Salford City vs Bradford City

1 March 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee M Coy

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Francis Okoronkwo 30’
  • Brad Halliday 71’
  • Michael Mellon 90+4’

Match summary

Bradford City came from behind to win 2-1 away at Salford City, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Salford City led 1-0 at half-time.

Francis Okoronkwo put Salford City ahead in the 30th minute, Brad Halliday equalised in the 71st minute, and Michael Mellon won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 15-12 to Bradford City, with 2 on target for Salford City and 6 for Bradford City.

Match stats

Salford City Bradford City
12 Shots 15
2 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Salford City Bradford City
Kick-off
Francis Okoronkwo1-0 (Salford City)
30’
Half-time1-0
71’
Brad Halliday1-1 (Bradford City)
90+4’
Michael Mellon1-2 (Bradford City)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Salford City
  • Haji Mnoga
  • Matthew Lund
Bradford City
  • Michael Mellon

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bradford City attacking Salford City attacking 
2’ Antoni Sarcevic (Bradford City), open play, off target 7’ Tommy Leigh (Bradford City), open play, hit the woodwork 14’ Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City), open play, off target 15’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, saved 16’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 26’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, blocked 27’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, off target 27’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 30’ Francis Okoronkwo (Salford City), open play, goal 41’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, blocked 41’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, off target 47’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 50’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 52’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, off target 55’ Tommy Leigh (Bradford City), open play, blocked 55’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, saved 58’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, off target 62’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, blocked 63’ Francis Okoronkwo (Salford City), open play, saved 63’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, blocked 71’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), set piece, goal 71’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), set piece, off target 75’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, saved 85’ Kelly N'Mai (Salford City), set piece, blocked 85’ Haji Mnoga (Salford City), set piece, blocked 86’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, blocked 90+4’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, goal 2’ Antoni Sarcevic (Bradford City), open play, off target 7’ Tommy Leigh (Bradford City), open play, hit the woodwork 14’ Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City), open play, off target 15’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, saved 16’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 26’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, blocked 27’ Brandon Khela (Bradford City), open play, off target 27’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 30’ Francis Okoronkwo (Salford City), open play, goal 41’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, blocked 41’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, off target 47’ Jamie Walker (Bradford City), open play, saved 50’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 52’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, off target 55’ Tommy Leigh (Bradford City), open play, blocked 55’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, saved 58’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, off target 62’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, blocked 63’ Francis Okoronkwo (Salford City), open play, saved 63’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, blocked 71’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), set piece, goal 71’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), set piece, off target 75’ Calum Kavanagh (Bradford City), open play, saved 85’ Kelly N'Mai (Salford City), set piece, blocked 85’ Haji Mnoga (Salford City), set piece, blocked 86’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, blocked 90+4’ Michael Mellon (Bradford City), open play, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Haji Mnoga
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Kevin Berkoe Taken off
78′ – – – – – – –
Ryan Watson Taken off
78′ – – 1 – – – –
Matthew Lund
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Rosaire Longelo Taken off
70′ – – 3 – – – –
Francis Okoronkwo Taken off
70′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Kelly N'Mai Came on as a substitute
20′ – – 1 – – – –
Jon Taylor Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
Ben Woodburn Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Will Wright Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
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

Salford City win 29% Avg odds 3.24
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.13
Bradford City win 41% Avg odds 2.26

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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.