Youpies.co.uk gears up for County's next match, against The Bantams, Bradford City FC.
Statistics
Notts go into this fixture with 33 points, lying in a lowly 19th place, having won only 7 of 32 games, drawing 12 and loosing 13 times this season. Notts are just 5 points from safety and have played more games than most of the teams below them. However, Bradford sit in 15th position in the table, and will more than likely stay mid-table for the rest of the season. They have won 10 drew 8 and lost 12 of their 30 games so far this season, Bradford have knocked up 38 points.
Other statistics for this match are as follows
Notts have a scoring rate of 103 minutes, indicating they may not score at the weekend or any other, however Bradford score on average every 68 minutes. Notts let a goal in every 72 minutes whilst Bradford let a goal in every 68 minutes. But what are statistics in football?
Current Form Last 6 matches
Bradford in their last 6 matches have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2 and are currently unbeaten in 0,
Saturday, 16th February 2008 - Bradford 1-2 Rochdale
Saturday, 9th February 2008 - Bradford 1-2 Bury
Saturday, 2nd February 2008 - Macclesfield 0-1 Bradford
Tuesday, 29th January 2008 - Bradford 4-2 Shrewsbury
Saturday, 26th January 2008 - Wrexham 1-1 Bradford
Tuesday, 22nd February 2008 - Bury 2-2 Bradford
Notts in their last 6 matches have won 1, drawn 4 and lost 1 and are currently unbeaten in 1, (Rochdale off Not included)
Saturday, 16th February 2008 - Chester City 0-1 Notts County
Tuesday, 12th February 2008 - Notts County 0-1 Darlington
Saturday, 9th February 2008 - Stockport County 1-1 Notts County
Saturday, 2nd February 2008 - Notts County 1-1 Grimsby Town
Tuesday, 29th January 2008 - Brentford 0-0 Notts County
Saturday, 26th January 2008 - Morecambe 1-1 Notts County
Meetings
The most recent meeting was this season away at Bradford with Notts on the wrong side of a 3-0 score line. Previously the last time was in 2004; when the two teams battled out a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes at Bradford’s ground but Notts went on to win 2-1 in extra time in the league cup. Furthermore, the previous times these tow clubs played each other was the 1995/96 season when Bradford did the treble over us. The last match a 2-0 Victory over us in the play-off final at Wembley.
Key Men
With 10 goals so far this season, Richard Butcher has emerged as Notts main threat this season. The ex-Peterborough man does not light the game up but he finds those spaces around the area and with 8 goals so far he is a midfield player with an eye for goal. Bradford will have to be wary of Butcher’s runs into the area because he as the ability to score goal around the edge of the area. Notts also have Danny Crow who signed last week on a two month loan deal after his first loan spell earlier in the season did not last a full match.
Bradford midfield player Omar Daley has been in good form for Bradford so far, contributing only 2 goal, but he likes shooting at goal with an astonishing 76 shots so far this season. The Notts defence will have to keep an eye on the Bradford midfielder around the area. Bradford also have Peter Thorne who in his 19 appearances this season plus one from the bench has scored 8 goals.
Prediction
We at www.youpies.co.uk think this will be a close game. Notts will want to start to win the home games. So we think the score will be Notts County 1-0 Bradford
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