Bradford City AFC vs Northampton Town FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2025-26

Bradford City AFC

1 – 0

Full Time

Northampton Town FC

Fri 3 Apr 2026 · 14:00 Valley Parade 19,105 HT 45' · FT 45'

• Overview

• Events

• Lineups

• H2H

• Match Preview

  Bradford City AFC vs Northampton Town FC — League One at Valley Parade.

  • Bradford City AFC 46 games · 77 pts (2025/26)
  • Northampton Town FC 46 games · 35 pts (2025/26)

  Match Details

  • Referee Martin Coy
  • Assistant 1 Marc Wilson
  • Assistant 2 Joe Simpson

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
  2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
  3	Stockport County FC	46	77
  4	Bradford City AFC	46	77
  5	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
  6	Stevenage FC	46	75
  7	Luton Town FC	46	74
  8	Plymouth Argyle FC	46	73
  9	Huddersfield Town AFC	46	67
  10	Mansfield Town FC	46	65
  11	Wycombe Wanderers FC	46	63
  12	Reading FC	46	63
  13	Blackpool FC	46	60
  14	Doncaster Rovers FC	46	60
  15	Barnsley FC	46	59
  16	Wigan Athletic FC	46	56
  17	Burton Albion FC	46	54
  18	Peterborough United FC	46	53
  19	AFC Wimbledon	46	53
  20	Leyton Orient FC	46	52
  21	Exeter City FC	46	49
  22	Port Vale FC	46	42
  23	Rotherham United FC	46	41
  24	Northampton Town FC	46	35

  Head-to-Head

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  Bradford City AFC 2 games · Avg 0.5 goals Northampton Town FC

  Last 5 meetings

  2026-04-03 Bradford City AFC 1–0 Northampton Town FC 2025-08-09 Northampton Town FC 0–0 Bradford City AFC

  Recent Form

  Bradford City AFC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  03 Apr	Northampton Town FC	H	1–0	W
  21 Mar	Burton Albion FC	A	1–2	L
  17 Mar	Mansfield Town FC	H	1–1	D
  14 Mar	Wigan Athletic FC	A	0–2	L
  11 Mar	Port Vale FC	A	2–0	W
  07 Mar	Leyton Orient FC	H	2–1	W

  Northampton Town FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  03 Apr	Bradford City AFC	A	0–1	L
  21 Mar	Mansfield Town FC	A	1–4	L
  17 Mar	Stockport County FC	A	1–2	L
  14 Mar	Burton Albion FC	H	0–2	L
  08 Mar	AFC Wimbledon	A	0–1	L
  28 Feb	Peterborough United FC	H	1–1	D

  Season Stats

  Bradford City AFC		Northampton Town FC
  #4	Position	#24
  77	Points	35
  46	Played	46
  22 / 11 / 13	W / D / L	9 / 8 / 29
  58	Scored	39
  51	Conceded	74
  +7	GD	-35
  1.67	PPG	0.76
  48%	Win %	20%

  Key Stats

  0% Both Teams to Score
  H2H (2 games)

  0% Over 2.5 Goals
  H2H history

  30% Clean Sheets
  Bradford City AFC this season

  22% Clean Sheets
  Northampton Town FC this season

  Bradford City AFC are 4th (77 pts). Northampton Town FC are 24th (35 pts).

• Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Valley Parade that hosts another battle between Bradford City AFC and Northampton Town FC.
  • 5' The travelling Northampton Town FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 14' GOAL! Stephen Humphrys scores on 14. Assisted by Bobby Pointon
  • 19' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dean Campbell made 347 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 24' It looks like no one’s ball. Bradford City AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 29' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 34' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nesta Guinness-Walker suffering a number of foals already.
  • 39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 44' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Northampton Town FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 49' Tyrese Fornah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Bradford City AFC winning 50% of all matches.
  • 55' Bradford City AFC receives a card for a hard tackle on 55.
  • 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Northampton Town FC that had 190 games and scored 156 goals.
  • 61' The supporters are chanting for Tom Eaves. He replaces Jack Vale on 61 minute.
  • 66' It’s high time Graham Alexander made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 71' It looks surprising Bradford City AFC does not make any changes. Antoni Sarcevic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 76' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jenson Metcalfe, as he is very good at scoring at Valley Parade with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 77' It’s a booking for Northampton Town FC player. Elliott Moore gets a card.
  • 81' Time for substitution for Bradford City AFC. Stephen Humphrys is replaced by Ethan Wheatley.
  • 82' Another substitution for Bradford City AFC to replace Jenson Metcalfe by Lee Evans on 82 minute.
  • 86' That looks like a foul for a card for Max Power.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Matthew Pennington.
  • 90' Another change for Northampton Town FC made on 90 minute. Michael Jacobs leaves to be changed by Kyle McAdam.
  • Full Time. Bradford City AFC beats Northampton Town FC

• Bradford City AFC

  3-4-2-1

  Starting XI

  • 1
    Sam Walker
  • 6
    Max Power
  • 28
    Matthew Pennington
  • 26
    Curtis Tilt
  • 10
    Antoni Sarcevic
  • 11
    Stephen Humphrys ↓ Ethan Wheatley 81'
  • 7
    Josh Neufville ↓ Joe Wright 90'
  • 3
    Ibou Touray
  • 15
    Aden Baldwin
  • 23
    Bobby Pointon
  • 21
    Jenson Metcalfe ↓ Lee Evans 82'

  Bench

  • 4
    Joe Wright ↑ 90'
  • 8
    Lee Evans ↑ 82'
  • 14
    Paul Mullin
  • 33
    Harrison Ashby
  • 24
    Will Swan
  • 25
    Joe Hilton
  • 27
    Ethan Wheatley ↑ 81'

  Coach Graham Alexander

  Northampton Town FC

  4-5-1

  Starting XI

  • 8
    Cameron McGeehan
  • 5
    Jon Guthrie
  • 17
    Michael Jacobs ↓ Kyle McAdam 90'
  • 7
    Sam Hoskins ↓ Kamarai Simon-Swyer 61'
  • 1
    Lee Burge
  • 4
    Dean Campbell ↓ Tyrese Fornah 61'
  • 2
    Jack Burroughs
  • 12
    Nesta Guinness-Walker
  • 23
    Terry Taylor ↓ Max Dyche 90'
  • 24
    Elliott Moore
  • 27
    Jack Vale ↓ Tom Eaves 61'

  Bench

  • 34
    Ross Fitzsimons
  • 9
    Tom Eaves ↑ 61'
  • 14
    Tyrese Fornah ↑ 61'
  • 35
    Max Dyche ↑ 90'
  • 11
    Kamarai Simon-Swyer ↑ 61'
  • 26
    Kyle McAdam ↑ 90'
  • 21
    Jack Perkins

  Coach Colin Calderwood

• Head to Head

  2026-04-03 Bradford City AFC 1–0 Northampton Town FC 2025-08-09 Northampton Town FC 0–0 Bradford City AFC

  Bradford City AFC Form

  2026-04-03 Bradford City AFC 1–0 Northampton Town FC W 2026-03-21 Burton Albion FC 2–1 Bradford City AFC L 2026-03-17 Bradford City AFC 1–1 Mansfield Town FC D 2026-03-14 Wigan Athletic FC 2–0 Bradford City AFC L 2026-03-11 Port Vale FC 0–2 Bradford City AFC W 2026-03-07 Bradford City AFC 2–1 Leyton Orient FC W

  Northampton Town FC Form

  2026-04-03 Bradford City AFC 1–0 Northampton Town FC L 2026-03-21 Mansfield Town FC 4–1 Northampton Town FC L 2026-03-17 Stockport County FC 2–1 Northampton Town FC L 2026-03-14 Northampton Town FC 0–2 Burton Albion FC L 2026-03-08 AFC Wimbledon 1–0 Northampton Town FC L 2026-02-28 Northampton Town FC 1–1 Peterborough United FC D