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 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.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Jensen Weir
- 45'Goal · Stephen Humphrys
- 46'Yellow card · Jenson Metcalfe
- 54'Yellow card · Will Aimson
- 63'Goal · Callum Wright
- 65'Yellow card · Max Power
- 70'Second yellow · Jensen Weir
- 86'Red card · Ryan Smith
- 86'Red card · Matthew Smith
- 90'Goal · Joe Wright
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