Swindon Town vs Bradford City

12 April 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee Thomas Kirk

Full time 5 – 4

Half-time: 2–3

Neill Byrne 22’ (og)
Kabongo Tshimanga 45+4’
Harry Smith 62’, 90’
Jack Shepherd 90+5’ (og)

Calum Kavanagh 6’, 10’, 35’
Brad Halliday 77’

Match summary

Swindon Town came back from 2 goals down to win 5-4 at home to Bradford City, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Bradford City led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Calum Kavanagh put Bradford City ahead in the 6th minute, Kavanagh made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, Byrne's own goal pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 22nd minute, Kavanagh made it 1-3 in the 35th minute, and Kabongo Tshimanga made it 2-3 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Harry Smith equalised in the 62nd minute, Brad Halliday put Bradford City back in front in the 77th minute, Smith equalised with a header in the 90th minute, and Shepherd's own goal won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 27-9 to Swindon Town, with 12 on target for Swindon Town and 6 for Bradford City. Bradford City had a player sent off.

Match stats

27 Shots 9

12 Shots on Target 6

11 Corners 0

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Swindon Town Bradford City

Kick-off

6’

Calum Kavanagh

0-1

10’

Calum Kavanagh

0-2

Neill Byrne
Own goal

1-2

22’

35’

Calum Kavanagh

1-3

Kabongo Tshimanga

2-3

45+4’

Half-time2-3

Harry Smith

3-3

62’

77’

Brad Halliday

3-4

Harry Smith

4-4

90’

Jack Shepherd
Own goal

5-4

90+5’

Full-time5-4

Bookings

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

Swindon Town

Kabongo Tshimanga
Harry Smith
Daniel Butterworth

Bradford City

Richard Smallwood
Jack Shepherd
Brad Halliday
Tayo Adaramola
Brandon Khela
Ciaran Kelly

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bradford City attacking Swindon Town attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Connor Ripley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ollie Clarke Taken off	46′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Will Wright	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Miguel Freckleton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Cotterill	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Gavin Kilkenny Taken off	46′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Tom Nichols Taken off	75′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Billy Kirkman Taken off	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paul Glatzel Taken off	76′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Kabongo Tshimanga	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–
Harry Smith	90′	2	–	7	–	–	–
Botan Ameen Came on as a substitute	62′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Daniel Butterworth Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Joe Westley Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
George Cox Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Nnamdi Ofoborh Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Sam Walker	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Neill Byrne	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Shepherd	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Romoney Crichlow Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brad Halliday	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–
Alex Pattison Taken off	46′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Richard Smallwood Sent off	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tayo Adaramola Taken off	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Brandon Khela Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bobby Pointon Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Calum Kavanagh	90′	3	–	4	–	–	–	–
Callum Johnson Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ciaran Kelly Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Antoni Sarcevic Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	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

Swindon Town win 30% Avg odds 3.18

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.32

Bradford City win 42% Avg odds 2.21

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

Form going into the game

Swindon Town D D L W W

Bradford City L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bradford City 1-0 Swindon Town, 14 Dec 24 All Swindon Town vs Bradford City 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.