Bradford City vs Burnley - prediction, team news, lineups

Bradford City play big to Championship giants Burnley successful the EFL Cup 2nd circular connected Wednesday night.

While the Bantams breezed past Rochdale successful their opening necktie of the competition, the Clarets required penalties to spot disconnected Notts County.

Match preview

Having been presented with a double-header of West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion, caller Burnley brag Nicky Hayen would person acknowledged the trouble of his commencement to beingness successful English football.

However, helium would person expected amended than a one-point return, a gully that was earned done a precocious two-goal comeback versus the Hammers.

Sunday's travel to The Hawthorns represented a accidental to get maximum points connected the board, and Callum Styles's aboriginal ain extremity enactment Burnley successful control.

Nevertheless, West Brom, who are increasing successful assurance nether James Morrison, responded to station a deserved 3-1 success, leaving Hayen with overmuch to ponder.

Failure to flooded the Baggies extended Burnley's hold for a competitory distant win, their past specified triumph coming connected February 11 against Crystal Palace.

At a clip erstwhile Burnley person conceded six goals crossed 3 matches, Bradford person kept 3 successive cleanable sheets.

Despite the level of absorption being acold inferior, Graham Alexander volition beryllium delighted with shutouts successful wins implicit Rochdale, Peterborough United and Sheffield Wednesday.

Although Alexander would person wanted to spot his squad nett much than 5 times, that is simply a insignificant antagonistic with Bradford showcasing their League One promotion credentials during the aboriginal weeks.

This is the archetypal competitory brushwood betwixt the clubs since 2003-24, erstwhile Burnley posted a 2-1 triumph astatine Valley Parade successful the 2nd tier of English football.

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Team News

Although a travel to Plymouth Argyle is to travel aboriginal successful the week, Bradford's past outing came connected Thursday, and that whitethorn lone promote Alexander to support rotation down to a fewer changes.

Henry Cartwright and Adam Phillips whitethorn beryllium fixed starts successful central-midfield, portion Will Swan could get the motion implicit Jake Beesley successful attack.

Despite the affirmative interaction that helium has made astatine the commencement of this campaign, Nick Powell is expected to stay connected the substitutes' bench.

Ugo Raghouber, Zeki Amdouni and Chelsea loanee Dastan Satpaev are each successful enactment to gain starts for Burnley.

Anel Ahmedhodzic, for his debut, and Joe Worrall whitethorn diagnostic successful cardinal defence, portion Lucas Pires and Mike Tresor could commencement down the left.

Hayen indispensable besides determine whether to instrumentality a hazard connected the fittingness of Connor Roberts, who returned from a insignificant fittingness contented to play 45 minutes against West Brom.

Bradford City imaginable starting lineup:

Dawson; Pennington, Baldwin, Gillesphey; Neufville, Cartwright, Phillips, Touray; Lapslie, Pointon; Swan

Burnley imaginable starting lineup:

Coudert; Sonne, Ahmedhodzic, Worrall, Pires; Laurent, Raghouber; Amdouni, Ramsey, Tresor; Satpaev

We say: Bradford City 1-2 Burnley

With Hayen progressively hopeless to get a triumph connected the board, a stronger squad than was possibly initially anticipated could beryllium selected here. Therefore, we tin lone foretell a triumph for Burnley, albeit successful a highly-competitive lucifer that whitethorn beryllium decided successful the closing stages.

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