League Two: Gillingham vs Bradford – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League Two game between Gillingham and Bradford who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Bradford are brushing most resistance aside in the League Two at the moment. In current form, their upcoming match against Gillingham at MEMS Priestfield this coming Saturday looks like the next victim in line.

While Bradford are chasing the lead in the League Two after collecting 66 points in 35 rounds, Gillingham trail by 38 points after 34 rounds, leaving them as number 19 in the table.

Team form: Gillingham vs Bradford

Gillingham Form

Showing inconsistent form, Gillingham lost two of their past three matches, going down 1-2 against Fleetwood, before beating Morecambe 1-0. The joy was short-lived, as Newport proved too strong in a 3-1 defeat. Gillingham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League Two matches at the MEMS Priestfield. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored three and conceded eight goals.

Bradford Form

Bradford are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Bromley got left behind in a 0-1 win, before Salford City got hammered in a 1-2 victory. Cheltenham was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Bradford. Bradford won three of a possible six away matches in the League Two, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored six while also conceding four times.

Betting stats for Gillingham and Bradford

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Gillingham and Bradford played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Gillingham vs Bradford

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Robbie McKenzie, who is performing well for Gillingham. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent League Two outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Bradford.The visitors will be looking to Antoni Sarcevic to find the net once again, after managing two League Two goals for Bradford in recent matches.

Popular markets: Gillingham vs Bradford

Full-time result

Gillingham won three of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing five as well. Bradford won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost three in this run. Bradford won their last 4 matches on the trot. Bradford have not lost to Gillingham in 6 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Gillingham scored first in six of their last ten home games. Bradford scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Gillingham managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Bradford were first on target in six of their last 10 outings. Bradford have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Gillingham when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Gillingham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in three of the last ten matches that Bradford played across all tournaments. They scored 1.2 times on average in the process.