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Bradford City face a trip to Walsall at Bescot Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 17 games played, Bantams have recorded 4 wins, and Walsall have come away with 6 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2003, the Saddlers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Bradford City | 1 - 1 | Walsall | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Walsall | 1 - 0 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Bradford City | 1 - 1 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Bradford City | 1 - 2 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Walsall | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 21 Apr | Walsall | 2 - 2 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 08 Jan | Walsall | 2 - 0 | Bradford City | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Walsall have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
Bradford City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Bantams's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Walsall see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 43 points from their 34 games played so far, Bradford City's 48 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Walsall | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Bantams could well see them head back from Bescot Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Walsall | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bradford City | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |