Stoke City 0-3 Bradford City: result and report
Carabao Cup · Tuesday 26 August 2025
Result
Stoke City 0-3 Bradford City
Carabao Cup · Tuesday 26 August 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Stoke City 0-3 Bradford City: match report
Stoke City lost to Bradford City 0-3 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 26 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.
Will Swan opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Stoke City did not score. Bradford City scored through Will Swan (12'), Brad Halliday (31') and George Lapslie (62').
Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards; Bradford City received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.
Stoke City 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 George Lapslie of Bradford City (8.2), ahead of Joe Wright (7.8).
Key events
- 12'Goal · Will Swan
- 31'Goal · Brad Halliday
- 39'Yellow card · Ciaran Kelly
- 55'Yellow card · Jenson Metcalfe
- 62'Goal · George Lapslie
Team news
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Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Bonham, Jaden Mears, Ashley Phillips, Maksym Taloverov, Eric-Junior Bocat, Ben Pearson, Bosun Lawal, Favour Fawunmi, Jamie Donley, Chinonso Chibueze, Róbert Boženík
Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Joe Wright, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Jenson Metcalfe, Tommy Leigh, Ibou Touray, George Lapslie, Tyreik Wright, Will Swan