Bradford v Macclesfield prediction

League Two · Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:00 GMT · Northern Commercials Stadium

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The match

Bradford host Macclesfield in League Two on Saturday 21 March (kick-off 00:00 UK).

The key numbers

Macclesfield are winless in their last nine matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

Eight of Bradford’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (53%). Both teams scored in nine of Bradford’s last 15 results in all competitions (60%). At home, Bradford have four wins, three draws and no defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 2.14 points per game, scoring 1.71 and conceding 0.86. Bradford have scored 44 goals, the 11th-fewest (shared) of the 24 clubs (2019/20 so far). Bradford have conceded 40 goals, the sixth-fewest (shared) of the 24 clubs.

Five of Macclesfield’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (33%). Both teams scored in eight of Macclesfield’s last 15 results in all competitions (53%). Away from home, Macclesfield have no wins, two draws and five defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 0.29 points per game, scoring 0.57 and conceding 1.86. Macclesfield have scored 32 goals, the third-fewest (shared) of the 24 clubs (2019/20 so far). Macclesfield have conceded 47 goals, the 12th-most (shared) of the 24 clubs.

Macclesfield have failed to score in their last three matches in all competitions. Bradford (ninth) and Macclesfield (23rd) are 31 points apart, 2019/20 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Bradford the stronger side, 238 rating points above Macclesfield (Bradford 1554, Macclesfield 1316, after at least 83 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 30 November 2019, finished Macclesfield 1–1 Bradford.

Team news

By TACTIX Impact, C. Wood (2.9 per match over 31 appearances, five assists) and H. Pritchard (2.4 per match over 20 appearances, three goals and five assists) have been Bradford’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Bradford (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), C. Wood averages 2.2 tackles per 90 over 2790 minutes, with a tackle in nine of the last 10 appearances. H. Pritchard averages 1.9 key passes per 90 over 1299 minutes, with a key pass in five of the last 10 appearances.

By TACTIX Impact, J. Harris (3.2 per match over 20 appearances, one goal and one assist) and E. Osadebe (2.7 per match over 20 appearances, three goals and one assist) have been Macclesfield’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Macclesfield (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), J. Harris averages 0.4 key passes per 90 over 1764 minutes, with a key pass in two of the last 10 appearances. E. Osadebe averages 1.1 shots per 90 over 1572 minutes, with a shot in six of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:00 GMT · League Two · Northern Commercials Stadium
Head-to-head (last 2): Bradford 0 · draws 2 · Macclesfield 0 · 2 goals/game
Recent form: Bradford 2W 0D 3L · Macclesfield 0W 1D 4L

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Key Stats

1.13 / 0.5

Goals

against 1.63 / 1.88 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.75 / 5.57

Corners

against 5.88 / 6.29 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

3.38 / 3.86

Shots on target

against 4.5 / 5.29 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

1.63 / 1

Cards

against 1.63 / 0.86 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 7 March 2020. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 7 March 2020. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Bradford for / against	Line	Macclesfield for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	0.5 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.75 for · 5.88 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5.57 for · 6.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	11.38 for · 15.13 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	11.86 for · 14.57 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	3.38 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	3.86 for · 5.29 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.63 for · 11.5 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	11.14 for · 6.14 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	1.63 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1 for · 0.86 against n 7 Last 5

Bradford

Bradford Goalkeeper

Bradford — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
R. O'Donnell	27	902430 min	662.4 /90	301.1 /90	00 /90
L. McGee	4	90360 min	153.8 /90	61.5 /90	00 /90

Bradford — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bradford before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
R. O'Donnell n 8	90	2.9 7/4
L. McGee n 4	90	3.8 4/3

Bradford Defensive

Bradford — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
C. Wood	31	902790 min	672.2 /90	331.1 /90	80.3 /90	not recorded in League Two	150.5 /90	10 /90
A. O'Connor	29	882539 min	421.5 /90	471.7 /90	260.9 /90	not recorded in League Two	250.9 /90	10 /90
B. Richards-Everton	26	892312 min	210.8 /90	501.9 /90	281.1 /90	not recorded in League Two	251 /90	30.1 /90
A. Henley	20	791578 min	362.1 /90	160.9 /90	110.6 /90	not recorded in League Two	241.4 /90	10.1 /90
K. Mellor	18	811455 min	372.3 /90	171.1 /90	100.6 /90	not recorded in League Two	120.7 /90	40.2 /90
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Bradford — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bradford before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Wood n 8	90	0.3 2/0	1.8 7/5	—
A. O'Connor n 8	90	0.8 4/2	0.5 4/0	—
R. O'Donnell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
B. Richards-Everton n 8	90	0.5 2/1	0.5 3/1	—
D. Connolly n 8	70.4	1.6 6/3	1.9 5/3	—
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Bradford — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bradford before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
C. Wood n 8	90	2.3 7/4
A. O'Connor n 8	90	0.9 5/2
B. Richards-Everton n 8	90	0.8 5/1
D. Connolly n 8	70.4	1.6 4/2
C. Cooke n 8	79.8	2.7 6/5
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Bradford Attacking

