Bradford City 3-1 Carlisle United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 September 2019

Result

Bradford City 3-1 Carlisle United

League Two · Saturday 21 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bradford City 3-1 Carlisle United: match report

Bradford City beat Carlisle United 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 September 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Olufela Olomola opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Harry Pritchard (30'), Kelvin Mellor (40') and Z. Ismail (90+5'). Carlisle United scored through Olufela Olomola (14').

Discipline: Bradford City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Carlisle United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bradford City were 9th on 14 points from 9 and Carlisle United 17th on 11 points from 9. Bradford City went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Carlisle United 15th with 37.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Carlisle United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kelvin Mellor of Bradford City (8.1), ahead of Matt Palmer (7.8).

Going into the match Bradford City's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Carlisle United's D-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Jack BridgeCarlisle United
  • 14'Goal · Olufela OlomolaCarlisle United · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Harry PritchardBradford City · 1-1
  • 33'Second yellow · Jack BridgeCarlisle United
  • 39'Yellow card · N. Knight-PercivalCarlisle United
  • 40'Goal · Kelvin MellorBradford City · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Jack IredaleCarlisle United
  • 62'Red card · Ben Richards-EvertonBradford City
  • 78'Yellow card · Dylan ConnollyBradford City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Callum CookeBradford City
  • 90+5'Goal · Z. IsmailBradford City · 3-1

Team news

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

Richard O'Donnell, Kelvin Mellor, Paudie O'Connor, Ben Richards-Everton, Connor Wood, Dylan Connolly, Matt Palmer, Callum Cooke, Harry Pritchard, Clayton Donaldson, James Vaughan

Carlisle United line-up (5-3-2)

Adam Collin, Mo Sagaf, Gethin Jones, Byron Webster, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Jack Iredale, Jack Bridge, Mike Jones, Harry McKirdy, Nathan Thomas, Olufela Olomola