Blackpool FC vs Bradford City AFC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

Blackpool FC

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Bradford City AFC

Sun 4 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Blackpool FC vs Bradford City AFC — League One .

Blackpool FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
Bradford City AFC 46 games · 77 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Simon Mather

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Stockport County FC	46	77
4	Bradford City AFC	46	77
5	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
6	Stevenage FC	46	75
7	Luton Town FC	46	74
8	Plymouth Argyle FC	46	73
9	Huddersfield Town AFC	46	67
10	Mansfield Town FC	46	65
11	Wycombe Wanderers FC	46	63
12	Reading FC	46	63
13	Blackpool FC	46	60
14	Doncaster Rovers FC	46	60
15	Barnsley FC	46	59
16	Wigan Athletic FC	46	56
17	Burton Albion FC	46	54
18	Peterborough United FC	46	53
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	53
20	Leyton Orient FC	46	52
21	Exeter City FC	46	49
22	Port Vale FC	46	42
23	Rotherham United FC	46	41
24	Northampton Town FC	46	35

Head-to-Head

Blackpool FC 4 games · Avg 3.5 goals Bradford City AFC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-04 Blackpool FC 1–2 Bradford City AFC 2025-09-27 Bradford City AFC 1–0 Blackpool FC 2019-03-23 Bradford City AFC 1–4 Blackpool FC 2018-09-08 Blackpool FC 3–2 Bradford City AFC

Recent Form

Blackpool FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jan	Bradford City AFC	H	1–2	L
01 Jan	Port Vale FC	A	1–5	L
29 Dec	Rotherham United FC	H	4–0	W
26 Dec	Doncaster Rovers FC	H	1–0	W
20 Dec	Wigan Athletic FC	A	2–0	W
13 Dec	Lincoln City FC	H	2–2	D

Bradford City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jan	Blackpool FC	A	2–1	W
01 Jan	Mansfield Town FC	A	0–3	L
29 Dec	Port Vale FC	H	1–0	W
26 Dec	Wigan Athletic FC	H	2–1	W
20 Dec	Leyton Orient FC	A	1–2	L
13 Dec	Reading FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Blackpool FC		Bradford City AFC
#13	Position	#4
60	Points	77
46	Played	46
17 / 9 / 20	W / D / L	22 / 11 / 13
54	Scored	58
65	Conceded	51
-11	GD	+7
1.30	PPG	1.67
37%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Blackpool FC are 13th (60 pts). Bradford City AFC are 4th (77 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Blackpool FC and Bradford City AFC has kicked off!
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

Blackpool FC Lineups

Bradford City AFC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jay Spearing	2
Armand Gnanduillet	2
Jay Spearing	2
Jack Payne	1
Eoin Doyle	1
Jack Payne	1
Eoin Doyle	1
Curtis Tilt	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.59 Blackpool FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.28 Bradford City AFC xG

I would bet for: Blackpool FC or Bradford City AFC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Blackpool FC41% Draw28% Bradford City AFC31%

Actual: Bradford City AFC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.87

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Blackpool FC or Draw

69%

Draw or Bradford City AFC

59%

Blackpool FC or Bradford City AFC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Blackpool FC32% Draw45% Bradford City AFC23%

Actual: Bradford City AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

8.1%

0 – 0

7.5%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.7%

3 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Blackpool FC

Handicap	Blackpool FC covers	Push	Bradford City AFC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Blackpool FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Bradford City AFC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.