Evenly matched teams: Scunthorpe United vs Bradford City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glanford Park (9088 seats)

The visiting Bradford City side should be favourites in this visit to Scunthorpe United, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

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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Scunthorpe United form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Scunthorpe United have to build on here at Glanford Park in the League Two.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Leicester U21 in the EFL Trophy last time out and are looking for a win here. A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Walsall.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Scunthorpe United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 6 Lost 4.

Scunthorpe United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 attempts. Scunthorpe United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bradford City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The manager G. Bowyer was unhappy after their last game, a EFL Trophy match played at their home ground Glanford Park. Bradford City suffered a 1-2 loss to Manchester City U21. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Carlisle United in the League Two.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Bradford City in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Bradford City, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Bradford City have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Bradford City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (Scunthorpe United wins - draws - Bradford City wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. McArdle
3 goals
M. Lund
3 goals / 1 assists
J. Vaughan
3 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Bradford City missing players

Scunthorpe United Bradford City
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
10 7 2 Scored S 1 6 14
18 7 4 Conceded C 0 6 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 60%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
40% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
40% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 50%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 40%
50% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5.9 7.4 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.6
5.1 4.2 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.8 5.4
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 2.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
Key stats This season:
  • Bradford City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bradford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Scunthorpe United
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Mansfield Town 2 - 0 Scunthorpe United
14-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 3 - 0 Morecambe
17-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic
21-09-19 LT Walsall 1 - 0 Scunthorpe United
24-09-19 EFL Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Leicester U21
28-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 14:00 Bradford City
05-10-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 14:00 Scunthorpe United
12-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 14:00 Northampton Town
19-10-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Scunthorpe United
22-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 18:45 Exeter City
Bradford City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Northampton Town
14-09-19 LT Walsall 0 - 1 Bradford City
17-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 3 - 2 Bradford City
21-09-19 LT Bradford City 3 - 1 Carlisle United
24-09-19 EFL Bradford City 1 - 2 Manchester City U21
28-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 14:00 Bradford City
05-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Swindon Town
12-10-19 LT Morecambe 14:00 Bradford City
19-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Crawley Town
22-10-19 LT Bradford City 18:45 Port Vale

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 10 6 4 0 15 7 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 8 4 8 22
2 Crewe Alexandra 10 7 0 3 17 12 5 3 0 2 9 8 5 4 0 1 8 4 5 21
3 Cheltenham Town 10 6 2 2 19 9 5 4 1 0 15 7 5 2 1 2 4 2 10 20
4 Swindon Town 10 6 2 2 18 11 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 3 2 0 9 4 7 20
5 Forest Green Rovers 10 5 3 2 7 5 5 3 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 18
6 Bradford City 10 5 2 3 14 9 5 3 1 1 8 3 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 17
7 Newport County 10 4 5 1 9 6 5 3 2 0 6 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 3 17
8 Crawley Town 10 4 4 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 1 3 1 9 9 3 16
9 Grimsby Town 10 4 3 3 16 12 5 2 2 1 9 7 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 15
10 Colchester United 10 4 3 3 11 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 15
11 Cambridge United 10 4 2 4 13 10 5 1 1 3 4 6 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 14
12 Northampton Town 10 4 2 4 12 10 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 14
13 Port Vale 10 3 4 3 11 14 5 3 2 0 7 4 5 0 2 3 4 10 -3 13
14 Plymouth Argyle 10 3 3 4 14 13 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 6 7 1 12
15 Macclesfield Town 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 4 8 -1 12
16 Walsall 10 3 3 4 5 9 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 -4 12
17 Salford City 10 2 5 3 12 16 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 3 2 7 12 -4 11
18 Carlisle United 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 2 0 3 7 10 -6 11
19 Mansfield Town 10 2 4 4 12 15 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 1 2 2 6 6 -3 10
20 Oldham Athletic 10 2 4 4 12 15 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 1 2 2 6 9 -3 10
21 Leyton Orient 10 2 3 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 7 10 -6 9
22 Morecambe 10 1 3 6 9 19 5 0 2 3 4 8 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 6
23 Scunthorpe United 10 1 2 7 10 18 5 1 2 2 7 7 5 0 0 5 3 11 -8 5
24 Stevenage 10 0 4 6 6 14 5 0 1 4 4 8 5 0 3 2 2 6 -8 4

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