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Barnsley v Bradford City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Apr, 12:30 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

Home advantage can be vital in the League One, and Conor Hourihane’s Barnsley will have the joy of it on Saturday lunch time. Graham Alexander’s Bradford City are their visitors to the Oakwell. Analysing both teams' last 20 League One matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Barnsley 44%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Bradford 31%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Barnsley 1-0 9%	-	-
Barnsley 2-1 9%	-	-
Bradford 1-0 7%	-	-
Bradford 2-1 7%	-	-
Barnsley 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Barnsley 3-1 5%	-	-
Bradford 2-0 5%	-	-
Barnsley 3-0 4%	-	-
Bradford 3-1 3%	-	-
Barnsley 3-2 3%	-	-
Bradford 3-2 2%	-	-
Bradford 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 57%	-	-
BTTS - No 43%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	-	-
Home/draw 69%	-	-
Away/draw 56%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Home DNB 62%	-	-
Away DNB 48%	-	-
Barnsley win to nil 22%	-	-
Bradford win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 40 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 6 and won 5. Barnsley have conceded 32 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Barnsley have played 21 games at home, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 36 goals, conceded 32 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Bradford lay in 3rd place on 71 points in the League One league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 38 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 7 and losing 11 games. They have scored 48 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bradford have conceded 40 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Bradford have played 21 away games, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 10 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Barnsley Bradford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	42	28	9	5	43	93	l 0-2A	l 3-1A	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A
2	Cardiff	41	24	9	8	34	81	d 1-1A	l 4-0A	l 1-2A	w 1-3F
3	Bradford	42	21	8	13	6	71	Apr 18	d 2-2A	-	-
4	Bolton	42	18	16	8	15	70	d 1-1F	l 3-2A	Apr 25	d 0-00-0
5	Stockport	40	19	10	11	9	67	May 2	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	w 1-2A
6	Stevenage	41	19	10	12	5	67	w 3-1F	Apr 21	l 0-1A	d 1-1F
7	Plymouth	42	19	6	17	8	63	l 0-3A	w 1-3F	Apr 21	w 0-1F
8	Huddersfield	42	17	11	14	9	62	w 3-1F	l 2-1F	w 3-1F	l 1-0A
9	Reading	43	16	14	13	7	62	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	w 2-0F	l 2-1F
10	Luton	41	17	10	14	7	61	w 5-0F	Apr 25	w 2-1F	l 2-1A
11	Wycombe	43	16	12	15	12	60	l 0-1A	d 2-2F	w 2-1F	w 1-2A
12	Barnsley	40	14	12	14	-2	54	-	-	d 2-2F	Apr 18
13	Mansfield	40	13	14	13	7	53	l 2-3F	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	l 3-0A
14	Doncaster	42	15	8	19	-21	53	l 0-1A	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	l 3-1A
15	Wigan	42	13	13	16	-10	52	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	l 2-0A
16	Peterborough	41	15	6	20	2	51	w 2-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
17	Burton	43	13	12	18	-10	51	w 3-2A	d 1-1A	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
18	Blackpool	43	14	9	20	-14	51	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	w 1-2F
19	L Orient	42	14	8	20	-9	50	w 3-2F	w 1-3F	w 2-1F	l 2-1F
20	AFC Wim	42	14	8	20	-14	50	d 3-3F	l 2-0A	w 3-2A	l 3-1A
21	Exeter	43	12	11	20	-8	47	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	May 2
22	Rotherham	41	9	10	22	-26	37	l 0-1A	w 1-3F	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
23	Northampton	41	9	8	24	-26	35	d 2-2A	Apr 28	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
24	Port Vale	39	8	10	21	-24	34	l 0-2A	Apr 14	w 1-0F	w 0-2F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley	0 - 3	Plymouth
Barnsley	0 - 1	Doncaster
Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
Barnsley	2 - 1	Exeter
Barnsley	0 - 1	Wycombe
Barnsley	2 - 1	Peterborough
Barnsley	3 - 3	AFC Wim
Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
Barnsley	3 - 1	Stevenage
Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln
Barnsley	2 - 3	Mansfield
Barnsley	3 - 2	L Orient
Barnsley	5 - 0	Luton
Barnsley	0 - 1	Rotherham
Barnsley	0 - 2	Port Vale
Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
Barnsley	3 - 1	Huddersfield
Barnsley	1 - 1	Bolton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Barnsley	3 - 1	Rotherham
H	Barnsley	0 - 3	Plymouth
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Burton
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Mansfield
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Wycombe
A	Barnsley	3 - 1	L Orient
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Barnsley	3 - 3	AFC Wim
A	Barnsley	2 - 3	Bolton
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
H	Barnsley	3 - 1	Stevenage
A	Barnsley	0 - 4	Cardiff
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wycombe	1 - 2	Bradford
Burton	2 - 1	Bradford
Wigan	2 - 0	Bradford
Port Vale	0 - 2	Bradford
Reading	2 - 1	Bradford
AFC Wim	3 - 1	Bradford
Luton	2 - 1	Bradford
Lincoln	3 - 0	Bradford
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Bradford
Blackpool	1 - 2	Bradford
Mansfield	3 - 0	Bradford
L Orient	2 - 1	Bradford
Plymouth	0 - 1	Bradford
Bolton	0 - 0	Bradford
Stevenage	1 - 1	Bradford
Rotherham	2 - 2	Bradford
Cardiff	1 - 3	Bradford
Doncaster	3 - 1	Bradford
Peterborough	1 - 1	Bradford
Stockport	1 - 2	Bradford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bradford	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Wycombe
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Bradford	1 - 2	Burton
H	Bradford	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Bradford	0 - 2	Wigan
A	Bradford	2 - 0	Port Vale
H	Bradford	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Bradford	1 - 2	Reading
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Bradford	1 - 3	AFC Wim
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Stockport
H	Bradford	2 - 0	Peterborough
A	Bradford	1 - 2	Luton
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Doncaster
A	Bradford	0 - 3	Lincoln
A	Bradford	0 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Bradford	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Bradford	0 - 3	Mansfield

