Bradford City 2-1 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 15 January 2022

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 15 January 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bradford City 2-1 Salford City: match report

Bradford City defeated Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 15 January 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Brandon Thomas-Asante opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Bradford City's goals came from an own goal by Ryan Watson (57') and Paudie O'Connor (85'). Salford City scored through Brandon Thomas-Asante (35').

Discipline: Bradford City received no yellow cards; Salford City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bradford City were 14th on 29 points from 23 and Salford City 11th on 31 points from 23. Bradford City went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Salford City 10th with 70.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paudie O'Connor of Bradford City (8.2), ahead of Charles Vernam (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bradford City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Ashley EasthamSalford City
  • 35'Goal · Brandon Thomas-AsanteSalford City · 0-1
  • 42'Red card · Brandon Thomas-AsanteSalford City
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Theo VassellSalford City
  • 57'Own goal · Ryan WatsonBradford City · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Donald LoveSalford City
  • 85'Goal · Paudie O'ConnorBradford City · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bradford City 0, draws 1, Salford City 3.

Team news

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

Sam Hornby, Finn Cousin-Dawson, Paudie O'Connor, Niall Canavan, Liam Ridehalgh, Elliot Watt, Levi Sutton, Alex Gilliead, Jamie Walker, Charles Vernam, Lee Angol

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

Tom King, Theo Vassell, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Donald Love, Matthew Lund, Jason Lowe, Josh Morris, Ryan Watson, Ashley Hunter, Brandon Thomas-Asante