Bradford 2–0 Peterborough
Bradford
2–0HT 1–0
Peterborough
Bradford played Peterborough in the League Cup on 27 October 2026 at Valley Parade. The match finished 2–0.
Goals and cards
- 5'Macauley Gillesphey — Yellow card
- 13'Macauley Gillesphey (assist by Callumm Connolly)
- 20'Reece Welch — Yellow card
- 28'George Lapslie — Yellow card
- 31'Bobby Pointon — Yellow card
- 34'Callumm Connolly — Yellow card
- 59'Lucca Mendonça — Yellow card
- 67'Adam Phillips (assist by Jake Beesley)
- 73'Harley Mills — Yellow card
- 86'Kieran Morgan — Yellow card
Line-ups
Bradford 3-4-2-1
- J. McCracken
- R. Welch
- M. Pennington
- M. Gillesphey
- C. O'Keeffe
- G. Lapslie
- C. Connolly
- I. Touray
- A. Sarcevic
- B. Pointon
- J. Beesley
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Baldwin
- Henry Cartwright
- C. Dawson
- K. Jackson
- H. Matthews
- Kieran Morgan
- A. Phillips
- George Christopher John Pratt
- W. Swan
- COACHES: M. Duff
Peterborough 4-2-3-1
- A. Bass
- C. Johnston
- Lucca Mendonça
- Joshua Feeney
- Harley Mills
- Harry Ashfield
- B. Khela
- Vernon Masara
- Ethan Williams
- O. Edwards
- D. Ormerod
- SUBSTITUTES
- P. Sykut
- Bolu Shofowoke
- L. Kelly
- Harrison Jones
- M. Garbett
- Declan Firth
- James Dornelly
- C. Andeng Ndi
- E. Weir
- COACHES: Robert William Savage
Match statistics
| Bradford | Peterborough | |
|---|---|---|
| 244 | Accurate passes | 232 |
| 10 | Shots inside box | 8 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 8 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 6 |
| 11 | Free kicks | 13 |
| 8 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 5 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 7 |
| 5 | Offsides | 1 |
| 353 | Total passes | 348 |
| 13 | Total shots | 16 |
| 6 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 8 | Corners | 6 |
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 58% | Possession | 42% |
| 2.23 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.15 |