Mansfield Town 3-0 Bradford City: result and report

League One · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Mansfield Town 3-0 Bradford City

League One · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Mansfield Town 3-0 Bradford City: match report

Mansfield Town won against Bradford City 3-0 in the League One on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

R. Oates opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Mansfield Town's goals came from R. Oates (22'), Lucas Akins (37') and R. Oates (67'). Bradford City did not score.

Discipline: Mansfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Bradford City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Mansfield Town were 11th on 29 points from 22 and Bradford City 3rd on 43 points from 22. Mansfield Town went on to finish that season 10th with 65 points, and Bradford City 5th with 77.

Mansfield Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Bradford City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rhys Oates of Mansfield Town (8.6), ahead of Ryan Sweeney (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · R. OatesMansfield Town · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Lucas AkinsMansfield Town · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · A. OshilajaMansfield Town
  • 67'Goal · R. OatesMansfield Town · 3-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Lucas AkinsMansfield Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Mansfield Town 1, draws 1, Bradford City 0.

Team news

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

Liam Roberts, Deji Oshilaja, Ryan Sweeney, Baily Cargill, Lucas Akins, Jamie McDonnell, Louis Reed, Stephen McLaughlin, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Will Evans, Rhys Oates

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

Sam Walker, Neill Byrne, Joe Wright, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Max Power, Jenson Metcalfe, Ibou Touray, Tyreik Wright, Stephen Humphrys, Calum Kavanagh