Match Report
Bradford City, 3rd with 78 points, sat 19 points above Barrow (16th, 59). Bradford City ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Barrow 1.13 scored and 1.09 conceded per game, Bradford City 1.39 and 0.98, with the league averaging 1.25.
Recent form was uneven: 5/15 points for Barrow, 12/15 for Bradford City.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 4 Barrow wins, 3 for Bradford City, 2 draws, at 2.56 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 78% of the meetings.
SO Legal Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Barrow: Andrew Dallas (45'), Emile Acquah (78') · Bradford City: Lewis Richards (23'), Clarke Oduor (86')
Key stats
Possession: Barrow 34% · Bradford City 66% · Total shots: 8-9 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 3-2