Swindon Town 1-3 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Swindon Town 1-3 Bradford City

League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Swindon Town 1-3 Bradford City: match report

Swindon Town lost to Bradford City 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Caolan Lavery opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Swindon Town's goal came from Jack Payne (78', penalty). Bradford City scored through Caolan Lavery (16'), Levi Sutton (40') and Theo Robinson (75').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Bradford City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 3rd on 23 points from 13 and Bradford City 12th on 17 points from 13. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 5th with 80 points, and Bradford City 14th with 58.

Swindon Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bradford City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Levi Sutton of Bradford City (8.2), ahead of Alex Gilliead (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Caolan LaveryBradford City · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Ben GladwinSwindon Town
  • 25'Yellow card · Mathieu BaudrySwindon Town
  • 40'Goal · Levi SuttonBradford City · 0-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Rob HuntSwindon Town
  • 66'Yellow card · Richard O'DonnellBradford City
  • 67'Yellow card · Caolan LaveryBradford City
  • 75'Goal · Theo RobinsonBradford City · 0-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Theo RobinsonBradford City
  • 78'Penalty goal · Jack PayneSwindon Town · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swindon Town 5, draws 2, Bradford City 3.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up (4-4-2)

Joseph Wollacott, Akin Odimayo, Mathieu Baudry, Romoney Crichlow, Rob Hunt, Ben Gladwin, Jonathan Williams, Louis Reed, Jack Payne, Tyreece Simpson, Harry McKirdy

Bradford City line-up (5-4-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Oscar Threlkeld, Niall Canavan, Paudie O'Connor, Yann Songo'o, Matthew Foulds, Levi Sutton, Elliot Watt, Alex Gilliead, Caolan Lavery, Andy Cook