Barrow 2-2 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2025

Result

Barrow 2-2 Bradford City

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Barrow 2-2 Bradford City: match report

Barrow drew with Bradford City 2-2 in the League Two on Wednesday 1 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Lewis Richards opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Barrow's goals came from Andrew Dallas (45+2', penalty) and Emile Acquah (78'). Bradford City scored through Lewis Richards (23') and Clarke Oduor (86').

Discipline: Barrow received 2 yellow cards; Bradford City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barrow were 17th on 27 points from 22 and Bradford City 10th on 34 points from 22. Barrow went on to finish that season 16th with 59 points, and Bradford City 5th with 78.

Barrow lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bradford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Smallwood of Bradford City (7.9), ahead of Andy Dallas (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barrow wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bradford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Robbie GottsBarrow
  • 12'Yellow cardBarrow
  • 23'Goal · Lewis RichardsBradford City · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Brad HallidayBradford City
  • 34'Yellow cardBradford City
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Andrew DallasBarrow · 1-1
  • 45+7'Yellow card · Alexander PattisonBradford City
  • 45+7'Yellow cardBradford City
  • 78'Goal · Emile AcquahBarrow · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · Clarke OduorBradford City · 2-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Barrow 3, draws 1, Bradford City 1.

Team news

Barrow line-up (3-4-1-2)

Paul Farman, Rory Feely, Theo Vassell, Junior Tiensia, Elliot Newby, Robbie Gotts, Sam Foley, Ben Jackson, Connor Mahoney, Andy Dallas, Emile Acquah

Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Neill Byrne, Jack Shepherd, Brad Halliday, Alex Pattison, Richard Smallwood, Lewis Richards, Calum Kavanagh, Bobby Pointon, Andy Cook