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barnsley have not lost to Bradford in 6 consecutive home league meetings

Barnsley

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 8

4 / 8

Clean sheets

4 / 8

3 / 8

BAR

BRD

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Barnsley	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Barnsley	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 1	Bradford
Barnsley	2 - 0

Bradford

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

3 / 9

BAR

BRD

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Barnsley
	0 - 1	Barnsley
Bradford	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Bradford	1 - 0
Bradford	4 - 0
Bradford	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

	Barnsley 12th	Bradford 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Barnsley’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-4 Bradford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	30		34
Failed to score	10		8
Scored first	19		23
Goals scored	63		52
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	19		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+2%

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Games conceded	38		28
Clean sheets	2		14
Conceded first	21		16
Goals conceded	65		46
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.1
KickOff rating		+30%

Barnsley v Bradford League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	15	12	12
J Shepherd	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J. Bland MID	39		2	9 -
J Shepherd DEF	38			8 1
A Phillips MID	37	7	5	3 -
R Cleary FWD	36	6	12	2 -
T Watson DEF	35		1	3 -
L Connell MID	35	4	3	11 1
D McGoldrick FWD	35	15	3	2 -
P Kelly MID	34	2	5	6 -
V. Yoganathan MID	32	3		5 1
M Gevigney DEF	25		1	3 -
N Ogbeta DEF	23		1	1 -
E O'Connell DEF	19			3 -
O Goodman GLK	18			1 -
C O'Keeffe DEF	17		2	7 -
J Earl DEF	16	1		4 -
S Banks FWD	16	3	4	-
M Roberts DEF	13		1	3 -
T Bradshaw FWD	13	3	2	-
G. Gent DEF	2			1 -
C. Lennon FWD	2	1		-
K Flavell GLK	1			-
T Chirewa MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	33	12	12
D McGoldrick	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	R Cleary

