Bradford City 2-0 Rochdale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 2 October 2021

Result

Bradford City 2-0 Rochdale

League Two · Saturday 2 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 2-0 Rochdale: match report

Bradford City won against Rochdale 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 2 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alex Gilliead opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Alex Gilliead (36') and Andy Cook (75', penalty). Rochdale did not score.

Discipline: Bradford City received 3 yellow cards; Rochdale received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 11th on 12 points from 9 and Rochdale 12th on 12 points from 9. Bradford City went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Rochdale 18th with 53.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rochdale in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Morley of Rochdale (8.3), ahead of Paudie O'Connor (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Alex GillieadBradford City · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Alex GillieadBradford City
  • 66'Yellow card · Paudie O'ConnorBradford City
  • 75'Penalty goal · Andy CookBradford City · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Liam RidehalghBradford City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Richard O'Donnell, Oscar Threlkeld, Yann Songo'o, Paudie O'Connor, Liam Ridehalgh, Elliot Watt, Levi Sutton, Alex Gilliead, Callum Cooke, Charles Vernam, Andy Cook

Rochdale line-up (3-4-3)

Joel Coleman, Sam Graham, Eoghan O'Connell, Jeriel Dorsett, Corey O'Keeffe, Stephen Dooley, Aaron Morley, Jimmy Keohane, Abraham Odoh, Jake Beesley, Danny Cashman