Bradford City vs Cheltenham Town

4 March 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee Z Kennard-Kettle

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • George Lapslie 31’, 53’
  • Michael Mellon 60’

Match summary

Bradford City won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Cheltenham Town. Bradford City led 1-0 at half-time.

George Lapslie put Bradford City ahead with a header in the 31st minute, Lapslie made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute, and Michael Mellon made it 3-0 in the 60th minute.

Shots finished 25-8 to Bradford City, with 7 on target for Bradford City and 2 for Cheltenham Town.

Match stats

Bradford City Cheltenham Town
25 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bradford City Cheltenham Town
Kick-off
George Lapslie1-0 (Bradford City)
31’
Half-time1-0
George Lapslie2-0 (Bradford City)
53’
Michael Mellon3-0 (Bradford City)
60’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bradford City
  • Jack Shepherd
  • Calum Kavanagh
  • Paul Huntington
Cheltenham Town
  • Matty Taylor
  • Jordan Thomas
  • Liam Dulson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cheltenham Town attacking Bradford City attacking 
4’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, blocked 5’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), from a corner, saved 6’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 10’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 10’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 17’ Darragh Power (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 17’ Ibrahim Bakare (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 20’ Ethan Williams (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 21’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, saved 22’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, off target 23’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, blocked 28’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, off target 30’ Tayo Adaramola (Bradford City), open play, blocked 31’ George Lapslie (Bradford City), open play, goal 34’ Arkell Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, saved 35’ Neill Byrne (Bradford City), set piece, off target 36’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 45’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, blocked 45’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, blocked 47’ Tom Bradbury (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, off target 49’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, off target 53’ George Lapslie (Bradford City), open play, goal 55’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, saved 57’ George Lapslie (Bradford City), open play, off target 60’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, goal 69’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, off target 69’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 82’ Aden Baldwin (Bradford City), open play, blocked 83’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), set piece, blocked 83’ Tommy Leigh (Bradford City), direct free kick, blocked 85’ Arkell Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 90+5’ Ethon Archer (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 4’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, blocked 5’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), from a corner, saved 6’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 10’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 10’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 17’ Darragh Power (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 17’ Ibrahim Bakare (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 20’ Ethan Williams (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 21’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, saved 22’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, off target 23’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, blocked 28’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, off target 30’ Tayo Adaramola (Bradford City), open play, blocked 31’ George Lapslie (Bradford City), open play, goal 34’ Arkell Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, saved 35’ Neill Byrne (Bradford City), set piece, off target 36’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 45’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, blocked 45’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, blocked 47’ Tom Bradbury (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, off target 49’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, off target 53’ George Lapslie (Bradford City), open play, goal 55’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, saved 57’ George Lapslie (Bradford City), open play, off target 60’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, goal 69’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, off target 69’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 82’ Aden Baldwin (Bradford City), open play, blocked 83’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), set piece, blocked 83’ Tommy Leigh (Bradford City), direct free kick, blocked 85’ Arkell Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 90+5’ Ethon Archer (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
Tayo Adaramola Taken off
77′ – – 1 – – – –
George Lapslie Taken off
68′ 2 – 3 – – – –
Jamie Walker Taken off
76′ – – 5 – – – –
Michael Mellon Taken off
68′ 1 – 5 – – – –
Tommy Leigh Came on as a substitute
22′ – – 1 – – – –
Calum Kavanagh Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – –
Clarke Oduor Came on as a substitute
14′ – – – – – – –
Paul Huntington Came on as a substitute
13′ – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Bradford City win 56% Avg odds 1.66
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.59
Cheltenham Town win 18% Avg odds 5.29

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.