Bradford — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
J. Vaughan	17	881494 min	80.5 /90	10.1 /90	482.9 /90	191.1 /90	100.6 /90	100.6 /90
S. McCartan	15	50753 min	40.5 /90	00 /90	283.3 /90	101.2 /90	91.1 /90	121.4 /90
A. Oteh	14	58816 min	20.2 /90	20.2 /90	242.6 /90	121.3 /90	70.8 /90	70.8 /90
Clayton Andrew Donaldson	13	791029 min	20.2 /90	20.2 /90	282.4 /90	111 /90	70.6 /90	20.2 /90
L. Novak	6	90540 min	20.3 /90	00 /90	132.2 /90	50.8 /90	91.5 /90	00 /90
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Bradford — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bradford before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Wood n 8	90	0.6 3/1	0.3 2/0
A. O'Connor n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
R. O'Donnell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Richards-Everton n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0.3 2/0
D. Connolly n 8	70.4	1.3 4/2	0.3 1/1
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Bradford — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bradford before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
C. Wood n 8	90	0 0/0	0.4 3/0
A. O'Connor n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
R. O'Donnell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Richards-Everton n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
D. Connolly n 8	70.4	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
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Macclesfield

Macclesfield Goalkeeper

Macclesfield — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
O. Evans	18	901620 min	502.8 /90	211.2 /90	00 /90
J. Mitchell	11	90990 min	413.7 /90	181.6 /90	20.2 /90
Reice Charles-Cook	2	90180 min	52.5 /90	31.5 /90	00 /90

Macclesfield — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macclesfield before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
O. Evans n 8	90	3.5 8/5
J. Mitchell n 8	90	3.4 6/5

Macclesfield Defensive

Macclesfield — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
F. Kelleher	31	902790 min	190.6 /90	451.5 /90	270.9 /90	not recorded in League Two	351.1 /90	30.1 /90
F. Horsfall	21	901890 min	211 /90	351.7 /90	110.5 /90	not recorded in League Two	221 /90	40.2 /90
M. Welch-Hayes	18	891596 min	201.1 /90	130.7 /90	100.6 /90	not recorded in League Two	80.5 /90	20.1 /90
D. Fitzpatrick	18	811459 min	231.4 /90	130.8 /90	60.4 /90	not recorded in League Two	130.8 /90	40.2 /90
N. Cameron	15	781163 min	221.7 /90	241.9 /90	110.9 /90	not recorded in League Two	151.2 /90	00 /90
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Macclesfield — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macclesfield before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
F. Kelleher n 8	90	1.3 6/3	0.4 3/0	—
C. Kirby n 8	85.5	1.4 8/3	0.4 3/0	—
A. Gnahoua n 8	81.4	1.2 4/3	1.1 5/3	—
C. O'Keeffe n 8	90	1.1 7/2	1.4 6/2	—
J. Ironside n 8	68.9	2 5/4	1.3 6/2	—
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Macclesfield — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macclesfield before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
F. Kelleher n 8	90	0.5 3/1
C. Kirby n 8	85.5	2 8/3
A. Gnahoua n 8	81.4	1.9 8/4
C. O'Keeffe n 8	90	2 6/6
J. Ironside n 8	68.9	0.2 1/0
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Macclesfield Attacking

Macclesfield — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
A. Gnahoua	28	792222 min	40.2 /90	10 /90	512.1 /90	180.7 /90	220.9 /90	572.3 /90
J. Ironside	26	701827 min	40.2 /90	30.1 /90	331.6 /90	170.8 /90	150.7 /90	50.2 /90
E. Osadebe	18	831489 min	30.2 /90	10.1 /90	181.1 /90	70.4 /90	221.3 /90	332 /90
V. Gomis	6	53320 min	00 /90	00 /90	41.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90	51.4 /90
D. Wilson	4	2182 min	00 /90	11.1 /90	11.1 /90	11.1 /90	11.1 /90	00 /90
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Macclesfield — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macclesfield before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
F. Kelleher n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.1 1/0
C. Kirby n 8	85.5	2 6/5	0.9 5/2
A. Gnahoua n 8	81.4	1.9 8/5	0.7 4/1
C. O'Keeffe n 8	90	0.8 5/1	0.3 2/0
J. Ironside n 8	68.9	1.6 4/4	0.8 3/2
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Macclesfield — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macclesfield before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
F. Kelleher n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
C. Kirby n 8	85.5	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
A. Gnahoua n 8	81.4	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
C. O'Keeffe n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Ironside n 8	68.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Bradford v Macclesfield — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

BradfordWLLWL

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1.4 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

MacclesfieldLDLLL

Last 5: 0W 1D 4L · 0.6 scored / 2.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 2

Bradford 0 · 2 draws · Macclesfield 0 · 2 goals/game

2019-11-30 Macclesfield 1–1 Bradford
2018-08-14 Macclesfield 1–1 Bradford

League standing · 2019/20

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Bradford#9 pos54 pts37 pl+4 GD

Macclesfield#23 pos23 pts37 pl-15 GD

Goals per game

Bradford scored1.19

Macclesfield scored0.86

Bradford conceded1.08

Macclesfield conceded1.27

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What is the head-to-head record between Bradford and Macclesfield?: In their last 2 meetings, Bradford won 0, Macclesfield won 0 and there were 2 draws, averaging 2 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Bradford and Macclesfield?: Recent form — Bradford 2W 0D 3L; Macclesfield 0W 1D 4L.

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