Bradford City 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 17 April 2018

Result

Bradford City 3-1 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 17 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 3-1 Portsmouth: match report

Bradford City beat Portsmouth 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 17 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

N. Knight-Percival opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bradford City's goals came from N. Knight-Percival (14'), Matty Lund (71') and Charlie Wyke (90+5'). Portsmouth scored through Juan Carlos León (61').

Discipline: Bradford City received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 13th on 54 points from 40 and Portsmouth 7th on 63 points from 42. Bradford City went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bradford City win, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · N. Knight-PercivalBradford City · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · Matty LundBradford City · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Stuart O'KeefePortsmouth
  • 90+5'Goal · Charlie WykeBradford City · 3-1
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bradford City 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

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

Colin Doyle, Matthew Kilgallon, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Tony McMahon, Tyrell Robinson, T. Dieng, Stephen Warnock, Alex Gilliead, Callum Anthony Guy, Charlie Wyke, Kai Brünker

Portsmouth line-up (4-1-4-1)

Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Jack Whatmough, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Kal Naismith, Connor Ronan, Gareth Evans, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe