Exeter vs Bradford: Exeter City hosts Bradford in their FA Cup first round match on Wednesday, with both sides meeting for the 3rd time this month.
Match Details:
Teams: Exeter vs Bradford
Venue: St James Park, Exeter, England
Date: Wednesday 1st December, 2021
Time: 01:15 AM IST
Live Link: https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/
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Preview
Exeter City come into this after a 1-1 away draw vs Rochdale in the League 2 on Saturday.
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Ray broke the deadlock for the visitors before Taylor equalized for the hosts to ensure a share of the spoils.
Exeter’s campaign continues to blossom as they sit in 3rd place with 33 points from 19 matches; including 8 wins and just 2 losses.
On the other hand, Bradford also played out an away 1-1 draw against Scunthorpe in their previous League 2 clash.
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Jarvis scored for the hosts before a second half strike from Songo’o restored parity and earned a point for the visitors.
Bradford is winless in their last 7 matches which includes 2 matches against Exeter as part of the FA Cup.
With 24 points from 19 matches, Bradford is in 12th spot on the League 2 table.
Exeter and Bradford met for the 1st round FA Cup match earlier this month which finished 1-1.
Goals from Robinson and Nomba ensured a draw and a replay to follow.
In the replay, Exeter City won 3-0 on November 16th but the result was declared null and void due to Exeter using a 6th substitute at the start of extra time.
Hence, this should be the final fixture to determine which side progresses to the next round.
Form Guide
Exeter: WWWLD
Bradford: DDDLD
Last Matches of both teams:
Rochdale 1-1 Exeter
Scunthorpe 1-1 Bradford
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Exeter vs Bradford in India?
The match can be live streamed on either team’s official social media handle or on the FA Cup website.
Team News
Dawson is the absentee for the hosts due to injury.
Meanwhile; Vernam and Lavery are out of action for Bradford due to injuries.
Exeter possible 11:
Brown, Hartridge, Ray, Sweeney, Caprice, Collins, Dieng, Key, Brown, Jay and Nombe
Bradford possible 11:
O’Donnell, O’Connor, Songo’o, Canavan, Threlkeld, Sutton, Watt, Foulds, Robinson, Gilliead and Angol
Prediction: Exeter 2-1 Bradford
Exeter is expected to win this one once again after their previous result was ruled out.
They look the more potent and in-form side, shown by their league standings.
Cup competitions tend to remove the H2H concept and form is out of the window, but here we do not see any other result apart from a win for Exeter.