Bradford City
- Graham Alexander’s Bradford City are having a fine season in their first campaign back in League One, sitting fourth in the table with a solid 55 points from 31 matches.
- The Bantams have won each of their last two games, beating Peterborough United 2-0 and Stockport County 1-0 in their most recent home games.
- Antoni Sarcevic is their top scorer this term with eight goals in 26 League One matches.
Rotherham United
- Rotherham United FC have won two, drawn one, and lost two of their last five fixtures, placing them 23rd in the league.
- Matthew Hamshaw has been in charge since the end of March 2025 and has focused on making his side tough to beat by setting up with a pragmatic 3-5-2 formation, organising his players to be compact and disciplined defensively, focusing on their set piece routines and getting their physical strikers on the ball in attacking areas.
- Sam Nombe leads the line for Rotherham in the league, scoring six goals in 15 appearances this campaign.
Head-to-Head
However, Rotherham’s physical presence and ability to win aerial battles and set-piece moments should cause Bradford a few problems and the last head-to-head ended 2-2 at Rotherham, showing both teams can find the net in this matchup.
Key Players
- Antoni Sarcevic is their top scorer this term with eight goals in 26 League One matches.
- Sam Nombe leads the line for Rotherham in the league, scoring six goals in 15 appearances this campaign.
Betting Insights
- Bradford City are the clear favorites here at 1.72, with Rotherham at 4.35, but this is an interesting matchup of two sides who are very similar in their overall shape but different in how they operate in transition.
- Rotherham come into it on the back of a two-match losing streak, having most recently lost 0-3 at home to Cardiff City and 0-1 away to Burton Albion.
- City have averaged 1.56 goals scored per game and conceded just 0.75 goals per game at home in League One, so they should dominate the game tempo and can break through on the break, while Rotherham have scored just 0.87 per away game and conceded 1.47 per on their travels.
Prediction
- We’re going for a Bradford victory in this one, as Valley Parade has been a fortress this campaign.
- Bradford are unbeaten in two meetings against Rotherham, but having failed to beat the Millers last time out, we’re backing over 2.5 goals in this clash.
