Bradford City 3-1 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 January 2025

Result

Bradford City 3-1 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 4 January 2025, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 3-1 Grimsby Town: match report

Bradford City won against Grimsby Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Richards opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Lewis Richards (45+1'), Richard Smallwood (48', penalty) and Alexander Pattison (69'). Grimsby Town scored through Cameron McJannett (51').

Discipline: Bradford City received 5 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 9th on 35 points from 23 and Grimsby Town 8th on 37 points from 24. Bradford City went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Grimsby Town 10th with 68.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Smallwood of Bradford City (7.9), ahead of Alex Pattison (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bradford City wins, 6 draws and 1 for Grimsby Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Aden BaldwinBradford City
  • 45+1'Goal · Lewis RichardsBradford City · 1-0
  • 48'Penalty goal · Richard SmallwoodBradford City · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Cameron McJannettGrimsby Town · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Evan KhouriGrimsby Town
  • 55'Yellow card · Tyrell WarrenGrimsby Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodBradford City
  • 69'Goal · Alexander PattisonBradford City · 3-1
  • 90+1'Yellow cardBradford City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · George LapslieBradford City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Antoni SarcevicBradford City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bradford City 3, draws 6, Grimsby Town 1.

Team news

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  • Andy CookBradford City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Jack Shepherd, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Alex Pattison, Richard Smallwood, Lewis Richards, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Calum Kavanagh

Grimsby Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Wright, Tyrell Warren, Harvey Rodgers, Cameron McJannet, Denver Hume, George McEachran, Evan Khouri, Luca Barrington, Jordan Davies, Jason Dadi, Danny Rose