Bradford City 3-2 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Bradford City 3-2 Salford City

League Two · Sunday 1 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bradford City 3-2 Salford City: match report

Bradford City won against Salford City 3-2 in the League Two on Sunday 1 January 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Vadaine Oliver opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Vadaine Oliver (8'), Vadaine Oliver (26') and Abo Eisa (68'). Salford City scored through Conor McAleny (13') and Conor McAleny (60').

Discipline: Bradford City received 4 yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 7th on 36 points from 22 and Salford City 8th on 35 points from 22. Bradford City went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Salford City 7th with 78.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Conor McAleny of Salford City (8.6), ahead of Tyreik Wright (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Vadaine OliverBradford City · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Conor McAlenySalford City · 1-1
  • 26'Goal · Vadaine OliverBradford City · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · T. WrightBradford City
  • 55'Yellow card · Harry ChapmanBradford City
  • 59'Yellow card · Matty PlattBradford City
  • 60'Goal · Conor McAlenySalford City · 2-2
  • 68'Goal · Abo EisaBradford City · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Richard NarteySalford City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerBradford City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Elliot WattSalford City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Harry Lewis, Brad Halliday, Matty Platt, Romoney Crichlow, Matthew Foulds, Levi Sutton, Richard Smallwood, Alex Gilliead, Harry Chapman, Vadaine Oliver, Tyreik Wright

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

Tom King, Luke Bolton, Theo Vassell, Richard Nartey, Ibou Touray, Ryan Watson, Elliot Watt, Odin Bailey, Ethan Galbraith, Conor McAleny, Matt Smith