Burton Albion vs Bradford City · League One
Burton Albion
12-10-17
2 – 1
FT
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Bradford City
19-8-12
Pirelli Stadium · Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire · England
One goal separated them as Burton Albion beat Bradford City 2-1 at Pirelli Stadium (crowd 4,522). The goal that settled it came from Alex Hartridge at the 41-minute mark and Tyrese Shade added to the lead after 58 minutes; Tyreik Wright reduced the gap for Bradford late on, at 90 minutes. Six players went into the book. Bradford kept the ball 62% of the time and shot 10 times, Burton Albion 12. 5 of the 12 shots by Burton Albion were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Pirelli Stadium · Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire · England
- Crowd
- 4,522
- Referee
- Carl Brook
- Burton Albion form
- WLDDD
- Bradford form
- WDWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Albion | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bradford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
10Fouls11
1Yellow Cards5
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
3Corner Kicks8
3Saves3
38.4%Possession61.6%
12Shots10
5On Goal4
40%On Target %40%
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 Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🟨Bradley Collins
90'+9'
90'+7'
🟨Matthew Pennington
90'+4'
🔁Joe Wrightreplacing Jenson Metcalfe
90'+2'2 - 1
⚽Tyreik Wright
🔁Kain Adomreplacing Tyrese Shade
83'
77'
🟨Jenson Metcalfe
76'
🟨Ethan Wheatley
🔁Jj Mckiernanreplacing Andrew Cannon
75'
🔁Dylan Williamsreplacing Sulyman Krubally
74'
66'
🔁Paul Mullinreplacing Bobby Pointon
⚽Tyrese Shade
58'2 - 0
45'
🔁Lee Evansreplacing Josh Neufville
45'
🔁Ethan Wheatleyreplacing Will Swan
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Alex Hartridge
41'1 - 0
41'
🟨Aden Baldwin
35'
🔁Stephen Humphrysreplacing Antoni Sarcevic
18'
🟨Bobby Pointon
Kick-off
Teams
Burton Albion3-4-1-2
10⚽↓Shade
9Beesley
42↓Cannon
6Sibbick
12Evans
15Lofthouse
41↓Krubally
16⚽Hartridge
18Moon
2Godwin-Malife
24🟨Collins
Bench
- 22Julian Larsson
- 19Dylan Williamson for Sulyman Krubally, 74'
- 29Kain Adomon for Tyrese Shade, 83'
- 7Jj Mckiernanon for Andrew Cannon, 75'
- 3Jack Armer
- 11Fabio Tavares
- 27Kamil Dudek
Bradford City3-4-2-1
24↓Swan
23🟨↓Pointon
10↓Sarcevic
17⚽Wright
6Power
7↓Neufville
21🟨↓Metcalfe
26Tilt
15🟨Baldwin
28🟨Pennington
1Walker
Bench
- 3Ibou Touray
- 8Lee Evanson for Josh Neufville, 45'
- 14Paul Mullinon for Bobby Pointon, 66'
- 25Joe Hilton
- 4Joe Wrighton for Jenson Metcalfe, 90'+4'
- 27Ethan Wheatleyon for Will Swan, 45' 🟨
- 11Stephen Humphryson for Antoni Sarcevic, 35'
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
2Burton Albion wins
1Level
2Bradford wins
Last times they met
FT
Bradford
1–2
Burton Albion · 2025-26 English League One
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Burton Albion
4–0
Bradford · 2022-23 EFL Trophy
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Burton Albion
1–1
Bradford · 2018-19 English League One
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Bradford
1–0
Burton Albion · 2018-19 English League One
FT
Bradford
2–0
Burton Albion · 2015-16 English League One
Form
Last games: Burton Albion
L3-0D1-1L1-0W2-0L2-1
Last games: Bradford
L2-1W2-1W2-0L2-0D1-1
