Bradford City 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Bradford City 1-2 Cardiff City
League One · Saturday 17 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Bradford City 1-2 Cardiff City: match report
Bradford City were beaten by Cardiff City 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 January 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
David Turnbull opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bradford City's goal came from Jenson Metcalfe (59'). Cardiff City scored through David Turnbull (14') and Calum Chambers (24').
Discipline: Bradford City received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bradford City were 3rd on 46 points from 24 and Cardiff City 1st on 52 points from 25. Bradford City went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.
Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Neufville of Bradford City (7.7), ahead of Max Power (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bradford City win, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 14'Goal · David Turnbull
- 24'Goal · Calum Chambers
- 26'Yellow card · Curtis Tilt
- 31'Yellow card · Chris Willock
- 59'Goal · Jenson Metcalfe
- 70'Yellow card · Aden Baldwin
- 75'Yellow card · Joel Colwill
- 87'Yellow card · Joe White
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Curtis Tilt, Ibou Touray, Josh Neufville, Max Power, Jenson Metcalfe, Tyreik Wright, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Will Swan
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Gabriel Osho, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, David Turnbull, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech