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

Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford

Home advantage can be vital in the League Cup, and Graham Alexander’s Bradford City will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Ian Watson’s Rochdale are their visitors to the Northern Commercials Stadium. Below we've got predictions for all the biggest betting markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and the best odds. All is accessible using the tabs below.

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Bradford City's next match is v Peterborough at 15:00 on Saturday 15th August
Rochdale's next match is v Newport at 12:30 on Saturday 15th August

The last English League Cup meeting between Bradford and Rochdale was on Saturday 8th August 2026

English League Cup

August 8th 2026

Bradford 2	0 Rochdale

W. Swan 45'
A. Baldwin 67'

	BRD ROC
Shots On	11 2
Shots Off	7 4
Corners	10 2
Possession	52% 48%
Fouls	10 6
Yellow/red cards	2/0

Bradford	Rochdale

J. McCracken M. Gillesphey C. Connolly A. Baldwin (R. Welch 90') J. Neufville T. Wright (I. Touray 80') J. Beesley (N. Powell 72') K. Jackson (A. Phillips 72') W. Swan (B. Pointon 72') M. Pennington A. Sarcevic	N. Ramming E. Ebanks-Landell T. Adebayo-Rowling (K. Wilson 63') S. Sherring (D. Moss 78') B. Akono Bilongo R. East H. Gilmour Z. Silcott-Duberry L. Hannant (D. Brown 63') E. Dieseruvwe (E. Francis 62') D. Rodney

Best Tip: Bradford to win

As training goes on this week and the Bradford players ready themselves for this game, the bookmakers are predicting a victory for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below suggest the same, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) record we take advantage of in our predictive algorithms. The Northern Commercials Stadium has rarely been a successful away day for Rochdale in the past, and we we think that will be the case again on Saturday afternoon. A win / draw / win home win is our tip.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bradford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 61% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.55.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bradford 61%	8/15 9%	-
Draw 22%	10/3 4%	-
Rochdale 17%	4/1 17%	-
Bradford 1-0 12%	6/1 7%	-
Bradford 2-0 11%	6/1	-
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1 11%	-
Bradford 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Bradford 3-0 7%	10/1 10%	-
Bradford 3-1 6%	12/1 8%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1 20%	-
Rochdale 1-0 5%	12/1 24%	-
Rochdale 2-1 5%	16/1 11%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	18/1	-
Bradford 4-0 3%	20/1 24%	-
Bradford 4-1 3%	22/1 10%	-
Bradford 3-2 3%	25/1 26%	-
Rochdale 2-0 2%	28/1 15%	-
Rochdale 3-1 1%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	17/20 11%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	19/20 9%	-
Home 1st Goal 57%	1/2 7%	-
Away 1st Goal 39%	15/8 4%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	11/1 20%	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	19/20 2%	-
BTTS - No 50%	4/5 6%	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	13/5 16%	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	9/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 8%	9/1 9%	-
Home/draw 83%	1/6 4%	-
Away/draw 39%	11/8 13%	-
Home/away 78%	1/5 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/4 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	11/4 13%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	9/4 24%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	1/3 8%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	5/1 20%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	1/8 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1 30%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1 13%	-
Home DNB 76%	2/9 4%	-
Away DNB 32%	3/1 20%	-
Bradford win to nil 35%	6/4 5%	-
Rochdale win to nil 9%	8/1 18%	-
Bradford / Bradford 35%	11/8 13%	-
Bradford / Rochdale 2%	40/1	-
Bradford / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Bradford 19%	10/3	-
Draw / Rochdale 8%	11/1 20%	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 14%	-
Rochdale / Bradford 4%	20/1	-
Rochdale / Rochdale 8%	9/1 17%	-
Rochdale / Draw 5%	16/1 11%	-

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OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

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Goal Statistics

Bradford City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Rochdale have conceded in each of their last 7 League Cup outings. A PG of 1.9 for G. Alexander's side suggests that run should continue.

	Bradford	Rochdale
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Bradford will score 1 or more goals	0 41% 1 37% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Rochdale scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away games

Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2026/2027 season

BRD

ROC

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Games scored	16		14
Failed to score	4		6
Scored first	8		5
Goals scored	22		31
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		5
Conversion rate for	13		20
Avg. XG for	1.3		4.6
KickOff rating		+1%

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Games conceded	15		18
Clean sheets	5		2
Conceded first	12		15
Goals conceded	22		33
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		15%
Avg. XG against	0.9		6.2
KickOff rating		+20%

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

Bradford League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	1	0
J McCracken	A Baldwin	C Connolly

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J McCracken GLK	1			-
M Pennington DEF	1			-
A Baldwin DEF	1	1		-
M Gillesphey DEF	1			-
J Neufville DEF	1			-
T Wright DEF	1			-
A Sarcevic MID	1			-
C Connolly MID	1		1	-
K Jackson MID	1			-
W Swan MID	1	1		-
J Beesley FWD	1			-
Subs
S Walker				-
R Welch	1			-
I Touray	1			-
J Wright				-
A Phillips	1			-
B Pointon	1			-
N Powell	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	1
A Baldwin	J Beesley	C Connolly	J Neufville

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Baldwin DEF	1	1
W Swan MID	1	1
M Pennington DEF		1
J Neufville DEF				1
A Sarcevic MID		1		1
C Connolly MID		1	1	1
K Jackson MID		1
J Beesley FWD		2
Subs
B Pointon		1
N Powell		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
60	4	7
M Gillesphey	M Pennington	A Baldwin

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Gillesphey DEF	60	4	5
M Pennington DEF	58	4	5
A Baldwin DEF	50		7
C Connolly MID	41	3	3
A Sarcevic MID	35	3	6
J Neufville DEF	31	3	5
T Wright DEF	24		5
W Swan MID	16		3
Subs
I Touray	15		1
B Pointon	15	1	3
J McCracken GLK	14
K Jackson MID	12		1
J Beesley FWD	11	1	2
Subs
A Phillips	8
N Powell	6
R Welch	5

Rochdale League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	1	1	1
N. Ramming	R East	B Bilongo	D Rodney

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N. Ramming GLK	2			-
T Adebayo-Rowling DEF	2			-
E Ebanks-Landell DEF	2			-
S Sherring DEF	2			-
B Bilongo DEF	2		1	-
R East MID	2	1		-
H Gilmour MID	2			-
D Rodney MID	2			1 -
Z. Silcott-Duberry FWD	2	1		-
L Hannant FWD	2			-
E Dieseruvwe FWD	2			-
Subs
K. Wilson	1			-
E Francis	2			-
S Waller				-
D Moss	2			-
D Brown	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	3
R East	D Brown	B Bilongo	L Hannant

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R East MID	1	1
Z. Silcott-Duberry FWD	1	1
B Bilongo DEF			1
L Hannant FWD				3
Subs
D Brown		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
196	5	16
E Ebanks-Landell	B Bilongo	T Adebayo-Rowling

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
E Ebanks-Landell DEF	196	1	9
S Sherring DEF	120	1	3
Subs
E Francis	97	2	6
N. Ramming GLK	93		1
R East MID	92	2	5
T Adebayo-Rowling DEF	86	4	16
B Bilongo DEF	72	5	10
L Hannant FWD	59	1	8
H Gilmour MID	58	3	9
Subs
D Moss	32		2
E Dieseruvwe FWD	28		10
Z. Silcott-Duberry FWD	26	3	9
D Rodney MID	21		3
Subs
K. Wilson	11		2
D Brown	1		1

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