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Blackburn Rovers v Bradford City : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 12th Aug, 19:45 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Bradford City, led by manager Graham Alexander, visit Valérien Ismaël and his Blackburn Rovers side at the Ewood Park on Tuesday evening in the League Cup. For every League Cup preview, KickOff delves into the stats for all of the biggest markets. Important stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside the best odds.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our best tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score at least two goals between them during 90 mins. Both Blackburn and Bradford's latest form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.25.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackburn
53%
4/53/4
Draw
24%
27/1027/10
Bradford
23%
31/1018/5
Draw 1-1
11%
6/111/2
Blackburn 1-0
10%
13/26/1
Blackburn 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Blackburn 2-0
9%
15/27/1
Bradford 1-0
6%
11/110/1
Bradford 2-1
6%
12/111/1
Draw 0-0
6%
10/117/2
Blackburn 3-1
6%
14/111/1
Blackburn 3-0
5%
14/111/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/112/1
Bradford 2-0
3%
20/118/1
Blackburn 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Blackburn 4-1
3%
28/120/1
Blackburn 4-0
2%
28/120/1
Bradford 3-1
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
9/104/5
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
9/1010/11
Home 1st Goal
54%
8/134/7
Away 1st Goal
43%
6/417/10
No 1st Goal
3%
10/18/1
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/53/4
BTTS - No
46%
19/2019/20
BTTS - Home Win
25%
11/45/2
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/418/5
BTTS - Away Win
12%
7/113/2
Home/draw
77%
2/91/5
Away/draw
47%
19/2021/20
Home/away
76%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/71/4
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
5/25/2
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
9/419/10
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1/34/11
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
11/217/4
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/92/15
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
14/19/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/331/25
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/201/20
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/117/2
Home DNB
70%
4/113/10
Away DNB
40%
2/19/4
Blackburn win to nil
28%
9/4-
Bradford win to nil
11%
6/1-
Blackburn / Blackburn
29%
15/817/10
Blackburn / Bradford
3%
33/128/1
Blackburn / Draw
6%
12/112/1
Draw / Blackburn
17%
15/47/2
Draw / Bradford
9%
8/18/1
Draw / Draw
15%
9/24/1
Bradford / Blackburn
4%
22/118/1
Bradford / Bradford
11%
6/16/1
Bradford / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win form
Blackburn
20 games
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 1Sheff Utd
HBlackburn2 - 1Watford
ABlackburn1 - 0Sunderland
HBlackburn4 - 1Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 0Luton
HBlackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 2M'Boro
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
HBlackburn0 - 2Wolves
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
Bradford
20 games
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBradford1 - 0Fleetwood
ABradford1 - 2Doncaster
ABradford3 - 3Chesterfield
HBradford1 - 1Notts C
ABradford4 - 5Swindon
HBradford2 - 0Crewe
ABradford0 - 2Port Vale
ABradford0 - 0Accrington
HBradford4 - 1Colchester
HBradford0 - 1Tranmere
ABradford0 - 1Gillingham
HBradford3 - 0Cheltenham
ABradford2 - 1Salford
ABradford1 - 0Bromley
HBradford2 - 0MK Dons
ABradford0 - 0Newport
HBradford1 - 0Accrington
HBradford1 - 0Harrogate
ABradford0 - 1AFC Wim
HBradford1 - 0Morecambe
Goal Statistics

Blackburn Rovers have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive League Cup games. Their PG of 1.8 against Bradford City on Tuesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Blackburn Rovers's defensive record is to be admired, Valérien Ismaël's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League Cup outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Bradford City makes sense in this context.

Blackburn Bradford
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season
Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
Bradford
1.8
1.1
Attack rating
BLB
BRD
8%
better
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Games scored14
14
Failed to score6
6
Scored first7
12
Goals scored22
27
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.4
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
BLB
BRD
34%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
10
Clean sheets4
10
Conceded first13
6
Goals conceded26
18
Avg. goals conceded1.3
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+34%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Blackburn v Bradford will show here when available.

Blackburn League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Pears GLK
-
B Tóth GLK
-
C Brittain DEF
-
Y Ribeiro DEF
-
S McLoughlin DEF
-
R Alebiosu DEF
-
H Carter DEF
-
S Wharton DEF
-
D Hyam DEF
-
H Pickering DEF
-
A Forshaw MID
-
S Tronstad MID
-
L Travis MID
-
J Buckley MID
-
T Cantwell MID
-
J Garrett MID
-
S Tavares MID
-
D Neve MID
-
A Kargbo FWD
-
H Leonard FWD
-
Y Ohashi FWD
-
M Gueye FWD
-
R Hedges FWD
-
Bradford League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Walker GLK
-
J Hilton GLK
-
M Pennington DEF
-
C Tilt DEF
-
J Wright DEF
-
O Adaramola DEF
-
J Shepherd DEF
-
A Baldwin DEF
-
C Kelly DEF
-
N Byrne DEF
-
B Halliday DEF
-
J Neufville MID
-
M Power MID
-
J Benn MID
-
B Khela MID
-
G Lapslie MID
-
B Pointon MID
-
C Oduor MID
-
L Richards MID
-
A Pattison MID
-
T Wright MID
-
T Leigh MID
-
A Sarcevic MID
-
J. Metcalfe MID
-
W Swan FWD
-
S Humphrys FWD
-
H. Ibbitson FWD
-
C Kavanagh FWD
-
A Cook FWD
-
M Mellon FWD
-