Bradford City vs Cardiff City · League One
Bradford City
13-7-5
1 – 2
FT
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Cardiff City
17-4-5
Valley Parade · Bradford · England
One goal separated them as Cardiff City beat Bradford City 2-1 at Valley Parade (crowd 21,571). David Turnbull scored the winner at the 14-minute mark and Calum Chambers added to the lead after 24 minutes; Jenson Metcalfe reduced the gap for Bradford at the 59-minute mark. Yellow cards: five. Bradford led the shot count 12-9 and held 53% possession. From 9 shots, Cardiff found the target 5 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Valley Parade · Bradford · England
- Crowd
- 21,571
- Referee
- David Rock
- Bradford form
- DWDDD
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cardiff | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Side by side
10Fouls9
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks2
3Saves0
52.7%Possession47.3%
12Shots9
1On Goal5
10%On Target %60%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
5Blocked Shots2
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
🔁Joe Wrightreplacing Ibou Touray
90'+5'
🟨Joe White
87'
85'
🔁William Fishreplacing Yousef Salech
78'
🔁Callum Robinsonreplacing Alex Robertson
75'
🟨Joel Colwill
🟨Aden Baldwin
70'
🔁Joe Whitereplacing Bobby Pointon
68'
🔁Harrison Ashbyreplacing Josh Neufville
68'
64'
🔁Isaak Daviesreplacing Ollie Tanner
64'
🔁Cian Ashfordreplacing Chris Willock
⚽Jenson Metcalfe
59'1 - 2
45'
🔁Joel Colwillreplacing Perry Ng
🔁Louie Sibleyreplacing Tyreik Wright
45'
🔁Stephen Humphrysreplacing Will Swan
45'
Half-time · 0-2
31'
🟨Chris Willock
🟨Curtis Tilt
26'
24'0 - 2
⚽Calum Chambers
14'0 - 1
⚽David Turnbull
Kick-off
Teams
Bradford City3-4-2-1
24↓Swan
23↓Pointon
10Sarcevic
17↓Wright
21⚽Metcalfe
7↓Neufville
6Power
3↓Touray
26🟨Tilt
15🟨Baldwin
1Walker
Bench
- 33Harrison Ashbyon for Josh Neufville, 68'
- 11Stephen Humphryson for Will Swan, 45'
- 30Joe Whiteon for Bobby Pointon, 68' 🟨
- 40Louie Sibleyon for Tyreik Wright, 45'
- 20Tommy Leigh
- 4Joe Wrighton for Ibou Touray, 90'+5'
- 25Joe Hilton
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
22↓Salech
16🟨↓Willock
14⚽Turnbull
11↓Tanner
18↓Robertson
6Wintle
3Bagan
12⚽Chambers
38↓Ng
4Osho
13Trott
Bench
- 2William Fishon for Yousef Salech, 85'
- 27Joel Colwillon for Perry Ng, 45' 🟨
- 45Cian Ashfordon for Chris Willock, 64'
- 41Matthew Turner
- 48Dylan Lawlor
- 47Callum Robinsonon for Alex Robertson, 78'
- 39Isaak Davieson for Ollie Tanner, 64'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | +11 | 23 |
| 3 |  Oxford United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +9 | 22 |
| 4 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 6 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 7 |  Luton Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 20 |
| 8 |  Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 20 |
| 9 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 18 |
| 10 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Leicester City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 12 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 16 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 |  Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 18 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 |  Notts County | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 |  Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Bromley | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -16 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
Meetings
2Bradford wins
0Level
1Cardiff wins
Last times they met
FT
Cardiff
1–3
Bradford · 2025-26 English League One
FT
Bradford
0–1
Cardiff · 2003/04 English League Championship
FT
Cardiff
0–2
Bradford · 2003/04 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Bradford
L2-1W2-1W1-0L3-0W2-1
Last games: Cardiff
W1-0W2-1D1-1W1-0D1-1
