Mansfield Town 2-3 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Mansfield Town 2-3 Bradford City

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Mansfield Town 2-3 Bradford City: match report

Mansfield Town lost to Bradford City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Paudie O'Connor opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Mansfield Town's goals came from Oliver Hawkins (37') and Oliver Hawkins (52'). Bradford City scored through Paudie O'Connor (19'), Charles Vernam (61') and Andy Cook (87').

Discipline: Mansfield Town received no yellow cards; Bradford City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Mansfield Town were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Bradford City 2nd on 7 points from 3. Mansfield Town went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Bradford City 14th with 58.

Mansfield Town lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bradford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oli Hawkins of Mansfield Town (8.9), ahead of Callum Cooke (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mansfield Town win, 0 draws and 3 for Bradford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Paudie O'ConnorBradford City · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Oliver HawkinsMansfield Town · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Oliver HawkinsMansfield Town · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Callum CookeBradford City
  • 61'Goal · Charles VernamBradford City · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Andy CookBradford City · 2-3

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Mansfield Town 1, draws 0, Bradford City 3.

Team news

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

Nathan Bishop, Elliott Hewitt, Farrend Rawson, James Perch, Stephen McLaughlin, Ollie Clarke, George Maris, S. Quinn, Rhys Oates, Oli Hawkins, Danny Johnson

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

Richard O'Donnell, Finn Cousin-Dawson, Paudie O'Connor, Niall Canavan, Liam Ridehalgh, Yann Songo'o, Elliot Watt, Alex Gilliead, Callum Cooke, Charles Vernam, Andy Cook