[ 8 Mar 25 ] GILLS v Bradford City Match Thread

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- The Gills lead the wins against Bradford by 23 wins to 18 and a further 17 meetings were drawn. Bradford have won the last 3 matches between the sides and are unbeaten in 6 since the Gills last win - a 4-0 home win back in October 2018.
- Bradford have won both their last 2 trips to Priestfield by a 0-2 scoreline and they have won 3 and lost just 1 of their previous 5 visits.
- In all competitions, Bradford have won 16 of their last 21 league and cup games. These followed 6 matches without a win which included their only back-to-back defeats this season and the 23 games since have witness just 3 more losses (2 in the league).
- In the league, Bradford have won 10 in a row at home but away from home, they have won 3, drawn 4 and lost 3 of their last 10 on the road (however they have won the last 2). Home and away, they have won 4 in a row and have won 6 and drawn 1 since their last league defeat.
- Bradford have kept 13 clean sheets in League 2, 1 more than the Gills, but have managed 9 in their last 11 games. They have not conceded a second half goal in those 11 matches.
- Bradford's 1,191 minutes in the lead is the most in League 2 and the difference of 597 more minutes ahead than behind is also the greatest amount. However, only 287 leading minutes have come in away games (only 36 more than the Gills) and they have been losing away for 43 minutes longer compared to the Gills.
- Bradford have been leading at half time in 16 of their 35 league games but only 3 have come in their away games. City are unbeaten when leading at the break and have won 15 of them - more wins than the total number of half time leads taken by 22 of the other 23 teams.

[Sat 8th Mar 2025] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Bradford City
Opposition Manager: Graham Alexander. Matchday Team: Sam Walker, Jack Shepherd, Paul Huntington, Aden Baldwin, Tayo Adaramola, [c] Richie Smallwood, Brandon Khela (Neill Byrne), Brad Halliday (Callum Johnson), George Lapslie (Tyreik Wright), Jamie Walker (Calum Kavanagh), Tommy Leigh (Michael Mellon)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (2nd)
Referee: James Durkin
Attendance: 6,297 (844)

(15:01) Kick Off [ 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 ]
(15.09) A good save from Morris from a 1 on 1 situation.
(15.13) 12 minutes on the clock and Little receives the Gills second yellow of the match already after Masterson was booked in the third minute.
(15.20) Morgan makes it a third Gills booking after just 19 minutes.
(15.33) Lapslie hooks a Bradford corner towards goal which beats Morris but Little clears it off the line.
(15.46) 2 minutes will be added to the first half.
(15.48) Half time 0-0

(16.04) The second half kicks off.
(16.10) Hawkins has the ball in the net but he is offside.
(16.14) GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Bradford City: Masterson
(16.38) Gbode goes on an incredible run, charging past several players with none able to match his pace. Facing only the keeper, he can't sort his feet in time and shoots straight at Sam Walker.
(16.40) Morris is needed to react quickly to push out a Bradford effort for a corner.
(16.47) Powerful shot from Khumbeni goes just wide of the post.
(16.49) The 4th official indicates there will be 7 minutes added.
(16.56) FULL TIME 1-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 19th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cqly2llppdlt
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eR6otf05PQ