Bradford City 2-1 Swindon Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 October 2019

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Swindon Town

League Two · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bradford City 2-1 Swindon Town: match report

Bradford City won against Swindon Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 5 October 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Hope Akpan opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Hope Akpan (69') and S. McCartan (79'). Swindon Town scored through Jerry Yates (74').

Discipline: Bradford City received 1 yellow card; Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 8th on 18 points from 11 and Swindon Town 5th on 20 points from 11. Bradford City went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Swindon Town 2nd with 69.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Swindon Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zeli Ismail of Bradford City (7.5), level with Connor Wood (7.5).

Going into the match Bradford City's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Swindon Town's L-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Jordan LydenSwindon Town
  • 26'Yellow card · Keshi AndersonSwindon Town
  • 43'Yellow card · Ellis IandoloSwindon Town
  • 69'Goal · Hope AkpanBradford City · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Jerry YatesSwindon Town · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · S. McCartanBradford City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Kelvin MellorBradford City

Team news

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

Richard O'Donnell, Kelvin Mellor, Paudie O'Connor, Anthony O'Connor, Connor Wood, Callum Cooke, Zeli Ismail, Hope Akpan, Harry Pritchard, Dylan Connolly, Clayton Donaldson

Swindon Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luke McCormick, Rob Hunt, Gabriel Zakuani, Zeki Fryers, Ellis Iandolo, Anthony Grant, Jordan Lyden, Lloyd Isgrove, Keshi Anderson, Kaiyne Woolery, Jerry Yates