Bradford City vs Tranmere Rovers

29 March 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee R Watkins

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Calum Kavanagh 64’
  • Bobby Pointon 69’

Match summary

Bradford City saw off Tranmere Rovers 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Calum Kavanagh put Bradford City ahead in the 64th minute and Bobby Pointon made it 2-0 in the 69th minute.

Shots finished 21-13 to Bradford City, with 7 on target for Bradford City and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.

Match stats

Bradford City Tranmere Rovers
21 Shots 13
7 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 9
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bradford City Tranmere Rovers
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Calum Kavanagh1-0 (Bradford City)
64’
Bobby Pointon2-0 (Bradford City)
69’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Bradford City
  • Matthew Platt
  • Richard Smallwood
Tranmere Rovers
  • Dan Pike
  • Robert Apter
  • Luke Norris

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tranmere Rovers attacking Bradford City attacking 
3’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 4’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 7’ Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 14’ Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), direct free kick, hit the woodwork 17’ Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), open play, blocked 18’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, off target 19’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 22’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 22’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 26’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 27’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), set piece, off target 40’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 43’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), set piece, saved 46’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 47’ Lewis Richards (Bradford City), open play, off target 53’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, hit the woodwork 54’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 55’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 56’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, saved 61’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 61’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 64’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, goal 69’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, goal 71’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 73’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 75’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, off target 77’ Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 78’ Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 81’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, blocked 81’ Daniel Oyegoke (Bradford City), open play, blocked 83’ Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), open play, saved 83’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, saved 90+1’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 90+5’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 3’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 4’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, off target 7’ Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 14’ Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), direct free kick, hit the woodwork 17’ Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), open play, blocked 18’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, off target 19’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 22’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 22’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 26’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 27’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), set piece, off target 40’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 43’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), set piece, saved 46’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 47’ Lewis Richards (Bradford City), open play, off target 53’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, hit the woodwork 54’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 55’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 56’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, saved 61’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 61’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 64’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, goal 69’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, goal 71’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 73’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 75’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, off target 77’ Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 78’ Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 81’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, blocked 81’ Daniel Oyegoke (Bradford City), open play, blocked 83’ Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), open play, saved 83’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, saved 90+1’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 90+5’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Jamie Walker Taken off
79′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Bobby Pointon Taken off
79′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Tyler Smith Taken off
90′ – – 5 – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Jonathan Tomkinson Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
Clarke Oduor Came on as a substitute
11′ – – 1 – – – –
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 2.15
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.48
Tranmere Rovers win 29% Avg odds 3.20

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.