Notts County

vs

Bradford City

Preview

Notts County

• Notts County are unbeaten in five matches (W1, D4), drawing their last two on the trot.
• Paterson's side come into this having won 2-1 against Burton Albion at home before drawing two on the bounce 1-1 against Doncaster Rovers and Huddersfield Town.

Bradford City

• Bradford City have won three and lost two of their last five matches, losing 1-2 to Cambridge United last time out.
• Bradford beat Mansfield Town 1-0 at home but lost 1-2 at the hands of Cambridge United prior to that.

Head-to-Head

• These sides last met in a league-style game at Valley Parade and drew 1-1, with Bradford failing to win either of their previous two visits to Notts County.
• Notts County have a real grip on this head-to-head and are a good pick to at least avoid defeat in this matchup, which makes the slight edge in the betting markets for Bradford (2.13) somewhat confusing.
• Notts are 3.24 here and that doesn't really add up given their home record and the above stats.
• With that in mind, the draw looks like the most likely result on the game itself, although it will be a close one.

Key Players

• Oliver Cooper is the spark in this Notts County side and has three goals in five League One 2026/2027 games so far.
• Bradford have a few scoring options but Aden Baldwin is their top scorer with one goal in five appearances.
• Baldwin is a good bet to score anytime if you're having a flutter as he is the sort to punish sides from deep, although this game is really about the respective team's styles clashing.

Betting Insights

Prediction

• With these differing approaches and a host of other factors, we predict that this should be a scrappy affair with plenty of turnovers and plenty of wing-back versus wing-back battles.
• Notts will look to keep the game manageable, while Bradford will look to create chaos and an end-to-end game.
• As such, we're going for a low-scoring draw.