Stevenage 2-3 Bradford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 11 February 2023
Result
Stevenage 2-3 Bradford City
League Two · Saturday 11 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Stevenage 2-3 Bradford City: match report
Stevenage lost to Bradford City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 11 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Carl Piergianni opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Stevenage's goals came from Carl Piergianni (26') and Dan Sweeney (73'). Bradford City scored through Matt Derbyshire (49'), Andy Cook (56', penalty) and Jamie Walker (86').
Discipline: Stevenage received 2 yellow cards; Bradford City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stevenage were 2nd on 56 points from 27 and Bradford City 9th on 42 points from 27. Stevenage went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Bradford City 6th with 79.
Stevenage lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bradford City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Cook of Bradford City (9.0), ahead of J. Forster-Caskey (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stevenage wins, 2 draws and 6 for Bradford City.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Adam Clayton
- 26'Goal · Carl Piergianni
- 31'Yellow card · Jamie Reid
- 31'Yellow card · Jamie Reid
- 34'Yellow card · Sam Stubbs
- 49'Goal · Matt Derbyshire
- 56'Penalty goal · Andy Cook
- 73'Goal · Dan Sweeney
- 74'Yellow card · Brad Halliday
- 86'Goal · Jamie Walker
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ciaran Kelly
- 90+8'Yellow card · T. Nevers
Head-to-head
Team news
Stevenage line-up (4-3-1-2)
J. Andrésson, Luther James-Wildin, Dan Sweeney, Carl Piergianni, Max Clark, Alex Gilbey, Michael Bostwick, J. Forster-Caskey, Jordan Roberts, Jamie Reid, Josh March
Bradford City line-up (4-3-1-2)
Harry Lewis, Brad Halliday, Matty Platt, Sam Stubbs, Liam Ridehalgh, Alex Gilliead, Adam Clayton, Richard Smallwood, Jamie Walker, Andy Cook, Matt Derbyshire