HARROGATE. Bradford City overcame Harrogate Town to win 2-1. It was Bradford City to strike first with a penalty of A. Cook at the 15′. Then it was a goal in the 47′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, T. Wright gave the win to Bradford City in the 73′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the CNG Stadium stadium in Harrogate on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Wright with the support of Nick Dunn and Simon Clayton. The 4th official was Paul Newhouse. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​
Match Statistics​
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 13 Total 7
- 5 On Target 2
- 8 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 153 Attack 93
- 68 Dangerous attack 45
- 25 Ball safe 33
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Harrogate Town was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Bradford City that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Harrogate Town was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Bradford City was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​
Harrogate Town shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bradford City shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Harrogate Town received 2 yellow cards ( and ). On the opposite side, Bradford City received 1 yellow card (A. Gilliead).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Harrogate Town will stay with 8 points to sit in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Bradford City will have 21 points like Salford City and Barrow to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Harrogate Town will host Walsall on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Harrogate Town (3 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 (5 draws).
Harrogate Town – Formation
Harrogate Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Simon Weaver decided to play with the following team: Pete Jameson, Joe Mattock, Rory McArdle, Kayne Ramsey, Alexander Pattison, Matty Daly, Josh Austerfield, Jaheim Headley, Jack Muldoon, Luke Armstrong and Samuel Folarin.
The home team had on the bench: Miles Welch-Hayes, Warren Matthew Burrell, Stephen Dooley, Mark Oxley, Lewis Richards, Josh Coley and Josh Falkingham.
Substitutions
Harrogate Town made only 1 change substituting S. Folarin for J. Coley (57′)​.
Bradford City – Formation
Also Bradford City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mark Hughes played with: Harry Lewis, Brad Halliday, Matthew Foulds, Matthew Platt, Romoney Crichlow-Noble, Richard Smallwood, Alex Gilliead, Harrison Chapman, Dion Pereira, Andy Cook and Tyreik Samuel Wright.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yann Songo’o, Oluwarotimi Mark Odusina, Lee Angol, Colin Doyle, Jake Young, Levi Sutton and Vadaine Oliver.
Substitutions
Bradford City made 4 changes: H. Chapman for L. Angol (59′), D. Pereira for L. Sutton (59′), A. Gilliead for Y. Songo’o (79′) and A. Cook for V. Oliver (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.​
- Crawley Town – Stevenage – 1-2
- Swindon Town – Northampton Town – 1-2
- Harrogate Town – Bradford City – 1-2
- Tranmere Rovers – Barrow – 1-0
- Stockport County – Walsall – 1-1
- Salford City – Grimsby Town – 1-1
- Rochdale – Doncaster Rovers – 1-2
- Leyton Orient – Newport County – 1-2
- Gillingham – Sutton United – 1-0
- Carlisle United – Crewe Alexandra – 0-0
- AFC Wimbledon – Colchester United – 2-1