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Mansfield Town v Bradford City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Mansfield Town's last 10 home games and Bradford City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 14 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 10 of 20, with 9.4 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.4 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Mansfield Town's 22 League One games and Bradford City's 22 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Mansfield Town v Bradford City, full match

47%

Possession

53%

2.12

Expected goals (xG)

1.44

14

Shots

11

8

Shots on target

2

Corners

4

9

Fouls

4

2

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

22'

Goal

Rhys Oates MAN

37'

Goal

Lucas Akins MAN

53'

Yellow card

Adedeji Oshilaja MAN

67'

Goal

Rhys Oates MAN

89'

Yellow card

Lucas Akins MAN

At a glance

Mansfield Town

10th in the table

W

L

D

L

Bradford City

4th in the table

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Mansfield Town's home games and Bradford City's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Mansfield Town's last 10 home games and Bradford City's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

70%

14/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

10/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 56%

Mansfield Town clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Bradford City clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Mansfield Town fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Bradford City fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

9.4

League 10.0

Cards

4.4

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Mansfield Town

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Liam Roberts

DEFENDERS

3

5

6

7

23

MIDFIELDERS

15

Jamie McDonnell

25

Louis Reed

FORWARDS

11

Will Evans

18

Rhys Oates

22

Nathan Moriah-Welsh

SUBSTITUTES

12

8

20

21

17

27

34

14

Bradford City

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Walker

DEFENDERS

2

3

4

5

18

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Power

21

Jenson Metcalfe

FORWARDS

8

Calum Kavanagh

11

Stephen Humphrys

17

Tyreik Wright

SUBSTITUTES

25

14

26

10

7

24

32

Referee: Ross Joyce

15 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.2

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.5

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.27

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

MAN

BRA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

2.4

2.5

Over 0.5

95%

21/22

86%

19/22

91%

40/44

95%

Over 1.5

86%

19/22

68%

15/22

77%

34/44

72%

Over 2.5

50%

11/22

55%

12/22

52%

23/44

49%

Over 3.5

14%

3/22

27%

6/22

20%

9/44

24%

Over 4.5

9%

2/22

5%

1/22

7%

3/44

11%

Bet

MAN

BRA

Match

League

Yes

64%

14/22

64%

14/22

64%

28/44

50%

Yes and win

18%

4/22

32%

7/22

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

45%

10/22

55%

12/22

50%

22/44

38%

Yes and draw

18%

4/22

18%

4/22

18%

8/44

17%

Yes and loss

27%

6/22

14%

3/22

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/22

5%

1/22

2%

1/44

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Bet

MAN

BRA

Match

League

Corners per match

9.1

10.5

9.8

9.9

Over 7.5

64%

14/22

82%

18/22

73%

32/44

76%

Over 8.5

50%

11/22

68%

15/22

59%

26/44

63%

Over 9.5

36%

8/22

45%

10/22

41%

18/44

48%

Over 10.5

32%

7/22

41%

9/22

36%

16/44

39%

Over 11.5

27%

6/22

32%

7/22

30%

13/44

32%

Over 12.5

18%

4/22

27%

6/22

23%

10/44

21%

Referee Ross Joyce: 3.2 cards and 22.5 fouls per game in 15 games this season

Bet

MAN

BRA

Match

League

Cards per match

3.7

4.9

4.3

3.9

Over 2.5

73%

16/22

82%

18/22

77%

34/44

77%

Over 3.5

55%

12/22

73%

16/22

64%

28/44

56%

Over 4.5

27%

6/22

55%

12/22

41%

18/44

33%

Over 5.5

18%

4/22

50%

11/22

34%

15/44

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Stephen Humphrys

13 starts · 0.3 per 90

23%

3/13

31%

4/13

0%

0/13

0%

0/13

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Mansfield Town

Last 5 games before this match

29 Dec

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

1-0

W

26 Dec

Barnsley

(A)

3-2

W

20 Dec

Stockport County

(H)

1-2

L

13 Dec

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

0-0

D

9 Dec

Bolton Wanderers

(H)

0-1

L

Bradford City

Last 5 games before this match

29 Dec

Port Vale

(H)

1-0

W

26 Dec

Wigan Athletic

(H)

2-1

W

20 Dec

Leyton Orient

(A)

1-2

L

13 Dec

Reading

(H)

2-0

W

6 Dec

Plymouth Argyle

(A)

1-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Mansfield Town and Bradford City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Mansfield Town v Bradford City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Mansfield Town

Bradford City

Referee: Ross Joyce

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Mansfield Town

Bradford City

Head to head

League One table