Bradford City vs Rotherham United · League One
Bradford City
17-7-9
1 – 0
FT
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Rotherham United
8-7-17
Valley Parade · Bradford · England
One goal separated them as Bradford City beat Rotherham United 1-0 at Valley Parade (crowd 18,187). Matthew Pennington scored first for Bradford at the 10-minute mark. Rotherham kept the ball 51% of the time and shot 8 times, Bradford 14. From 14 shots, Bradford found the target 3 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Valley Parade · Bradford · England
- Crowd
- 18,187
- Match officials
- Lee Swabey, Martin Woods
- Bradford form
- WDWDD
- Rotherham form
- LLLDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rotherham | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
13Fouls13
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
6Corner Kicks7
0Saves2
48.9%Possession51.1%
14Shots8
3On Goal0
20%On Target %0%
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%
7Blocked Shots2
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
🔁Joe Wrightreplacing Bobby Pointon
90'+5'
87'
🔁Lenny Agbairereplacing Emmanuel Adegboyega
86'
🔁Gabriele Biancherireplacing Josh Benson
84'
🟨Emmanuel Adegboyega
🟨Tyreik Wright
84'
🔁Stephen Humphrysreplacing Ethan Wheatley
74'
73'
🔁Ar'jany Marthareplacing Brandon Cover
54'
🔁Liam Kellyreplacing Dru Yearwood
45'
🔁Duncan Watmorereplacing Kian Spence
Half-time · 1-0
🔁Ethan Wheatleyreplacing Kayden Jackson
24'
⚽Matthew Pennington
10'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Bradford City3-4-2-1
19↓Jackson
23↓Pointon
10Sarcevic
17🟨Wright
21Metcalfe
7Neufville
6Power
26Tilt
15Baldwin
28⚽Pennington
1Walker
Bench
- 25Joe Hilton
- 3Ibou Touray
- 4Joe Wrighton for Bobby Pointon, 90'+5'
- 8Lee Evans
- 14Paul Mullin
- 27Ethan Wheatleyon for Kayden Jackson, 24' ↓
- 11Stephen Humphryson for Ethan Wheatley, 74'
Rotherham United4-2-3-1
10Nombe
24Gray
16↓Yearwood
28↓Cover
8↓Spence
19↓Benson
6James
15Baptiste
2Rafferty
36🟨↓Adegboyega
13Cann
Bench
- 1Cameron Dawson
- 29Gabriele Biancherion for Josh Benson, 86'
- 49Lino Sousa
- 11Ar'jany Marthaon for Brandon Cover, 73'
- 4Liam Kellyon for Dru Yearwood, 54'
- 18Lenny Agbaireon for Emmanuel Adegboyega, 87'
- 20Duncan Watmoreon for Kian Spence, 45'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +12 | 23 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 4 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 5 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 6 |  Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 20 |
| 7 |  Oxford United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | +8 | 19 |
| 8 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 18 |
| 9 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 10 |  Luton Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 17 |
| 11 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 13 |  Leicester City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 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 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 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 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
Meetings
1Bradford wins
1Level
3Rotherham wins
Last times they met
FT
Rotherham
2–2
Bradford · 2025-26 English League One
FT
Rotherham
0–1
Bradford · 2024-25 EFL Trophy
FT
Bradford
0–1
Rotherham · 2024-25 EFL Trophy
FT
Rotherham
2–0
Bradford · 2017-18 English League One
FT
Bradford
0–3
Rotherham · 2017/18 EFL Trophy
Form
Last games: Bradford
W1-0L2-1W2-0W1-0L3-1
Last games: Rotherham
W2-1W4-0L3-0L1-0L2-1
