Bradford City vs Port Vale – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Result
1:0
29/12/2025 at 14:45 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))
  • League One - Round 23
  • Referee: Oldham S. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
united-kingdomUnited-kingdomSky Sports+

Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
0.740.39
Ball Possession
57%43%
Total shots
157
Shots on target
21
Big Chances
10
Corner Kicks
113
Passes
63% (233/372)51% (147/289)
Yellow Cards
33
Expected Goals (xG)
0.740.39
xG on target (xGOT)
0.200.07
Total shots
157
Shots on target
21
Shots off target
44
Blocked Shots
92
Shots inside the Box
84
Shots outside the Box
73
Hit the Woodwork
10
Big Chances
10
Corner Kicks
113
Touches in opposition box
1319
Accurate through passes
00
Offsides
20
Free Kicks
126
Passes
63% (233/372)51% (147/289)
Long passes
30% (28/93)33% (26/79)
Passes in final third
55% (66/121)39% (49/125)
Crosses
29% (7/24)21% (3/14)
Expected assists (xA)
0.910.48
Throw-ins
3331
Fouls
612
Tackles
59% (10/17)47% (9/19)
Duels won
8481
Clearances
3935
Interceptions
710
Errors leading to shot
00
Errors leading to goal
00
Goalkeeper Saves
10
xGOT faced
0.070.20
Goals prevented
0.07-0.80

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (0 - 0)
  • 12', Kyle John 🟨,
  • 14', Headley J. 🟨,
  • 2nd Half (1 - 0)
  • 49', Stockley J. 🟨,
  • 54', Tilt C. 🟨,
  • 67', 1 - 0, Metcalfe J. ,
  • 77', Stockley J. , Faal M. ,
  • 78', Shipley J. , Hall G. ,
  • 88', Kyle John , Curtis R. ,
  • 90+5', Sarcevic A. 🟨,
  • 90+8', Touray I. 🟨,
  • 90+11', Wright T. , McIntyre T. ,

Highlights

Chances of winning


Bradford City
54.9%
Draw
25.5%
Port Vale
19.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
49.4% 27.7% 22.9%

Our Initial ML Estimation

50.7% 27% 22.3%

Bradford City - Port Vale Odds

1 X 2 Marga
Avarage Now
(Initially)
1.7
(1.86)
3.65
(3.32)
4.79
(4)
7.1%
(9.1%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.50
What is the prediction for Bradford City - Port Vale?
  • Users Predictions: Bradford City will win (29 of 32 users predict this - 90.63%).
    Confidence interval (95%): 80.53%100%.
  • High ROI Users Predictions (ROI>2%): Bradford City will win (4 of 5 users predict this - 80%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:0.
  • Preview Facts
    • A leader and an outsider will face off in this match (ranked 3 in the zone Promotion ~ League One (Play Offs: ) and 24 in the zone Relegation ~ League Two).
    • In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Bradford won 1.
    • Each of the teams is struggling with stability in their game.
    • In this match, Bradford is the team to beat.
    • There will not play in Bradford: Pennington M. (Injury) Powell N. (Inactive) Power M. (Yellow Cards) Richards L. (Injury)
    • There will not play in Port Vale: Garrity B. (Inactive) Gordon L. (Injury) Lawrence-Gabriel J. (Inactive) Ojo F. (Inactive)
    • There are questionable in Bradford: Cook A. (Inactive)
    • There are questionable in Port Vale: Hall C. (Inactive) Johnson M. (Inactive) Kyle John (Inactive)
    • In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Bradford won 6 matches, drew 8 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 17:18. (average 0.9:0.9).
    • Including home matches between the teams, Bradford won 4 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 7:7. (average 0.7:0.7).
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Bradford City - Port Vale were as follows:
    09.12.2025 Port Vale - Bradford City Postponed
    01.04.2025 Port Vale - Bradford City 2:0
    26.12.2024 Bradford City - Port Vale 2:1
    Latest results of Bradford City
    Latest results of Port Vale
    13.12.2025 Luton Town - Port Vale 2:2
    09.12.2025 Port Vale - Bradford City Postponed
    06.12.2025 Port Vale - Bristol Rovers 1:0
    English League One Table
    2025/26
    PlWDLDiffPts
    1Cardiff25164543:251852
    2Lincoln25146540:261448
    3Bradford City24137434:25946
    4Stockport County25126734:30442
    5Huddersfield26116945:351039
    6Bolton25109632:25739
    7Luton25115935:30538
    8Stevenage23107627:20737
    9Reading2498732:28435
    10Peterborough251121233:34-135
    11Wycombe2589832:28433
    12Mansfield2395931:28332
    13AFC Wimbledon24941127:33-631
    14Exeter24931225:23230
    15Wigan2479826:27-130
    16Plymouth25931332:39-730
    17Barnsley2185833:33029
    18Leyton Orient25851236:42-629
    19Blackpool25851231:37-629
    20Northampton24851122:28-629
    21Burton24761123:34-1127
    22Rotherham24661222:35-1324
    23Doncaster24651324:41-1723
    24Port Vale23461318:31-1318

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