Bolton Wanderers FC vs Bradford City AFC, League One 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Bolton Wanderers FC vs Bradford City AFC — League One at Toughsheet Community Stadium.
- Bolton Wanderers FC 46 games · 75 pts (2025/26)
- Bradford City AFC 46 games · 77 pts (2025/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Bradford City AFC H 1–0 W 02 May Luton Town FC H 2–3 L 25 Apr Bradford City AFC A 1–1 D 18 Apr Huddersfield Town AFC H 3–3 D 14 Apr Stevenage FC H 5–1 W 11 Apr Cardiff City FC A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Bolton Wanderers FC A 0–1 L 02 May Exeter City FC A 2–1 W 25 Apr Bolton Wanderers FC H 1–1 D 21 Apr Plymouth Argyle FC H 1–1 D 18 Apr Barnsley FC A 2–2 D 11 Apr Stevenage FC H 0–1 L Season Stats
Bolton Wanderers FC Bradford City AFC #5 Position #4 75 Points 77 46 Played 46 19 / 18 / 9 W / D / L 22 / 11 / 13 70 Scored 58 52 Conceded 51 +18 GD +7 1.63 PPG 1.67 41% Win % 48% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Bolton Wanderers FC this season29% Clean Sheets
Bradford City AFC this seasonBolton Wanderers FC are 5th (75 pts). Bradford City AFC are 4th (77 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Bolton Wanderers FC0-153/116-302/131-452/146-603/661-753/376+6/2■ Scored ■ ConcededBradford City AFC0-151/216-301/–31-45–/–46-601/261-753/276+2/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Bolton Wanderers FC is hosting Bradford City AFC for another epic battle.
- 5' It’s high time Graham Alexander made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Curtis Tilt suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Bradford City AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bradford City AFC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' The travelling Bradford City AFC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 33' Josh Neufville was booked on 33.
- 38' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 38 minutes.
- 43' Bolton Wanderers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 48' Chris Forino-Joseph has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 53' It looks surprising Bolton Wanderers FC does not make any changes. Jack Bonham has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 58' Bradford City AFC is showing some good football. However, Bradford City AFC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 60' What a strike from Amario Cozier-Duberry! The score is 1-0.
- 65' Bradford City AFC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 65.
- 70' Bolton Wanderers FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Johnny Kenny scoring 1 goals.
- 75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ruben Rodrigues, as he is very good at scoring at Toughsheet Community Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 80' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Bradford City AFC that had 113 games and scored 105 goals.
- 85' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 89' Ibrahim Cissoko was booked on 89.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Lineups
Bolton Wanderers FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
- 1
- 21
- 18
- 14
- 6
- 27
- 3
- 48
- 20
- 19
Bench
- 29
- 45
- 23
- 11
- 25
- 10
- 4
Coach Steven SchumacherBradford City AFC Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
- 6
- 19
- 4
- 26
- 32
- 10
- 7
- 3
- 15
- 21
Bench
- 28
- 22
- 11
- 18
- 24
- 25
- 17
Coach Graham Alexander -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Johnny Kenny 1 Kayden Jackson 1 Amario Cozier-Duberry 1 Xavier Simons 1 Head to Head
Bolton Wanderers FC Form
2026-05-09 Bolton Wanderers FC 1–0 Bradford City AFC W 2026-05-02 Bolton Wanderers FC 2–3 Luton Town FC L 2026-04-25 Bradford City AFC 1–1 Bolton Wanderers FC D 2026-04-18 Bolton Wanderers FC 3–3 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2026-04-14 Bolton Wanderers FC 5–1 Stevenage FC W 2026-04-11 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bolton Wanderers FC LBradford City AFC Form
2026-05-09 Bolton Wanderers FC 1–0 Bradford City AFC L 2026-05-02 Exeter City FC 1–2 Bradford City AFC W 2026-04-25 Bradford City AFC 1–1 Bolton Wanderers FC D 2026-04-21 Bradford City AFC 1–1 Plymouth Argyle FC D 2026-04-18 Barnsley FC 2–2 Bradford City AFC D 2026-04-11 Bradford City AFC 0–1 Stevenage FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.46 Bolton Wanderers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.04 Bradford City AFC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bolton Wanderers FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.5Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Bolton Wanderers FC or Draw 75%Draw or Bradford City AFC 52%Bolton Wanderers FC or Bradford City AFC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.4%1 – 0 Actual0 – 0 10.3%2 – 1 8.8%2 – 0 8.5%0 – 1 7.5%1 – 2 6.2%2 – 2 4.6%0 – 2 4.3%3 – 1 4.3%3 – 0 4.1%3 – 2 2.3%Asian Handicap — Bolton Wanderers FC
Handicap Bolton Wanderers FC covers Push Bradford City AFC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 14% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 22% 55% -0.5 45% — 55% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 16% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Bolton Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Bradford City AFC keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.