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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 5, season 17)
Bradford City
v.
Sheffield Weds.
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Jeroen ZOET15Keiren WESTWOOD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Francisco Javier Chica Torres, JAVI CHICA728Michele CANINI
KERIM FREI Koyunlu37Massimo GOBBI
RENATO Dirnei Florêncio74Simone PADOIN
Nathaniel KNIGHT-PERCIVAL5Thomas MANFREDINI
Lewis HOLTBY66Ross WALLACE
Javier ESPINOSA González678Barry BANNAN
RENATO Soares de Oliveira AUGUSTO788Mathieu VALBUENA
Kevin KURANYI9Gary HOOPER
Alberto GILARDINO610David JONES
Marcos Gabriel do Nascimento, MARQUINHOS GABRIEL6116Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
Manager
Timothée DIENG12MARCO André da Silva Lopes MATIAS
Joe CRACKNELL13Michael AGAZZI
Stephen DARBY14Sergiu Florin BUS
Nicky LAW15Adam REACH
Christopher ROUTIS16Lewis McGUGAN

Bradford City 0 Sheffield Weds. 4
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 27,718, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Christian BEECK 6½)
Scorers55 Valbuena, 76 Gobbi, 84 Jones, 90+1 Jones
55 Renato Augusto <=> LawSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners2
6Fouls4
2Offsides4
3Shots on9
7Shots off15
10Total shots24
2Shots saved4
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Barry BANNAN
2JONES beat RENATO AUGUSTO and hit the ball to CANINI who blasted his shot wide.
4BANNAN stepped inside KERIM FREI but nudged the ball into the arms of ZOET.
7RENATO AUGUSTO snapped at a simple chance.
18A good effort from PADOIN scraped the top of the crossbar.
21A penalty box meleé resulted in RENATO driving a low shot wide.
27A mix up in the Bradford City defence enabled JONES to thump an effort over.
43A cross from VALBUENA left CANINI in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
 
47A pin-point pass found ESPINOSA and his looping effort raced narrowly over.
52FORESTIERI brought the ball round GILARDINO and poked a weak shot past the post.
54RENATO made space on the left and pulled the ball to KURANYI who clipped the ball over.
55GOAL!! A tackle from RENATO AUGUSTO gave Sheffield Weds. a free-kick just outside the area which VALBUENA thundered past ZOET. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.)
74A fine ball from VALBUENA on the left was collected by BANNAN who mishit his effort wide.
74A free-kick from MANFREDINI floated inches wide.
76GOAL!! As KNIGHT-PERCIVAL was trying to hold back HOOPER the ball dropped to GOBBI who fired the ball into the roof of the net. (2-0 Sheffield Weds.)
78The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from KURANYI.
80VALBUENA played the ball to PADOIN who fired it over.
81BANNAN was put clear by GOBBI and he stepped inside the 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar.
84GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from VALBUENA allowed FORESTIERI to lay a nice ball off to JONES who rammed the ball into the roof of the net. (3-0 Sheffield Weds.)
85A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
87GOBBI beat three Bradford City players and drove a shot just beyond the near post.
88BANNAN headed just beyond the near post.
90+1GOAL!! An exceptional ball from VALBUENA left PADOIN in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to JONES to score. (4-0 Sheffield Weds.)