Preview

• It's the 2nd Round of the 2025-2026 League Cup as Stoke City and Bradford City lock horns at bet365 Stadium on 2025-08-26 at 19:45 GMT.
• Recent managerial H2H between G. Alexander and M. Robins over 2 matches, record stands at 1-0, with 1 draw.
• Both teams have no missing players.
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Stoke City should be met by Bradford City's expected 3-4-2-1.
• In their last outing, Stoke City's highest-rated performer was B. Gibson (7.2), while Bradford City's standout was B. Khela (6.6).
• Stoke City secured a win (2-1 vs Southampton), while Bradford City had to settle for a draw (1-1 vs Peterborough United).
• Stoke City (4-1-0) and Bradford City (3-2-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
• No historical head-to-head exists for Stoke City vs Bradford City according to our records.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (0-0-1 vs 1-0-0) and scoring roughly 0.00-0.00 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.

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Summary

H2H