Walsall 2-3 Bradford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 20 April 2024
Result
Walsall 2-3 Bradford City
League Two · Saturday 20 April 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Walsall 2-3 Bradford City: match report
Walsall were beaten by Bradford City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 20 April 2024. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Ryan Stirk opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Walsall's goals came from Ryan Stirk (7') and Mo Faal (16'). Bradford City scored through Andy Cook (19'), Jamie Walker (40') and Jamie Walker (53').
Discipline: Walsall received 2 yellow cards; Bradford City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Walsall were 8th on 65 points from 44 and Bradford City 13th on 60 points from 43. Walsall went on to finish that season 11th with 65 points, and Bradford City 9th with 69.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bradford City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Walker of Bradford City (8.5), ahead of Isaac Hutchinson (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Walsall wins, 3 draws and 5 for Bradford City.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Ryan Stirk
- 16'Goal · Mo Faal
- 19'Goal · Andy Cook
- 32'Yellow card · Taylor Allen
- 40'Goal · Jamie Walker
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ciaran Kelly
- 53'Goal · Jamie Walker
- 59'Yellow card · Jamie Walker
- 67'Yellow card · T. Wright
- 68'Second yellow · Jamie Walker
- 90+5'Yellow card · Tom Knowles
- 90+5'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Jackson Smith, Donervon Daniels, Taylor Allen, David Okagbue, Brandon Comley, Joe Foulkes, Isaac Hutchinson, Ryan Stirk, Liam Gordon, Mo Faal, Josh Gordon
Bradford City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Sam Walker, Daniel Oyegoke, Matty Platt, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Jamie Walker, Richard Smallwood, Tyreik Wright, Bobby Pointon, Calum Kavanagh, Andy Cook