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

Tue 24th Nov, 19:45 BST, Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford

Barnsley pay League One competitors Bradford City a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Daniel Stendel guides his team into an away clash with Graham Alexander & co. at the Northern Commercials Stadium. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are provided too.


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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

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Bradford
47%
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Draw
27%
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Barnsley
25%
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Bradford 1-0
14%
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Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Bradford 2-0
9%
--
Barnsley 1-0
9%
--
Bradford 2-1
9%
--
Barnsley 2-1
6%
--
Bradford 3-0
4%
--
Barnsley 2-0
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Bradford 3-1
4%
--
Bradford 3-2
2%
--
Barnsley 3-1
2%
--
Bradford 4-0
1%
--
Bradford 4-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
45%
--
BTTS - No
55%
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BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
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Home/draw
75%
--
Away/draw
53%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
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Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
44%
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Bradford win to nil
30%
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Barnsley win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bradford have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 4 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 11 goals to 10 goals.

Home League Performance

Bradford have played 5 games at home winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 6 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 2 goals at home.

Barnsley are in 23rd position in the League One on 8 points having played 11 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 11 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Barnsley have conceded 21 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bradford
Barnsley
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Huddersfield127411325 
Oct 31
Jan 30
Dec 19
Jan 9
2
Stockport127231223 
Dec 26
Mar 29
Apr 24
l
 
3-1F
3
Bradford12642522 
-
-
Apr 13
Nov 24
4
Plymouth13715222 
Feb 6
l
 
2-0A
Feb 20
l
 
3-0A
5
Reading126331221 
Apr 27
d
 
1-1F
Jan 23
l
 
2-1F
6
Cambridge12552320 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 9
l
 
1-2F
Jan 16
7
Oxford Utd10541819 
Jan 23
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 31
Jan 30
8
Sheff Wed11533818 
Mar 13
w
 
0-1F
Nov 20
Mar 20
9
Mansfield11533418 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 13
Mar 29
Dec 26
10
Luton11524217 
Apr 17
w
 
0-1F
Jan 19
l
 
2-1A
11
Burton13454-117 
Jan 19
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 29
Apr 3
12
Stevenage11434415 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 16
l
 
1-5F
Feb 13
13
Leicester11434015 
Feb 27
Nov 14
d
 
1-1A
Apr 17
14
Wycombe12363-415 
May 1
Nov 28
Dec 1
May 8
15
L Orient12426214 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 24
Feb 6
w
 
1-3F
16
AFC Wim12345-1113 
Dec 12
Apr 10
May 1
Nov 28
17
Doncaster11335-112 
Nov 21
Mar 20
Mar 13
d
 
0-00-0
18
MK Dons11263-612 
Dec 1
May 8
-
Apr 27
19
Notts C11254-311 
Feb 20
w
 
0-1F
Jan 1
Mar 26
20
Blackpool11326-411 
Apr 3
Dec 29
w
 
2-1F
Feb 9
21
Peterborough12246-1010 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 6
Apr 10
Dec 12
22
Bromley11236-169 
Jan 9
Dec 19
l
 
