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Bradford City and Rochdale meet in League Cup — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
League Cup · England · 08.08.2026 · kick-off 14:00 UTC
How Bradford City and Rochdale have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Bradford City:
Date Event Score 01.08.2026 Salford City vs Bradford City 2 - 2 29.07.2026 Bradford City vs Preston North End 3 - 2 17.07.2026 Accrington Stanley vs Bradford City 1 - 0
Rochdale:
Date Event Score 01.08.2026 Tranmere Rovers vs Rochdale 2 - 2 28.07.2026 Rochdale vs Halifax Town 2 - 3 25.07.2026 Rochdale vs Farnham Town 2 - 2
When Bradford City and Rochdale have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 29.07.2023 Rochdale vs Bradford City 1 - 0 15.04.2023 Rochdale vs Bradford City 0 - 3 10.01.2023 Bradford City vs Rochdale 1 - 2
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Bradford City — 23
Rochdale — 27
Goals conceded so far:
Bradford City — 18
Rochdale — 27
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Bradford City vs Rochdale
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
