Bradford City vs Gillingham betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League Two match on October 19th, 2024

Bradford City and Gillingham will on Saturday, October 19th, 2024 at 14:00h (UTC), play in a League Two football game in England, check the Bradford City vs Gillingham betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Bradford City vs Gillingham will occur

The game takes place in the small University of Bolton Stadium stadium, in the city of Bolton, with a capacity for 28723 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Bradford City vs Gillingham betting tip 2024/2025

The League Two has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.98 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.54 goals per match played.

Bradford City last match

Bradford City is coming off a win. In its last outing they faced Tranmere Rovers in a match valid for League Two, and the match ended 0-2. The eleven coached by G. Alexander played in a 3-5-2 formation.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.63, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Even amid a lackluster performance by the entire team, Calum Kavanagh managed to stand out individually. Present in crucial moments of the contest, he was the main driver of Bradford City for the victory.

Gillingham last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League Two, Gillingham, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Accrington Stanley team with a final score of 1-2.

The odds of 4.75 show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

Bradford City vs Gillingham h2h

The last time Gillingham faced Bradford City it was in League Two. Gillingham, then in 9th place opened with a play using the 5-3-2 formation, while Bradford City, who was in 15th place, played using a 3-4-1-2 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the League Two. The meeting took place on 06-04-2024 and ended with a 1-0 win for Bradford City.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

Bradford City

League Two leaderboard now

The Bradford City team with 18 points currently occupies the 7th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

Which means that the team, with the same number of points, in the 12th round is followed by the Grimsby Town team in 8th place.

Bradford City analysis

After 11 rounds, Bradford City has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 16 goals for and 11 conceded.

One factor to consider is Bradford City average number of shots on goal, only 3.82 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 3 wins, 0 losses and, 2 draws compared to the 2 games they won as the visiting team.

Bradford City is a more offensive team than Gillingham, having 1071 attacks vs. 976 from Gillingham, having scored 16 times. In comparison, Gillingham converted into goal 13 times.

Best goalscorer from Bradford City

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Andy Cook. The Attacker has scored 7 times in this competition and helped Bradford City avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Gillingham

League Two leaderboard now

The Gillingham team with 19 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 6 wins, 1 draw, and 4 losses.

Gillingham analysis

Gillingham shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 11 games has only conceded goals on 7 occasions, and has scored in 13.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the League Two.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Remeao Hutton played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Accrington Stanley. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Gillingham to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from Gillingham

Jayden Clarke has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Gillingham to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

In short, a much stronger team Gillingham, better placed in the competition, that usually wins and doesn't concede goals, against an irregular Bradford City that has difficulty converting and that comes from a sequence of balanced performances.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Both Teams To Score - No market are quoted at 1.91.

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Bradford City is Andy Cook, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Gillingham is Jayden Clarke, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Gillingham has conceded 3 away goals in 5 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Gillingham will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 1-0, something to take into consideration.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Bradford City 1.6 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Gillingham 0.4 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.8.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 4.59 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Bradford City has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 11 rounds, while Gillingham has an average of 2.3. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.82 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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