Bradford vs York prediction

So far in the EFL Trophy, Bradford have won two, drawn none and lost none of two, with 6 goals scored and 1 conceded, good for 1st place and 6 points.

Over the last six matches it has been three wins, two draws and one defeat, averaging 1.8 goals for and 0.5 against. Last time out they beat Marine 7-0 at home; before that came a 3-0 defeat at home to Huddersfield and a 2-0 win at home to Peterboro.

Five clean sheets in that spell, but they also drew a blank three times. At home they've won three of four recently (11 scored, 3 conceded).

York have won none, drawn one and lost one of their two EFL Trophy games so far, scoring 2 and letting in 4. That has them 4th on 1 point.

Their last six in all competitions read two wins, two draws and two defeats, at 1.8 goals scored and 1.7 conceded per game. Last time out they beat Northampton 4-0 at home; before that came a 5-2 defeat away at Grimsby and a 3-1 defeat away at Barnet.

They have scored in each of their last six. Two clean sheets in that spell. On the road they've won none of three recently (4 scored, 9 conceded).

Home and away form points to Bradford: Bradford have won three of their last four at home, York none of their last three on the road. Five points separate the two sides in the table. Bradford also have the better goal difference over recent weeks.

We make Bradford clear favourites at 60%, with York on 21% and the draw at 19%.

On goals, it expects around 4.0 in the game: 3.0 for Bradford and 1.0 for York. Over 2.5 goals is 76% and both teams scoring 58%. When they last met, on 2 Mar 2013, Bradford won 2-0.