Bradford City 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Friday 26 December 2025

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Bradford City · Wigan Athletic · League One predictions

Bradford City 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Bradford City won against Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the League One on Friday 26 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Stephen Humphrys opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Stephen Humphrys (45') and Joe Wright (90'). Wigan Athletic scored through Callum Wright (63').

Discipline: Bradford City received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 3rd on 37 points from 20 and Wigan Athletic 14th on 26 points from 20. Bradford City went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 56.

Bradford City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Wright of Bradford City (7.7), level with Ibou Touray (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Jensen WeirWigan Athletic
  • 45'Goal · Stephen HumphrysBradford City · 1-0
  • 46'Yellow card · Jenson MetcalfeBradford City
  • 54'Yellow card · Will AimsonWigan Athletic
  • 63'Goal · Callum WrightWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Max PowerBradford City
  • 70'Second yellow · Jensen WeirWigan Athletic
  • 86'Red card · Ryan SmithWigan Athletic
  • 86'Red card · Matthew SmithWigan Athletic
  • 90'Goal · Joe WrightBradford City · 2-1

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Aden Baldwin, Joe Wright, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Max Power, Jenson Metcalfe, Ibou Touray, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Stephen Humphrys

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-1-4-2)

Sam Tickle, James Carragher, Will Aimson, Morgan Fox, Matthew Smith, Fraser Murray, Jensen Weir, Callum Wright, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Harrison Bettoni, Christian Saydee