[ 22 Apr 23 ] Bradford City v GILLS Match Thread

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- The Gills lead the over Bradford by 23 victories to 15 and a further 16 meetings were drawn. The Gills have however only won 1 of the last 7 meetings and have lost 3 of them including the reverse fixture in February.
- The Gills are winless in 3 visits to Bradford although 2 of those games were drawn. The last win there was 4 visits ago when the Gills ran out 2-1 winners back in August 2015 and followed 4 unbeaten games there meaning the Gills have won 2 and lost 1 of their last 8 trips there.
- Bradford's defeat at Swindon on Tuesday ended a sequence of 11 games without defeat (6 wins and 5 draws). They have only lost twice in 18 league games and only 3 times in 2023 so far with 2 of those games coming at Valley Parade.
- Bradford are unbeaten at home in their last 5 games and have scored 10 goals during them. Their last 6 matches home and away have seen 3 blank sheets and 3 games in which they scored 3 goals.
- Bradford are the side in League 1 who have been behind in total for the shortest period of time (426 minutes in their 42 games). The Gills have been ahead for 657 minutes with 378 of those coming in their last 11 home games but they have not been ahead in their last 5 away games combined.

(15:03) Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]

(15.04) Gills have a couple of half chances before Coleman forces the 'keeper into a great save and concede a corner.

(15.07) Lapslie puts the 'keeper under huge pressure and he mis-controls badly and gives away a corner. Ehmer overhead kicks the corner wide for a goal kick.

(15.13) Max Ehmer clears a Bradford effort off the line.

(15.14) GOAL! Bradford City 0-1 Gillingham: Dieng

(15.20) Somehow Dieng fails to add a second after putting the Bradford defence under huge pressure. He forces them into a mistake and curls a shot just wide with the 'keeper stranded.

(15.21) Bradford are in pieces. They give the ball away to Lapslie then again to Jefferies but just do enough to prevent either from getting a decent shot away.

(15.42) Jefferies beats 2 players and the Gills apply lots of pressure but can't do enough to get a shot away.

(15.49) Half time 0-1

(16.06) The second half kicks off.

(16.09) GOAL! Bradford City 1-1 Gillingham: Cook

(16.11) Walker tries to curl a shot to take the lead but it goes narrowly wide.

(16.26) Morris makes a great save and concedes a corner.

(16.33) Masterson throws his body on the line to block a shot which goes over for a corner.

(16.43) Penalty! McKenzie gives away a foul right on the edge of the box.

(16.44) GOAL! Bradford City 2-1 Gillingham: Cook (pen)

(16.47) Nichols fires in a fierce shot from distance which needs a good save to tip around the post.

(16.49) A diving header from Nichols is again palmed away by the Bradford goalie.

(16.51) The referee finds EIGHT additional minutes from somewhere!

(16.59) GOAL! Bradford City 2-2 Gillingham: Hawkins

(17.00) The Gills win a free kick right on the edge of the penalty area in the 9th minute of stoppage time.

(17.00) FULL TIME 2-2

Attendance: 18,501 (363)
Position: 15th
Referee: Ben Speedie
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwsDqmZOACQ
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65283682