Bradford vs Stevenage Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Widen the lens beyond the league table and Bradford's broader run of 20 matches across all competitions shows 13 wins from 20, with 33 goals scored and only 16 conceded. That includes some cup and friendly fixtures alongside league games, but the overall pattern points to a team scoring freely and defending well.

Bradford: 20 completed matches; Stevenage: 20 completed matches.

Bradford

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

16

Difference

+17

Stevenage

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

24

Difference

+2

Stevenage's equivalent sample is choppier: eight wins, six draws and six losses, with 26 scored and 24 conceded. It includes a heavy 5-1 defeat at Barnsley and a 6-1 EFL Trophy loss at Walsall, alongside a battling goalless draw at Peterborough. There's genuine inconsistency in that record.

Stevenage's away form swings between competent and porous, which makes them hard to pin down on the road.

Comparative Team Statistics: Bradford vs Stevenage

A fixture that's rarely straightforward

These two have met a dozen times stretching back to 2013, spanning League Two and League One. The last two meetings were both close: a 1-1 draw at Stevenage in October last year, then a 1-0 Stevenage win at Bradford this past April.

Go further back and the head-to-head has produced some one-sided scorelines in both directions, so the long history doesn't point to a clear pattern for current form.

Stevenage have shown they can get a result at Bradford, even during a stronger spell for the home side.

Bradford well clear early on

After seven league games, Bradford are top with 15 points from five wins and just two defeats, conceding only four goals along the way. Stevenage sit down in 11th on nine points, with two wins, three draws and two losses from the same number of matches.

That gap in points and goals conceded suggests Bradford have been the tighter, more consistent side so far this season.

Bradford's defensive record stands out as much as their position at the top.

Goals and cards worth knowing about

Stevenage's threat looks fairly balanced up top, with D. Kemp and O. Sanderson both on three goals from seven appearances, and P. Patterson chipping in two assists from five matches. It's not one player carrying the attack.

Bradford:

Penalty cards:

A. Sarcevic x 3

C. Connolly x 3

Stevenage:

Best scorers:

D. Kemp - 3

Penalty cards:

L. Freestone x 3

On the disciplinary side, Bradford's A. Sarcevic and C. Connolly have each picked up three yellow cards in seven games, matched by Stevenage's L. Freestone. Nothing alarming, but worth keeping an eye on if the game gets feisty.