Walsall vs Bradford City

20 April 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee Adam Herczeg

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–2

Ryan Stirk 7’
Mo Faal 16’

Andy Cook 19’
Jamie Walker 40’, 53’

Match summary

Bradford City came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 away at Walsall. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Ryan Stirk put Walsall ahead in the 7th minute, Mo Faal made it 2-0 with a header in the 16th minute, Andy Cook pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 19th minute, and Jamie Walker equalised with a header in the 40th minute. In the second half, Walker won it in the 53rd minute.

Shots finished 22-11 to Walsall, with 8 on target for Walsall and 5 for Bradford City. Bradford City had a player sent off.

Match stats

22 Shots 11

8 Shots on Target 5

9 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Walsall Bradford City

Kick-off

Ryan Stirk

1-0

7’

Mo Faal

2-0

16’

19’

Andy Cook

2-1

40’

Jamie Walker

2-2

Half-time2-2

53’

Jamie Walker

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Walsall

Taylor Allen
Tom Knowles

Bradford City

Jamie Walker
Ciaran Kelly
Richard Smallwood
Tyreik Wright

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bradford City attacking Walsall attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Jackson Smith	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Okagbue Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Donervon Daniels	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Allen	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Brandon Comley Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Foulkes Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Isaac Hutchinson	90′	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
Ryan Stirk	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Liam Gordon	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Mo Faal Taken off	74′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Josh Gordon Taken off	60′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ross Tierney Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Knowles Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	3	–	–	–
Jamille Matt Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Danny Johnson Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Douglas James-Taylor Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Sam Walker	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Oyegoke	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Platt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ciaran Kelly Taken off	82′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brad Halliday	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jamie Walker Sent off	68′	2	–	4	–	–	–
Richard Smallwood	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyreik Wright Taken off	89′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bobby Pointon Taken off	73′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Andy Cook	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Calum Kavanagh Taken off	73′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jonathan Tomkinson Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Gilliead Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clarke Oduor Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Richards Came on as a substitute	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

Walsall win 42% Avg odds 2.21

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.51

Bradford City win 31% Avg odds 3.07

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

Form going into the game

Walsall W W L L W

Bradford City L W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bradford City 1-3 Walsall, 30 Sep 23 Next meeting: Walsall 2-1 Bradford City, 14 Sep 24 All Walsall 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.