The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Tranmere Rovers are in the 13th position while the guesting Bradford City worry at 18th.
- Tranmere Rovers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Bradford City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Grimsby 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.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
4-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season.
A strong away win for Tranmere Rovers against Bolton Wanderers the last match, as James Vaughan, Peter Clarke and Kieron Morris were on target. Prior to that, an away loss at Exeter City.
This is expected to be a close game, with Tranmere Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tranmere as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Tranmere Rovers has won five of these, drawn three and lost seven.
Tranmere are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Barrow awaits in three days.
Tranmere Rovers has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tranmere have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Bradford City form and stats
Bradford City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Cambridge United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Bradford City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Bradford, two draws and eight defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Bradford are hosting Port Vale in the League Two only three days away.
Bradford City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bradford have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Tranmere victories, three draws and two Bradford City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vaughan 9 goals |   L. Novak 5 goals |  P. Clarke 3 goals |
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| Tranmere Rovers | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 22 | 11 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | 53% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 21% |
| 17% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 51% | 61% | 82% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 25% |
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tranmere Rovers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | Newport County | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 8 | Walsall | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 28 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 19 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 22 | Barrow | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 13 |
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