Both Sutton United and Bradford City are desperate for points in this game, in spite of the visitors holding a 11 point lead so far.
- Sutton United have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
- Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League Two
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Mansfield Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sutton United form and stats
Sutton United have played 8 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Sutton United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Salford City, Leyton Orient, Carlisle United, Stevenage, Barrow, Northampton Town and Swindon Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Sutton United club members got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup duel also played here at Falkirk Community Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Farnborough.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stockport County (0-3).Sutton has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches.
Bradford City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Bradford City, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Mansfield Town (placed 9th) last time out. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. Cook, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.73. Cook scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
The match before that was the FA Cup-battle against Harrogate Town, a home loss (0-1).
Bradford City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games.
Head 2 Head
Sutton United-Bradford City H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sutton zero wins, Bradford City one win, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). Smith likes to play against Bradford City and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 11 goals |   W. Randall 3 goals | T. Wright 3 goals |
Sutton United missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Sutton United | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 71% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 47% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 53% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 11.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 30% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.8 | 10.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
- 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
- Sutton United have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
- Sutton 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 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Salford City | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
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