Bradford City 2-2 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

Bradford City 2-2 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bradford City 2-2 Scunthorpe United: match report

Bradford City drew with Scunthorpe United 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Hope Akpan opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Hope Akpan (17') and James Vaughan (19'). Scunthorpe United scored through Alex Gilliead (33') and John McAtee (74').

Discipline: Bradford City received 2 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 6th on 44 points from 26 and Scunthorpe United 15th on 31 points from 27. Bradford City went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Scunthorpe United 21st with 33.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John McAtee of Scunthorpe United (8.6), ahead of Alex Gilliead (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Hope AkpanBradford City · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · James VaughanBradford City · 2-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Kgosi NtlheScunthorpe United
  • 27'Yellow card · James VaughanBradford City
  • 33'Goal · Alex GillieadScunthorpe United · 2-1
  • 74'Goal · John McAteeScunthorpe United · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Matty LundScunthorpe United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · James PerchScunthorpe United
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Paudie O'ConnorBradford City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Bradford City line-up (3-5-2)

Luke McGee, Anthony O'Connor, Paudie O'Connor, Ben Richards-Everton, Kelvin Mellor, Matt Palmer, Callum Cooke, Hope Akpan, Connor Wood, Eoin Doyle, James Vaughan

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Rory Watson, Jordan Clarke, Harrison McGahey, Jacob Bedeau, Junior Brown, Alex Gilliead, Matthew Lund, James Perch, Abo Eisa, John McAtee, George Miller