Bradford City 2-1 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Port Vale

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 2-1 Port Vale: match report

Bradford City won against Port Vale 2-1 in the League Two on Thursday 26 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Andy Cook opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bradford City's goals came from Andy Cook (3') and Andy Cook (59'). Port Vale scored through Antwoine Hackford (50').

Discipline: Bradford City received 3 yellow cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bradford City were 12th on 28 points from 20 and Port Vale 2nd on 37 points from 21. Bradford City went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Port Vale 4th with 80.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Port Vale in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Cook of Bradford City (9.1), ahead of Richard Smallwood (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Andy CookBradford City · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Ethan ChislettPort Vale
  • 41'Yellow card · Aden BaldwinBradford City
  • 50'Goal · Antwoine HackfordPort Vale · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Andy CookBradford City · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Brad HallidayBradford City
  • 66'Yellow card · Jesse DebrahPort Vale
  • 88'Yellow card · Lewis RichardsBradford City
  • 90+3'Red card · Tom SangPort Vale

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Paul Huntington, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Richard Smallwood, Antoni Sarcevic, Lewis Richards, Calum Kavanagh, Bobby Pointon, Andy Cook

Port Vale line-up (3-1-4-2)

Connor Ripley, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Jesse Debrah, Jason Lowe, Brandon Cover, Ryan Croasdale, Ethan Chislett, Tom Sang, Jayden Stockley, Antwoine Hackford