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Commentary
3¹VAN BOMMEL brought the ball away from ANGELIÑO and rattled a tame shot over.
8¹A twenty-five yard drive from VAN BOMMEL caused BOUNOU no problem.
13¹A shot from GECHTER was nodded off the line by FRIEDL.
16¹A free-kick from FLORENZI raced over the bar.
20¹ZAKARIA's shot beat UGURCAN but rebounded off the Preston North End woodwork.
22¹HARALDSSON nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
25¹GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from LAPORTE caught the Bradford City defence napping and VAN BOMMEL ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (1-0 Preston North End)
27¹SARMIENTO drove a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
29¹GOAL!! A strike from GABRIEL which the Preston North End 'keeper managed to block seemed to have crossed the line and THORPE gave the goal. (1-1)
40¹ANDRICH booked for a high tackle.
43¹JAVI LÓPEZ ran onto a wonderful ball from DEWSBURY-HALL but hit his effort wide of the goal.
3²A pin-point pass was collected by ZAKARIA and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
4²RASPADORI was put clear by LAPORTE and he nutmegged the 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar.
5²GOAL!! A deep cross from ANGELIÑO on the left was nodded home by SMITH ROWE on the edge of the box. (2-1 Bradford City)
9²A header by VAN BOMMEL at the near post was easily collected by BOUNOU.
10²The stunned UGURCAN could only watch as a backpass from JAVI LÓPEZ dropped just wide.
17²A cross from SAMUEL COSTA left JAMES in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
18²A poor shot from VAN BOMMEL bounced agonisingly wide.
22²The Preston North End 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful effort.
34²Uncertainty in the Preston North End defence enabled SMITH ROWE to hammer an effort inches over.
37²GOAL!! A weak drive from RASPADORI seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (2-2)
40²GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was forced in at the near post by RASPADORI. (3-2 Preston North End)

 
Bradford City
 
League position: 16
Home league form: WOLW
Overall league form: XWOLLLWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Yassine BOUNOU6 16½UGURCAN Çakir
Alessandro FLORENZI6½27 JAVI LÓPEZ
ANGELIÑO7½38 Aymeric LAPORTE(c)
Hákon HARALDSSON7 47 Marco FRIEDL
ALEX SANDRO Lobo6½58 Guéla DOUÉ
Owen WIJNDAL7 66½Robert ANDRICH
Jeremy SARMIENTO6½77 Daniel JAMES
Emile SMITH ROWE7 87 Kiernan DEWSBURY-HALL(f)
(p)Linus GECHTER6 97½Giacomo RASPADORI(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA6 106 SAMUEL Almeida COSTA
(c)GABRIEL Barbosa7½116½Ruben VAN BOMMEL
ManagerJoe Connelly
Tom McINTYRE  127 Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS
Senne LAMMENS  13  Leonidas STERGIOU
Hugo GUILLAMÓN  147½Lewis MILEY
Marco VERRATTI6½15  Oscar BOBB
VICTOR HUGO Gomes  16  Will LANKSHEAR
 
Preston North End
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: WLXWLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Bradford City 2 Preston North End 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 25,059, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Mike Thorpe 7½)

Gabriel 29¹, Smith Rowe 5²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
van Bommel 25¹, Raspadori 37², Raspadori 40²
ZakariaóVerratti 25²FriedlóHarwood-Bellis 30², Dewsbury-HallóMiley 30²
  
 Andrich 40¹
38
65
37
76
99
1615
53
43%57%
Man of the match: Aymeric Laporte