Bradford City vs Colchester United

22 March 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee W Finnie

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Calum Kavanagh 31’, 70’
George Lapslie 41’, 78’

Harry Anderson 36’

Match summary

Bradford City won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Colchester United. Bradford City led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Calum Kavanagh put Bradford City ahead in the 31st minute, Harry Anderson equalised in the 36th minute, and George Lapslie put Bradford City back in front with a header in the 41st minute. In the second half, Kavanagh made it 3-1 in the 70th minute and Lapslie made it 4-1 in the 78th minute.

Shots finished 21-10 to Bradford City, with 7 on target for Bradford City and 2 for Colchester United.

Match stats

21 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bradford City Colchester United

Kick-off

Calum Kavanagh

1-0

31’

36’

Harry Anderson

1-1

George Lapslie

2-1

41’

Half-time2-1

Calum Kavanagh

3-1

70’

George Lapslie

4-1

78’

Full-time4-1

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Colchester United attacking Bradford City attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Sam Walker	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Neill Byrne Taken off	83′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Aden Baldwin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Romoney Crichlow Taken off	73′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Brad Halliday	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Brandon Khela	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Richard Smallwood	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Tayo Adaramola Taken off	83′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
George Lapslie	90′	2	–	5	–	–	–	–
Tyreik Wright Taken off	73′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Calum Kavanagh Taken off	83′	2	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ciaran Kelly Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Bobby Pointon Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paul Huntington Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Walker Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Pattison Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–


Matt Macey	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mandela Egbo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fiacre Kelleher	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Flanagan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rob Hunt Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arthur Read	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ellis Iandolo	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Harry Anderson	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Jack Payne Taken off	82′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Owura Edwards Taken off	65′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Lyle Taylor Taken off	73′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
John-Kymani Gordon Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyreece Simpson Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Anthony Scully Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Oscar Thorn Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 44% Avg odds 2.11

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.03

Colchester United win 25% Avg odds 3.74

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

Form going into the game

Bradford City W W W L L

Colchester United W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Colchester United 1-1 Bradford City, 16 Nov 24 All Bradford City vs Colchester United meetings

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.