EFL Cup 25/26, Round 2 · 26 Aug 2025

Stoke City 0–3 Bradford City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Bradford City favourites at 41%.

Bradford City won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sam Walker, 53.6 in 90′.

Each side's last five results before this match.

23 Aug 2025	W 2–1	at Southampton Championship
16 Aug 2025	W 3–0	at Sheffield Wednesday Championship
12 Aug 2025	D 0–0	v Walsall EFL Cup
9 Aug 2025	W 3–1	v Derby County Championship

12 Aug 2025	W 2–1	at Blackburn Rovers EFL Cup

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Ben Gibson Defender	27	–	55.4	–
Eric Bocat Defender	90	0.02	48.9	–
Ben Pearson Midfielder	72	–	48.8	–
Tatsuki Seko Midfielder	27	0.02	43.5	–
Róbert Boženík Forward	90	0.29	40.9	–
Ashley Phillips Defender	90	–	39.9	–
Maksym Talovierov Defender	63	0.13	39.8	–
Chinonso Chibueze Forward	90	0.07	39.0	–
Jamie Donley Midfielder	90	0.15	38.5	–
Favour Fawunmi Forward	90	0.02	37.3	–
Bosun Lawal Defender	63	–	35.0	−4.0
Jack Bonham Goalkeeper	90	–	34.4	–
Will Smith Midfielder	18	–	31.3	–
Jaden Mears Defender	90	0.01	19.0	–

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Sam Walker Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	53.6	–
Will Swan Forward	76	1	0	0.36	49.9	–
Joe Wright Defender	90	0	0	0.13	48.0	–
George Lapslie Forward	77	1	1	0.61	46.5	–
Tyreik Wright Forward	76	0	1	0.04	46.5	–
Josh Neufville Midfielder	13	0	0	–	41.6	–
Tommy Leigh Midfielder	90	0	0	–	40.7	–
Alex Pattison Midfielder	29	0	0	0.23	40.2	–
Ciaran Kelly Defender	90	0	0	–	36.8	–
Ibou Touray Midfielder	90	0	0	–	34.8	–
Brad Halliday Midfielder	90	1	0	0.19	32.6	–
Jenson Metcalfe Midfielder	61	0	0	–	31.5	–
Nick Powell Midfielder	14	0	0	–	30.9	–
Aden Baldwin Defender	90	0	0	0.05	30.5	–
Bobby Pointon Forward	14	0	0	–	27.2	–