Southend United vs Bradford City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 26.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall Stadium (12392 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Southend United and Bradford City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 24th and the visitors in 20th place.

Insights:
  • Southend United has the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Southend and Bradford City.

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Southend United form and stats

With 4 League Two wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Southend United, their manager M. Molesley and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Southend United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Mansfield Town (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Southend United lost 1-2 at home to Cambridge United.

Southend are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Port Vale awaits in four days.

Southend United aren't scoring a lot here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Bradford City form and stats

Playing away, Bradford City have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season.

Bradford City are looking to quickly end their 208 minutes long goal drought in the League Two. The Bradford goalkeeper Sam Hornby is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 311 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Bradford are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Cambridge United (placed 1st). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Port Vale.

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

The attacking power of Bradford City when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Bradford in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bradford City - Southend 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Southend wins - draws - Bradford City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityL. Novak
L. Novak
6 goals
Southend UnitedT. Clifford
T. Clifford
2 goals
SouthendJ. Olayinka
J. Olayinka
2 goals

Southend United missing players

Bradford City missing players

Southend United Bradford City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 13 4 Played P 3 11 22
5 4 3 Won W 1 3 6
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
14 8 1 Lost L 2 5 9
15 12 5 Scored S 2 10 20
36 19 5 Conceded C 3 14 25
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 86%
71% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 55%
38% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 45%
12% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 41%
25% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 27%
54% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
8.5 7.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 11.2 11.6
2.4 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.5 4
26% 40% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 23%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Southend United has the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
  • Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southend United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Southend United 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 Cambridge United 25 12 6 7 38 23 13 7 4 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 42
2 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 9 5 32 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 6 4 3 17 12 9 42
3 Newport County 23 11 7 5 34 25 10 7 2 1 15 10 13 4 5 4 19 15 9 40
4 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
5 Salford City 24 10 8 6 31 19 12 5 7 0 20 9 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 38
6 Morecambe 23 11 5 7 31 33 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 14 19 -2 38
7 Cheltenham Town 23 10 7 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 18 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 9 37
8 Exeter City 22 9 9 4 44 28 12 7 2 3 26 12 10 2 7 1 18 16 16 36
9 Leyton Orient 24 11 3 10 34 27 13 7 2 4 21 12 11 4 1 6 13 15 7 36
10 Tranmere Rovers 23 10 5 8 28 28 11 6 0 5 16 12 12 4 5 3 12 16 0 35
11 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 13 5 4 4 14 15 12 3 7 2 18 18 -1 35
12 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
13 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 12 5 5 2 16 13 2 32
14 Oldham Athletic 25 9 5 11 40 44 13 3 1 9 19 25 12 6 4 2 21 19 -4 32
15 Colchester United 23 7 9 7 28 33 11 6 4 1 18 11 12 1 5 6 10 22 -5 30
16 Port Vale 25 8 5 12 34 37 13 4 3 6 16 17 12 4 2 6 18 20 -3 29
17 Bolton Wanderers 24 7 7 10 28 37 12 3 3 6 12 17 12 4 4 4 16 20 -9 28
18 Harrogate Town 23 7 6 10 24 28 10 1 4 5 7 13 13 6 2 5 17 15 -4 27
19 Scunthorpe United 24 8 2 14 25 34 12 4 2 6 13 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -9 26
20 Bradford City 22 6 7 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 11 3 3 5 10 14 -5 25
21 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
22 Stevenage 22 4 9 9 17 25 11 4 3 4 10 8 11 0 6 5 7 17 -8 21
23 Grimsby Town 25 5 6 14 19 43 12 2 4 6 8 18 13 3 2 8 11 25 -24 21
24 Southend United 24 5 5 14 15 36 13 4 1 8 12 19 11 1 4 6 3 17 -21 20

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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.