Bradford City vs Stevenage - prediction, team news, lineups

Bradford City volition beryllium looking to widen their unbeaten tally erstwhile they invited Stevenage to the University of Bradford Stadium connected Saturday afternoon.

The hosts presently beryllium 2nd successful the League One table and are conscionable 2 points disconnected the top, portion the visitors are ninth and 3 points extracurricular the playoffs.

Match preview

Bradford City person made a beardown commencement to the caller league campaign, picking up 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats to found them arsenic promotion contenders.

However, the departure of caput manager Graham Alexander, who near for Championship broadside Preston North End past month, has travel arsenic a large blow.

Michael Duff has been named arsenic Alexander's successor and his archetypal crippled successful complaint was past weekend, with Bradford drafting 0-0 against Leyton Orient.

The effect extended Bradford's unbeaten tally to 8 games crossed each competitions, but Duff volition beryllium keen to prime up his archetypal triumph connected Saturday.

The Bantams boast the champion defence successful League One, having conceded 5 goals successful 9 games truthful far, but determination are concerns successful attack.

Only 3 clubs person scored less league goals than Bradford this season, with large summertime signing Jake Beesley managing conscionable 1 successful 9 starts.

Stevenage got backmost to winning ways successful the league with a 1-0 triumph implicit Wigan Athletic past weekend, with Wanya Marcal uncovering the backmost of the net.

Alex Revell's broadside person besides made a beardown commencement to the season, picking up 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats arsenic they people promotion to the Championship.

Stevenage reached the playoffs past season, but mislaid their semi-final clash with Stockport County and volition beryllium looking to spell 1 amended this season.

It is worthy noting that Stevenage went unbeaten against Bradford past season, picking up a triumph and a draw, but they had failed to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile 8 meetings.

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Team News

Bradford volition beryllium hoping Beesley tin find immoderate form, with the 29-year-old expected to beryllium fixed different accidental up front.

Adam Phillips and Bobby Pointon are expected to supply attacking support, portion Callum Connolly and skipper Antoni Sarcevic should proceed their midfield partnership.

Josh Magennis is expected to pb the enactment for Stevenage, with enactment retired wide from Marcal and Oliver Sanderson.

Matt Smith and Daniel Phillips are apt to commencement successful midfield, with Dan Kemp featuring arsenic the No.10.

Bradford City imaginable starting lineup:

McCracken; Pratt, Pennington, Baldwin; Jackson, Connolly, Sarcevic, Touray; Phillips, Pointon; Beesley

Stevenage imaginable starting lineup:

Setford; James-Wildin, Vancooten, Piergianni, Earley; Marcal, Phillips, Smith, Sanderson; Kemp; Magennis

We say: Bradford City 1-0 Stevenage

Bradford's awesome antiaircraft grounds could springiness them the borderline successful what is expected to beryllium a adjacent contest.

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