BRADFORD. Bradford City and Colchester United didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday..

The match was played at the The Utilita Energy Stadium stadium in Bradford on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Marc Edwards with the assistance of Declan Ford and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Daniel Middleton. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Bradford City was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Colchester United that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bradford City was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Bradford City to win the match​.

Bradford City shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Colchester United shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Bradford City received 1 yellow card (E. Watt). Regarding the opposition, Colchester United received 2 yellow cards (N. Chilvers and T. Smith).

Standings

After this match, Bradford City will have 25 points like Walsall to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Colchester United will have 22 points like Crawley Town to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Bradford City will host Sutton United on the 11th of December with a 0-0 head to head.

Colchester United will play away agasint Walsall on the 11th of December with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Colchester United (6 draws).

Bradford City – Formation

Bradford City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Derek Adams decided to play with the following team: Sam Hornby (7.6), Oscar Threlkeld (7.6), Paudie O’Connor (6.9), Niall Canavan (7.0), Liam Ridehalgh (8.1), Elliot Watt (7.1), Yann Songo’o (7.1), Alex Gilliead (7.4), Levi Sutton (6.9), Lee Angol (6.2) and Theo Robinson (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: R. O’Donnell, Caolan Lavery (6.8), Callum Cooke (6.7), F. Kelleher, F. Cousin-Dawson, Gareth Evans (6.2) and M. Foulds.

Substitutions

Bradford City made 3 changes: T. Robinson for C. Cooke (63′), Y. Songo’o for G. Evans (77′) and A. Gilliead for C. Lavery (83′).

Best player: Liam Ridehalgh​

The most impressive player for Bradford City was Liam Ridehalgh.

His rating is (8.1) with 38 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.

Colchester United – Formation

Also Colchester United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Hayden Mullins played with: Jake Turner (8.1), Junior Tchamadeu (7.1), Luke Chambers (7.2), Tommy Smith (7.2), Charlie Daniels (7.3), Noah Chilvers (6.5), Cole Skuse (6.9), Sylvester Jasper (6.4), Alan Judge (7.1), Armando Dobra (6.3) and Freddie Sears (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (7.4), D. Gerken, F. Terry, S. McCoulsky, Luke Hannant (6.4), S. Tovide and Cameron Coxe (6.4).

Substitutions

Colchester United made 3 changes: S. Jasper for B. Wiredu (41′), A. Judge for L. Hannant (79′) and A. Dobra for C. Coxe (79′).

Best player: Jake Turner​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colchester United was the goalkeeper: Jake Turner. His rating is 8.14. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Bradford City – Colchester United – 0-0
• Hartlepool United – Rochdale – 2-1