MANSFIELD. Bradford City overcame Mansfield Town to win 2-1. It was Bradford City to strike first with a goal of R. Smallwood at the 30′. Then A. Cook scored again for Bradford City in the 53′ minute. Eventually, W. Swan reduced the distance for Mansfield Town (69′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Mansfield Town was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

Bradford City remained with 10 players after M. Platt received a double yellow card in the 64′. Still, Bradford City still managed to win this contest competing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the One Call Stadium stadium in Mansfield on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Simon Mather with the collaboration of Paul Stonier and Steve Rushton. The 4th official was Paul Howard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Mansfield Town was in firm control of the ball 63% while Bradford City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Mansfield Town was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Bradford City managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Mansfield Town shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Bradford City shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Mansfield Town received 2 yellow cards (S. Quinn and G. Lapslie). Regarding the opposition, Bradford City received 3 yellow cards (M. Platt, S. Banks and R. Smallwood).

Also, Bradford City didn’t finish the match with 11 players after M. Platt (Bradford City) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (64′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Mansfield Town will stay with 27 points like Salford City to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Bradford City will have 30 points like Swindon Town to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Mansfield Town will play away against Newport County on the 18th of April with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Mansfield Town (9 draws).

Bradford City will play away agasint Swindon Town on the 18th of April with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Swindon Town (6 draws).

Mansfield Town – Formation

Mansfield Town started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Nigel Clough decided to play with the following team: Christy Pym, James Perch, Elliott Hewitt, Riley Harbottle, Ollie Clarke, Hiram Boateng, Kellan Gordon, George Lapslie, Anthony Hartigan, George Maris and Will Swan.

The home team had on the bench: Kieran Wallace, Lukas Akins, Jordan Bowery, Scott Flinders, John-Joe O’Toole, Oliver Hawkins and Stephen Quinn.

Substitutions

Mansfield Town made 4 changes: K. Gordon for J. Bowery (46′), A. Hartigan for L. Akins (46′), R. Harbottle for S. Quinn (59′) and J. Perch for O. Hawkins (88′).

Bradford City – Formation

Bradford City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mark Hughes played with: Harry Lewis, Brad Halliday, Matthew Foulds, Romoney Crichlow-Noble, Richard Smallwood, Alex Gilliead, Harrison Chapman, Andy Cook, Tyreik Samuel Wright, Scott Banks and Matthew Platt (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Dion Pereira, Vadaine Oliver, Colin Doyle, Abobaker Eisa, Yann Songo’o, Lee Angol and Ryan Henry East.

Substitutions

Bradford City made 4 changes: T. Wright for A. Eisa (55′), H. Chapman for Y. Songo’o (66′), A. Cook for V. Oliver (88′) and S. Banks for D. Pereira (88′).

Best player: Matthew Platt​

The most impressive player for Bradford City was Matthew Platt even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (6.3) with 23 passes (47% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Rochdale – Salford City – 1-0
• Mansfield Town – Bradford City – 1-2
• Harrogate Town – Carlisle United – 3-3
• AFC Wimbledon – Leyton Orient – 2-0