Bradford City 4-3 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 December 2017

Result

Bradford City 4-3 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-2

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Bradford City 4-3 Rochdale: match report

Bradford City won against Rochdale 4-3 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 3-2.

Matthew Kilgallon opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Matthew Kilgallon (8'), Charlie Wyke (40'), D. Poleon (42') and Tyrell Robinson (78'). Rochdale scored through Ian Henderson (41'), Ian Henderson (45+2') and Steven Davies (75').

Discipline: Bradford City received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bradford City were 5th on 36 points from 20 and Rochdale 19th on 20 points from 19. Bradford City went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Rochdale 20th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bradford City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Rochdale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Matthew KilgallonBradford City · 1-0
  • 14'Missed penalty · Ian HendersonRochdale
  • 40'Goal · Charlie WykeBradford City · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 2-1
  • 42'Goal · D. PoleonBradford City · 3-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 3-2
  • 75'Goal · Steven DaviesRochdale · 3-3
  • 78'Goal · Tyrell RobinsonBradford City · 4-3
  • 82'Yellow card · Romain VincelotBradford City
  • 88'Yellow card · Oliver RathboneRochdale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bradford City 4, draws 3, Rochdale 3.

Team news

Bradford City line-up

Rouven Sattelmaier, Matthew Kilgallon, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Tony McMahon, Tyrell Robinson, Romain Vincelot, Nicky Law, Alex Gilliead, Charlie Wyke, Paul Taylor, Dominic Poleon

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Kgosi Ntlhe, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Donervon Daniels, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Calvin Andrew, Matt Done, Ian Henderson