BOLTON. Bradford City and Crewe Alexandra didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Bradford City was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%)​.

The match was played at the University of Bolton Stadium stadium in Bolton on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Sunny Sukhvir Gill who had the assistance of Paul Newhouse and Kevin Mulraine. The 4th official was Alex Gray. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.5 degrees Celsius or 70.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bradford City was in firm control of the ball 61% while Crewe Alexandra was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bradford City was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Bradford City to win the match​.

Bradford City shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crewe Alexandra shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Bradford City received 2 yellow cards (S. Banks and B. Halliday). Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Bradford City will have 8 points like Walsall, Carlisle United, AFC Wimbledon, Sutton United and Grimsby Town to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Crewe Alexandra will have 11 points like Northampton Town to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Bradford City will play away against Swindon Town on the 18th of April with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Swindon Town (5 draws).

Crewe Alexandra will host AFC Wimbledon on the 18th of April with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Crewe Alexandra (2 draws).

Bradford City – Formation

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

The manager Mark Hughes decided to play with the following team: H. Lewis (7.1), B. Halliday (6.8), M. Platt (7.4), R. Crichlow-Noble (6.9), L. Ridehalgh (7.1), R. East (6.6), R. Smallwood (7.6), S. Banks (7.3), H. Chapman (6.3), L. Angol (6.5) and A. Cook (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: O. Odusina, K. Harratt (6.2), L. Sutton (6.7), Y. Songo’o, J. Young (7.0), V. Oliver (6.9) and C. Doyle.

Substitutions

Bradford City made 4 changes: L. Angol for J. Young (46′), H. Chapman for K. Harratt (46′), R. East for L. Sutton (76′) and A. Cook for V. Oliver (76′).

Best player: R. Smallwood​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bradford City was R. Smallwood.

His rating is (7.6) with 63 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Also Crewe Alexandra adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alex Morris played with: A. Okonkwo (7.1), K. Mellor (6.5), L. Offord (6.8), R. McDonald (7.2), Z. Williams (6.8), C. Thomas (7.0), E. King (6.8), T. Uwakwe (6.3), C. Ainley (6.9), D. Agyei (6.4) and C. Baker-Richardson (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: T. Leshabela, R. Griffiths, J. Tabiner, C. Finney, D. Richards, O. Finney and B. Sass-Davies.

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra made only 1 change substituting C. Ainley for B. Sass-Davies (85′)​.

Best player: R. McDonald​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was R. McDonald.

His rating is (7.2) with 45 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Northampton Town – Doncaster Rovers – 0-1
• Sutton United – Mansfield Town – 2-1
• Leyton Orient – Hartlepool United – 4-2
• Bradford City – Crewe Alexandra – 0-0
• Walsall – Grimsby Town – 1-2
• Tranmere Rovers – Colchester United – 2-0
• Salford City – Stevenage – 1-0
• Rochdale – Crawley Town – 1-1
• Harrogate Town – Newport County – 0-4
• Carlisle United – Gillingham – 1-0
• AFC Wimbledon – Barrow – 0-1
• Stockport County – Swindon Town – 1-1