0-1A
Mar 6
23
Barnsley11227-108 
Nov 24
Apr 13
-
-
24
Wigan11218-97 
Mar 26
Jan 1
Feb 27
Nov 14
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bradford 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford2 - 0Stevenage
Bradford0 - 0L Orient
Bradford1 - 0Mansfield
Bradford1 - 2Cambridge
Bradford2 - 0Peterborough
Bradford0 - 1Bolton
Bradford1 - 1Bolton
Bradford1 - 1Plymouth
Bradford0 - 1Stevenage
Bradford1 - 0Northampton
Bradford1 - 1Mansfield
Bradford2 - 1L Orient
Bradford1 - 0Rotherham
Bradford1 - 0Stockport
Bradford2 - 0Peterborough
Bradford1 - 0Doncaster
Bradford1 - 2Cardiff
Bradford1 - 0Port Vale
Bradford2 - 1Wigan
Bradford2 - 0Reading
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABradford0 - 0Oxford Utd
ABradford0 - 0Burton
HBradford2 - 0Stevenage
HBradford0 - 0L Orient
ABradford1 - 1Reading
ABradford1 - 0Luton
ABradford1 - 0Notts C
HBradford1 - 0Mansfield
HBradford1 - 2Cambridge
ABradford0 - 2Plymouth
ABradford1 - 0Sheff Wed
HBradford2 - 0Peterborough
HBradford0 - 1Bolton
ABradford0 - 1Bolton
ABradford2 - 1Exeter
HBradford1 - 1Bolton
HBradford1 - 1Plymouth
ABradford2 - 2Barnsley
HBradford0 - 1Stevenage
ABradford2 - 1Wycombe
Barnsley 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading2 - 1Barnsley
Luton2 - 1Barnsley
Stockport3 - 1Barnsley
Plymouth3 - 0Barnsley
L Orient1 - 3Barnsley
Doncaster0 - 0Barnsley
Northampton0 - 1Barnsley
Luton2 - 1Barnsley
Stevenage1 - 0Barnsley
Port Vale0 - 0Barnsley
Rotherham1 - 3Barnsley
Burton1 - 1Barnsley
Mansfield2 - 2Barnsley
L Orient1 - 3Barnsley
Huddersfield2 - 1Barnsley
Bolton3 - 2Barnsley
Cardiff4 - 0Barnsley
Reading2 - 2Barnsley
Wigan1 - 1Barnsley
Exeter3 - 0Barnsley
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarnsley1 - 2Reading
ABarnsley1 - 2Luton
HBarnsley1 - 2Cambridge
ABarnsley1 - 3Stockport
HBarnsley1 - 1Leicester
ABarnsley0 - 3Plymouth
HBarnsley1 - 5Stevenage
HBarnsley2 - 1Blackpool
ABarnsley3 - 1L Orient
ABarnsley0 - 0Doncaster
HBarnsley0 - 1Bromley
HBarnsley1 - 3Stockport
ABarnsley1 - 0Northampton
ABarnsley1 - 2Luton
ABarnsley0 - 1Stevenage
HBarnsley2 - 2Bradford
ABarnsley0 - 0Port Vale
ABarnsley3 - 1Rotherham
HBarnsley0 - 3Plymouth
ABarnsley1 - 1Burton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bradford since 1996
Bradford
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
12
8
Games: Scored
6 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
3 / 9
BRD
4
D
3
BAR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Barnsley
0 - 1Barnsley
Bradford1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bradford1 - 0
Bradford4 - 0
Bradford2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Barnsley since 1997
Barnsley
Bradford
Goals: Scored
15
9
Games: Scored
6 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
3 / 9
BRD
1
D
5
BAR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Draw2 - 2Draw
Barnsley3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Barnsley3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1Bradford
Barnsley2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Bradford City of late. It has been 5 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Barnsley.

Bradford 3rd Barnsley 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of Barnsley scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
Bradford have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
-3
Barnsley’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2026/2027 season
Bradford
PG (predicted goals)
Barnsley
1.4
0.9
Attack rating
BRD
BAR
5%
better
view stats
Games scored8
8
Failed to score4
3
Scored first7
6
Goals scored10
11
Avg. goals scored0.8
1
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal11
11
Conversion rate for9
9
Avg. XG for1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
65%
better
BRD
BAR
view stats
Games conceded3
10
Clean sheets9
1
Conceded first2
4
Goals conceded5
21
Avg. goals conceded0.4
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded16
5
Conversion rate against6%
19%
Avg. XG against1
1.6
KickOff rating
+65%

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

Bradford League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12215
I TourayA SarcevicC ConnollyC Connolly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Touray DEF12
3
-
A Baldwin DEF121
1
-
C Connolly MID121
5
-
N Powell MID121
1
-
A Sarcevic MID122
4
-
K Jackson FWD121
1
-
J McCracken GLK11
-
M Pennington DEF111
2
-
A Phillips MID111
1
-
B Pointon MID1121
1
-
J Beesley FWD1111
1
-
W Swan FWD91
-
G. Pratt DEF81
3
-
M Gillesphey DEF81
1
-
C O'Keeffe DEF7
-
J Neufville MID7
-
H. Cartwright MID3
-
R Welch DEF2
-
G Lapslie MID2
-
K. Morgan MID2
1
-
S Humphrys FWD2
-
C Dawson GLK1
-
Barnsley League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11323
A. KayC McGeehan P KellyA. Kay
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Kay DEF111
3
-
C McGeehan  MID113
3
-
P Kelly MID1112
3
-
T. Noslin MID11
2
-
A. Richards FWD111
1
-
R Cleary FWD1121
1
-
R. Ravenhill GLK9
-
S Gale DEF9
2
-
J. Bland MID9
3
-
C O'Riordan DEF8
1
-
M Kirk FWD82
1
-
L Connell MID7
1
L. Alker FWD6
-
J Shepherd DEF5
2
-
V. Yoganathan MID52
-
C. Taylor FWD5
1
-
Z Larkeche DEF4
-
T Adeyemo FWD3
1
-
C Slicker GLK2
-
J Okedina DEF2
-
B Touré FWD2
-