Chesterfield 3-3 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Monday 21 April 2025

Result

Chesterfield 3-3 Bradford City

League Two · Monday 21 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Chesterfield 3-3 Bradford City: match report

Chesterfield drew with Bradford City 3-3 in the League Two on Monday 21 April 2025. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Bobby Pointon opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Chesterfield's goals came from Jenson Metcalfe (45+2'), Will Grigg (71') and Liam Mandeville (90+2'). Bradford City scored through Bobby Pointon (10'), Antoni Sarcevic (19', penalty) and Alexander Pattison (49').

Discipline: Chesterfield received 5 yellow cards; Bradford City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chesterfield were 9th on 63 points from 43 and Bradford City 4th on 74 points from 43. Chesterfield went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Bradford City 5th with 78.

Chesterfield lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bradford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jenson Metcalfe of Chesterfield (8.6), ahead of Alex Pattison (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chesterfield wins, 2 draws and 6 for Bradford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Bobby PointonBradford City · 0-1
  • 19'Penalty goal · Antoni SarcevicBradford City · 0-2
  • 30'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanChesterfield
  • 33'Yellow card · Liam MandevilleChesterfield
  • 43'Yellow card · Alexander PattisonBradford City
  • 45'Yellow card · Ryan ColcloughChesterfield
  • 45+2'Goal · Jenson MetcalfeChesterfield · 1-2
  • 49'Goal · Alexander PattisonBradford City · 1-3
  • 63'Yellow card · Harvey AraujoChesterfield
  • 71'Goal · Will GriggChesterfield · 2-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Sam WalkerBradford City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jack ShepherdBradford City
  • 90+2'Goal · Liam MandevilleChesterfield · 3-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Michael OlakigbeChesterfield
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerBradford City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chesterfield 2, draws 2, Bradford City 6.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ciarán KellyBradford City · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • Andy CookBradford City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Chesterfield line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ryan Boot, Liam Mandeville, Ashley Palmer, Kyle McFadzean, Harvey Araujo, John Fleck, Tom Naylor, Michael Olakigbe, Jenson Metcalfe, Ryan Colclough, Will Grigg

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

Sam Walker, Neill Byrne, Aden Baldwin, Jack Shepherd, Brad Halliday, Brandon Khela, Alex Pattison, Tayo Adaramola, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Calum Kavanagh