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

Football English League Two Port Vale - Bradford City
Result
2:0
01/04/2025 at 14:45 (Time Zone – GMT-4 (America/New_York))
  • League Two - Round 40
  • Referee: Toner B. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
united-kingdomUnited-kingdomSky Sports+

Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
0.851.83
Ball Possession
41%59%
Total shots
911
Shots on target
63
Big Chances
11
Corner Kicks
12
Passes
64% (188/293)73% (315/431)
Yellow Cards
14
Expected Goals (xG)
0.851.83
xG on target (xGOT)
1.881.94
Total shots
911
Shots on target
63
Shots off target
24
Blocked Shots
14
Shots inside the Box
59
Shots outside the Box
42
Hit the Woodwork
00
Headed Goals
10
Big Chances
11
Corner Kicks
12
Touches in opposition box
1018
Offsides
00
Free Kicks
1520
Passes
64% (188/293)73% (315/431)
Long passes
23% (15/65)31% (25/81)
Passes in final third
56% (55/98)59% (78/132)
Crosses
21% (3/14)20% (3/15)
Expected assists (xA)
0.760.41
Fouls
2015
Tackles
44% (4/9)60% (12/20)
Duels won
7872
Clearances Total
4218
Interceptions
107
Errors leading to shot
00
Errors leading to goal
00
Goalkeeper Saves
34
xGOT faced
1.941.88
Goals prevented
1.94-0.12

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (2 - 0)
  • 11', 1 - 0, Tolaj L. , Croasdale R. (A),
  • 21', Halliday B. 🟨,
  • 32', 2 - 0, Clark M. , Shorrock J. (A),
  • 2nd Half (0 - 0)
  • 46', Huntington P. , Shepherd J. ,
  • 46', Adaramola T. , Pointon B. ,
  • 59', Shorrock J. , Hart S. ,
  • 67', Baldwin A. 🟨,
  • 70', Walters R. , Chislett E. ,
  • 71', Lapslie G. , Mellon M. ,
  • 84', Halliday B. , Walker J. ,
  • 85', Stockley J. , Curtis R. ,
  • 86', Tolaj L. 🟨,
  • 89', Smallwood R. (Pen),
  • 89', Smallwood R. 🟨,
  • 90+2', Mellon M. 🟨,

Chances of winning


Port Vale
34.5%
Draw
31.7%
Bradford City
33.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
37.6% 28.9% 33.5%

Our Initial ML Estimation

39.1% 30.1% 32.2%


Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

  • Port Vale has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.1%)
  • Bradford City has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.4%)
  • ML Model estimates a higher probability for Port Vale than the current prediction. (+4.6%)
  • ML Model estimates a lower probability for Bradford City than the current prediction. (-1.7%)
  • Port Vale - Bradford City Odds

    1 X 2 Marga
    Avarage Now
    (Initially)
    2.73
    (2.48)
    2.96
    (3.22)
    2.78
    (2.78)
    6.5%
    (7.5%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.00
  • What is the prediction for Port Vale - Bradford City?
  • Users Predictions: 15 users predict this event. Port Vale will win (votes: 5 - 33.3%). It will Tie (votes: 10 - 66.7%).
    Confidence interval (95%) for a draw: 42.8%90.6%.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:1.
  • Preview Facts
    • One of the most exciting matches of the day will feature two top-of-the-table teams (ranked 3 in the zone Promotion ~ League One and 2 in the zone Promotion ~ League One).
    • Last 5 head-to-head matches Port Vale won 2.
    • Both teams are now playing unstable.
    • Port Vale could have problems with physics compare with it opponent - last days they played more matches than their opponents.
    • The possibility to win in this match is almost balanced for both teams.
    • There will not play in Port Vale: Byers G. (Inactive) Headley J. (Muscle Injury) Heneghan B. (Inactive)
    • There will not play in Bradford: Cook A. (Knee Injury) Richards L. (Injury) Sarcevic A. (Injury)
    • There are questionable in Port Vale: Chislett E. (Inactive) Sang T. (Injury)
    • There are questionable in Bradford: Shepherd J. (Inactive)
    • Last 18 head-to-head matches Port Vale won 5 matches, drawn 7 matches, lost 6 matches and goals 16:17 (average 0.9:0.9).
    • Including matches at home between the teams Port Vale won 2 matches, drawn 4 matches, lost 2 matches and goals 9:10 (average 1.1:1.3).
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Port Vale - Bradford City were as follows:
    26.12.2024 Bradford City - Port Vale 2:1
    Latest results of Port Vale
    25.03.2025 Port Vale - Barrow 0:1
    22.03.2025 Port Vale - Morecambe 1:0
    Latest results of Bradford City
    English League Two Table
    2025/26
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    1Grimsby11003:033
    2Crewe11003:123
    3Fleetwood11002:023
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    5Chesterfield11001:013
    6Cambridge Utd11001:013
    7Harrogate11001:013
    8Colchester10101:101
    9Gillingham10101:101
    10Tranmere10101:101
    11Accrington10101:101
    12Notts Co10101:101
    13Newport10101:101
    14Oldham10100:001
    15MK Dons10100:001
    16Shrewsbury10100:001
    17Bromley10100:001
    18Swindon10011:2-10
    19Bristol Rovers10010:1-10
    20Cheltenham10010:1-10
    21Barrow10010:1-10
    22Salford10011:3-20
    23Barnet10010:2-20
    24Crawley10010:3-30

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