Bradford have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former six meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Salford City, one draw and one win for Bradford City. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 9 goals |   R. Watson 3 goals |  M. Lund 2 goals |
Salford City missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Salford City | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 6.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 12.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 37% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 64% | 67% |
| 11.3 | 10.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
- Bradford City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Bradford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stevenage | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Salford City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Barrow | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Walsall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Newport County | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 22 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Crawley Town | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 6 |
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