Bradford City meet Luton Town at Valley Parade in a stand-out League One encounter.
Victory will see Bradford climb into the top six, whilst Luton could go top with a win if results elsewhere go in their favour.
Team News
Bradford have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-1 Carabao Cup victory at Blackburn.
Neill Byrne (unspecified) and Andy Cook (ACL) remain absent.
Luton will be without Reuell Walters due to a groin injury which forced him to sit out their Carabao Cup exit at Coventry.
Hakeem Odoffin (unspecified) and Tahith Chong (groin) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Bradford host Luton at Valley Parade on Saturday 16 August at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Bradford have failed to win any of their last eight league meetings against Luton (D3, L5).
- Luton have avoided defeat in five of their eight previous league visits to Bradford (W2, D3, L2).
- Bradford’s last victory over Luton came away in a 3-1 win in April 1968.
- Bradford are unbeaten in their last four league matches at home (W3, D1).
- Luton are looking to keep three consecutive clean sheets in the league for the first time since a run of three consecutive 1-0 wins in March 2023 in the Championship.
Prediction
Having adapted well to life back in League One, this is surely Bradford’s toughest test yet but the Bantams can take heart from how well they’ve started two of their last three games in all competitions, as they will need a similar start if want any real shot at victory given their form against Luton.
Matt Bloomfield’s Hatters though have proven defensively resilient in the first half across their three games in all competitions so far, which should stand them in good stead to try and nullify Bradford’s fast starts before kicking on in the second half.
I however do think that Bradford have enough quality to grind out a draw here unless Luton can produce another smash-and-grab result.
Prediction: Bradford 1-1 Luton
Result: Bradford 2-1 Luton