Bradford City 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 January 2013

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Aston Villa

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 January 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Bradford City defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 8 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nahki Wells opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Nahki Wells (19'), Rory McArdle (77') and Carl McHugh (88'). Aston Villa scored through Andreas Weimann (82').

Discipline: Bradford City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 5th on 9 points from 5 and Aston Villa 4th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bradford City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Bradford City's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Aston Villa's W-W-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Nahki WellsBradford City · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Charles N'ZogbiaAston Villa
  • 77'Goal · Rory McArdleBradford City · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Fabian DelphAston Villa
  • 82'Goal · Andreas WeimannAston Villa · 2-1
  • 88'Goal · Carl McHughBradford City · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Carl McHughBradford City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bradford City 0, draws 0, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

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

Matt Duke, Stephen Darby, Rory McArdle, Curtis Good, Will Atkinson, Edi Murtado, Gary Jones, Nathan Doyle, James Hanson, Zavon Hines, Nahki Wells

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Ciaran Clark, Joe Bennett, Matthew Lowton, Charles N'Zogbia, Fabian Delph, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke, Nathan Baker