Bradford City AFC vs Bolton Wanderers FC, League One 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Bradford City AFC vs Bolton Wanderers FC — League One at Valley Parade.
- Bradford City AFC 46 games · 77 pts (2025/26)
- Bolton Wanderers FC 46 games · 75 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 14 May Bolton Wanderers FC H 0–1 L 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 May Bradford City AFC A 1–0 W 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 Season Stats
Bradford City AFC Bolton Wanderers FC #4 Position #5 77 Points 75 46 Played 46 22 / 11 / 13 W / D / L 19 / 18 / 9 58 Scored 70 51 Conceded 52 +7 GD +18 1.67 PPG 1.63 48% Win % 41% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Bradford City AFC this season27% Clean Sheets
Bolton Wanderers FC this seasonBradford City AFC are 4th (77 pts). Bolton Wanderers FC are 5th (75 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Bradford City AFC0-151/216-301/–31-45–/–46-601/261-753/276+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededBolton Wanderers FC0-153/116-302/131-452/146-603/661-753/376+6/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Bradford City AFC and Bolton Wanderers FC has kicked off!
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Bolton Wanderers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' Josh Sheehan needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 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' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Bolton Wanderers FC that had 317 games and scored 379 goals.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joe Wright, as he is very good at scoring at Valley Parade with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 4 times this season with Bolton Wanderers FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 45' It looks surprising Bolton Wanderers FC does not make any changes. Sam Walker has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 50' It’s high time Graham Alexander made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 55' Ibou Touray has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 60' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 65' 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.
- 70' Bradford City AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 75' Bolton Wanderers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
- 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bolton Wanderers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 81' GOAL! Xavier Simons scores on 81.
- 86' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 90' Aden Baldwin was booked on 90.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Bradford City AFC and Bolton Wanderers FC (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Bradford City AFC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 6
- 19
- 4
- 26
- 10
- 7
- 3
- 15
- 23
- 21
Bench
- 28
- 32
- 22
- 11
- 24
- 25
- 17
Coach Graham AlexanderBolton 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 Schumacher -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Johnny Kenny 1 Kayden Jackson 1 Amario Cozier-Duberry 1 Xavier Simons 1 Head to Head
Bradford City AFC Form
2026-05-14 Bradford City AFC 0–1 Bolton Wanderers FC L 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 DBolton Wanderers FC Form
2026-05-14 Bradford City AFC 0–1 Bolton Wanderers FC W 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 -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 30.82 Bradford City AFC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.09 Bolton Wanderers FC xGI would bet for: Bolton Wanderers FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 70%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bolton Wanderers FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.91Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 83% 17% ± 1.5 57% 43% ± 2.5 30% 70% ± 3.5 13% 87% ± 4.5 5% 95% Double Chance
Bradford City AFC or Draw 60%Draw or Bolton Wanderers FC 73%Bradford City AFC or Bolton Wanderers FC 67%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 17.3%0 – 1 Actual1 – 1 14.2%1 – 0 10.8%0 – 2 8.3%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 1 5.3%2 – 0 4.7%2 – 2 3%0 – 3 3%1 – 3 2.6%3 – 1 1.5%Asian Handicap — Bradford City AFC
Handicap Bradford City AFC covers Push Bolton Wanderers FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 6% 92% -1.5 8% — 92% -1 8% 17% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 60% — 40% +1 60% 23% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 11% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Bradford City AFC keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Bolton Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet 44% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.