Bradford City 2-1 Chesterfield: result and report

League Two · Sunday 29 December 2024

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Chesterfield

League Two · Sunday 29 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bradford City 2-1 Chesterfield: match report

Bradford City beat Chesterfield 2-1 in the League Two on Sunday 29 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Armando Dobra opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Bobby Pointon (42') and Antoni Sarcevic (52'). Chesterfield scored through Armando Dobra (35').

Discipline: Bradford City received 4 yellow cards; Chesterfield received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 11th on 31 points from 21 and Chesterfield 6th on 34 points from 22. Bradford City went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Chesterfield 7th with 70.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chesterfield in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Armando Dobra of Chesterfield (7.8), level with Antoni Sarcevic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bradford City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Chesterfield.

Going into the match Bradford City's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Chesterfield's L-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Kane DrummondChesterfield
  • 22'Yellow cardChesterfield
  • 23'Yellow card · Aden BaldwinBradford City
  • 24'Yellow card · Brad HallidayBradford City
  • 31'Yellow card · Jay BennBradford City
  • 35'Goal · Armando DobraChesterfield · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Bobby PointonBradford City · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Antoni SarcevicBradford City · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Clarke OduorBradford City
  • 90'Yellow card · Armando DobraChesterfield

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bradford City 5, draws 3, Chesterfield 2.

Team news

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Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Neill Byrne, Ciarán Kelly, Jay Benn, Alex Pattison, Richard Smallwood, Brad Halliday, Antoni Sarcevic, Tyreik Wright, Andy Cook

Chesterfield line-up (4-1-4-1)

Max Thompson, Ryheem Sheckleford, Tom Naylor, Jamie Grimes, Harvey Araujo, Ollie Banks, Dilan Markanday, Liam Mandeville, Armando Dobra, Bailey Hobson, Kane Drummond