Nottingham Forest have been severely depleted by international call-ups.
Chris Gunter and Rob Earnshaw are with Wales, Radoslaw Majewksi is playing for Poland, and Ryan Bertrand and Brendan Moloney are on under-21 duty.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• These clubs have played each other 45 times. Bradford City have won 10 and Nottingham Forest 22.
• Forest are unbeaten in seven matches against the Bantams (W5, D2), including a 3-0 home victory in the League Cup first round last season. Paul Anderson, Dexter Blackstock and Lewis McGugan all scored in the second half.
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Bradford
• Bradford have lost at this stage in each of the last four years.
• The 1965 and 1989 quarter-finalists have only progressed to the second round once in eight years.
• This is Bradford's first home tie in the competition in six years. They last won a League Cup tie at Valley Parade in September 2000, when they defeated Darlington 7-2 in the second leg of the second round.
• Peter Taylor's side are chasing a fourth successive home win.
Nottingham Forest
• Nottingham Forest have twice lifted the League Cup trophy in successive seasons (1978 and 1979, and then 1989 and 1990). They have also been runners-up twice.
• This is the first time in seven League Cup rounds that Forest have been drawn away from home.
• Forest were last beaten in the first round in 2006, by Accrington. It was also the last time they were knocked out by a fourth-tier club.
• They have not won a League Cup tie on the road inside 90 minutes since beating Doncaster 2-0 in October 2004.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport