BRADFORD. Hartlepool United overcomes Bradford City 3-1. Hartlepool United got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from M. Cullen (1′) and M. Cullen (59′). Bradford City tried to recover with a goal from P. O’Connor (72′). However, the match was closed by an own goal (90′) scored by Y. Songo’o for Hartlepool United.

The match was played at the The Utilita Energy Stadium stadium in Bradford on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Tom Nield with the help of Lewis Raper and Kenwyn Hughes. The 4th official was Oliver Bickle. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Bradford City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Hartlepool United that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bradford City was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Hartlepool United found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Bradford City shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Hartlepool United shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Bradford City received 2 yellow cards (C. Cooke and L. Sutton). On the other side, Hartlepool United didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Bradford City will stay with 17 points like Barrow, Newport County and Crawley Town to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Hartlepool United will have 20 points like Exeter City and Sutton United to stay in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Bradford City will play away with Swindon Town on the 23rd of October with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Swindon Town (5 draws).

Hartlepool United will host Harrogate Town on the 23rd of October with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Harrogate Town (1 draw).

Bradford City – Formation

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

The manager Derek Adams decided to play with the following team: Richard O’Donnell (5.9), Oscar Threlkeld (6.8), Paudie O’Connor (7.8), Yann Songo’o (6.4), Matthew Foulds (6.7), Elliot Watt (6.1), Levi Sutton (6.3), Alex Gilliead (6.7), Callum Cooke (7.2), Charles Vernam (6.5) and Andy Cook (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Caolan Lavery (6.7), Finn Cousin-Dawson (6.6), G. Evans, N. Canavan, Theo Robinson (6.4), F. Kelleher and K. Scales.

Substitutions

Bradford City made 3 changes: O. Threlkeld for F. Cousin-Dawson (61′), A. Gilliead for C. Lavery (61′) and E. Watt for T. Robinson (76′).

Best player: Paudie O’Connor​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bradford City was Paudie O’Connor.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 37 passes (45% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 20. He performed 1 cross.

Hartlepool United – Formation

Hartlepool United started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

On the opposite side, Dave Challinor played with: Ben Killip (6.7), Jamie Sterry (7.3), Luke Hendrie (6.9), Neill Byrne (6.5), David Ferguson (6.7), Mark Shelton (7.4), Nicky Featherstone (7.3), Gavan Holohan (6.4), Matty Daly (6.7), Luke Molyneux (6.2) and Mark Cullen (8.3).

These were the players on the bench: T. Crawford, Reagan Ogle (7.0), Joe Grey (6.8), E. Jones, O. Odusina, Mike Fondop (6.2) and J. Mitchell.

Hartlepool United could not rely on the presence of R. Ogle (injured).

Substitutions

Hartlepool United made 3 changes: M. Cullen for J. Grey (70′), G. Holohan for M. Fondop-Talum (84′) and L. Molyneux for R. Ogle (89′).

Best player: Mark Cullen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hartlepool United was Mark Cullen.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 12 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Barrow – Scunthorpe United – 1-1
• Bradford City – Hartlepool United – 1-3
• Colchester United – Bristol Rovers – 1-1
• Crawley Town – Exeter City – 1-3
• Harrogate Town – Tranmere Rovers – 2-2
• Leyton Orient – Forest Green Rovers – 1-1
• Mansfield Town – Port Vale – 1-1
• Newport County – Carlisle United – 2-2
• Northampton Town – Stevenage – 3-0
• Oldham Athletic – Walsall – 1-3
• Salford City – Rochdale – 0-0
• Sutton United – Swindon Town – 1-2