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D McGoldrick FWD	15	33	3	2
A Phillips MID	7	17	5	7
R Cleary FWD	6	17	12	12
L Connell MID	4	12	3	8
V. Yoganathan MID	3	4
S Banks FWD	3	9	4	3
T Bradshaw FWD	3	6	2	1
P Kelly MID	2	12	5	5
J Earl DEF	1	1		1
C. Lennon FWD	1	2
J. Bland MID		6	2	5
J Shepherd DEF		1
T Watson DEF		1	1	1
M Gevigney DEF		1	1	3
N Ogbeta DEF		1	1	3
E O'Connell DEF				1
O Goodman GLK				1
C O'Keeffe DEF		3	2	2
M Roberts DEF		2	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1967	60	224
J Shepherd	T Watson	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Shepherd DEF	1967	22	224
L Connell MID	1919	59	141
T Watson DEF	1152	60	165
A Phillips MID	1140	25	108
J. Bland MID	1046	56	121
J Earl DEF	945	29	100
E O'Connell DEF	845	18	98
M Gevigney DEF	793	32	137
P Kelly MID	768	55	159
D McGoldrick FWD	639	28	126
O Goodman GLK	581		15
C O'Keeffe DEF	554	30	95
V. Yoganathan MID	517	48	141
N Ogbeta DEF	511	39	78
M Roberts DEF	411	14	75
R Cleary FWD	376	37	114
S Banks FWD	237	16	44
T Bradshaw FWD	130	2	46
G. Gent DEF	43	7	9
K Flavell GLK	30
C. Lennon FWD	13		1
T Chirewa MID	3

Bradford League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
42	10	7	12
S Walker	A Sarcevic	J Neufville	M Power

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Walker GLK	42			1 -
J Neufville MID	39	3	7	4 -
M Power MID	39		6	12 -
I Touray DEF	38		3	7 -
J. Metcalfe MID	37	2		6 -
A Sarcevic MID	36	10	3	4 -
T Wright MID	35	4	3	6 -
S Humphrys FWD	35	7	3	-
B Pointon MID	33	10	3	7 -
A Baldwin DEF	29	2		5 1
C Tilt DEF	28			11 -
W Swan FWD	26	5	2	3 -
M Pennington DEF	25	2		8 -
J Wright DEF	25	3		3 -
C Kelly DEF	17			-
E. Wheatley FWD	12			2 -
P Mullin FWD	9			2 -
G Lapslie MID	8		1	-
K Jackson FWD	8	1		2 -
H Ashby DEF	7			2 -
L Evans MID	7		2	-
N Powell MID	6			-
L Sibley MID	4			-
J White MID	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	27	7	9
A Sarcevic	S Humphrys	J Neufville	M Power

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Sarcevic MID	10	19	3	7
B Pointon MID	10	22	3	4
S Humphrys FWD	7	27	3	5
W Swan FWD	5	9	2	4
T Wright MID	4	15	3	8
J Neufville MID	3	8	7	7
J Wright DEF	3	6
J. Metcalfe MID	2	11		3
A Baldwin DEF	2	4
M Pennington DEF	2	4
K Jackson FWD	1	5		2
S Walker GLK		1
M Power MID		9	6	9
I Touray DEF		5	3	6
C Tilt DEF		3		1
C Kelly DEF		1		2
E. Wheatley FWD		8
G Lapslie MID		2	1	1
L Evans MID			2	2
N Powell MID		2		2
L Sibley MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1867	97	267
M Power	I Touray	I Touray

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Power MID	1867	70	152
I Touray DEF	1480	97	267
S Walker GLK	1043		16
A Baldwin DEF	1013	40	159
J. Metcalfe MID	970	74	192
M Pennington DEF	931	39	153
J Neufville MID	916	89	192
C Tilt DEF	911	52	216
A Sarcevic MID	856	44	161
T Wright MID	796	44	131
B Pointon MID	650	35	108
J Wright DEF	519	27	160
C Kelly DEF	510	24	109
S Humphrys FWD	437	13	174
L Evans MID	223	15	37
W Swan FWD	214	5	43
E. Wheatley FWD	122	16	42
H Ashby DEF	118	11	22
G Lapslie MID	95	4	26
K Jackson FWD	74	7	22
N Powell MID	49	3	17
L Sibley MID	48	8	11
P Mullin FWD	38	3	17
J White MID	28	2	3