Bradford City vs Gillingham

19 October 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee R Joyce

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Neill Byrne 38’
  • Jack Shepherd 45+3’
  • Jayden Clarke 11’

Match summary

Bradford City came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Gillingham. Bradford City led 2-1 at half-time.

Jayden Clarke put Gillingham ahead in the 11th minute, Neill Byrne equalised from a corner in the 38th minute, and Jack Shepherd won it in first-half stoppage time.

Shots finished 16-6 to Bradford City, with 6 on target for Bradford City and 3 for Gillingham.

Match stats

Bradford City Gillingham
16 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 4
5 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bradford City Gillingham
Kick-off
11’
Jayden Clarke0-1 (Gillingham)
Neill Byrne1-1 (Bradford City)
38’
Jack Shepherd2-1 (Bradford City)
45+3’
Half-time2-1
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Bradford City
  • Neill Byrne
  • Jack Shepherd
  • Brad Halliday
  • Tyreik Wright
  • Bobby Pointon
Gillingham
  • Max Clark
  • Ethan Coleman
  • Timothée Dieng
  • Jayden Clarke

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Gillingham attacking Bradford City attacking 
5’ Oliver Hawkins (Gillingham), set piece, saved 9’ George Lapslie (Gillingham), open play, saved 11’ Jayden Clarke (Gillingham), open play, goal 11’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, blocked 15’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), from a corner, saved 17’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 29’ Tyreik Wright (Bradford City), open play, blocked 37’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, saved 38’ Neill Byrne (Bradford City), from a corner, goal 48’ Jack Shepherd (Bradford City), set piece, goal 48’ Neill Byrne (Bradford City), set piece, blocked 47’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, off target 52’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, saved 55’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, blocked 58’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, blocked 59’ George Lapslie (Gillingham), set piece, off target 59’ George Lapslie (Gillingham), open play, blocked 62’ Max Ehmer (Gillingham), set piece, off target 74’ Cheick Diabate (Bradford City), open play, off target 74’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, saved 77’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, off target 84’ Vadaine Oliver (Bradford City), open play, blocked 90+4’ Max Clark (Gillingham), set piece, off target 5’ Oliver Hawkins (Gillingham), set piece, saved 9’ George Lapslie (Gillingham), open play, saved 11’ Jayden Clarke (Gillingham), open play, goal 11’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, blocked 15’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), from a corner, saved 17’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 29’ Tyreik Wright (Bradford City), open play, blocked 37’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, saved 38’ Neill Byrne (Bradford City), from a corner, goal 48’ Jack Shepherd (Bradford City), set piece, goal 48’ Neill Byrne (Bradford City), set piece, blocked 47’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, off target 52’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, saved 55’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, blocked 58’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, blocked 59’ George Lapslie (Gillingham), set piece, off target 59’ George Lapslie (Gillingham), open play, blocked 62’ Max Ehmer (Gillingham), set piece, off target 74’ Cheick Diabate (Bradford City), open play, off target 74’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, saved 77’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, off target 84’ Vadaine Oliver (Bradford City), open play, blocked 90+4’ Max Clark (Gillingham), set piece, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Jamie Walker Taken off
67′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Clarke Oduor Taken off
80′ – – 3 – – – –
Tyreik Wright Taken off
33′ – – 1 – – –
Calum Kavanagh Taken off
81′ – – 3 – – – –
Andy Cook Taken off
80′ – – 3 – – – –
Lewis Richards Came on as a substitute
57′ – – – – – – –
Bobby Pointon Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – –
Corry Evans Came on as a substitute
10′ – – – – – – –
Vadaine Oliver Came on as a substitute
10′ – – 1 – – – –
Tyler Smith Came on as a substitute
9′ – – – – – – –
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 50% Avg odds 1.88
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.32
Gillingham win 22% Avg odds 4.28

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.