Bradford City 2-4 Rochdale: result and report
League Two · Saturday 29 December 2012
Result
Bradford City 2-4 Rochdale
League Two · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-4
Bradford City 2-4 Rochdale: match report
Bradford City were beaten by Rochdale 2-4 in the League Two on Saturday 29 December 2012. It was 2-4 at half-time.
Terry Gornell opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Alan Connell (18', penalty) and Alan Connell (35', penalty). Rochdale scored through Terry Gornell (5'), A. Tutte (26'), Ashley Grimes (32') and Terry Gornell (39').
Discipline: Bradford City received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bradford City were 6th on 36 points from 22 and Rochdale 13th on 33 points from 24. Bradford City went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Rochdale 12th with 61.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bradford City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Rochdale.
Going into the match Bradford City's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Rochdale's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Terry Gornell
- 12'Yellow card · Nathan Doyle
- 18'Penalty goal · Alan Connell
- 26'Goal · A. Tutte
- 32'Goal · Ashley Grimes
- 35'Penalty goal · Alan Connell
- 39'Goal · Terry Gornell
- 81'Yellow card · Joe Rafferty
- 85'Yellow card · K. Reid
Head-to-head
Team news
Bradford City line-up
Matt Duke, Stephen Darby, James Meredith, Rory McArdle, Kyel Romaine Reid, Garry Thompson, Gary Jones, Nathan Doyle, Tom Naylor, James Hanson, Alan Connell
Rochdale line-up
Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Peter Cavanagh, Ryan Edwards, Phil Edwards, Kevin McIntyre, Jason Kennedy, Andrew Tutte, Ashley Grimes, Bobby Grant, Terry Gornell