Bradford City 1-0 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 24 February 2026

Result

Bradford City 1-0 Rotherham United

League One · Tuesday 24 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 1-0 Rotherham United: match report

Bradford City beat Rotherham United 1-0 in the League One on Tuesday 24 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Matthew Pennington of Bradford City in the 10th minute.

Discipline: Bradford City received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 5th on 55 points from 32 and Rotherham United 23rd on 31 points from 31. Bradford City went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Rotherham United 23rd with 41.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Pennington of Bradford City (7.8), ahead of Aden Baldwin (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bradford City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Matthew PenningtonBradford City · 1-0
  • 84'Yellow cardRotherham United
  • 84'Yellow cardRotherham United
  • 84'Yellow cardBradford City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bradford City 0, draws 1, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin, Curtis Tilt, Josh Neufville, Max Power, Jenson Metcalfe, Tyreik Wright, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Kayden Jackson

Rotherham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ted Cann, Joe Rafferty, Emmanuel Adegboyega, Jamal Baptiste, Reece James, Josh Benson, Kian Spence, Brandon Cover, Dru Yearwood, Harry Gray, Sam Nombe