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English Football League Cup

Bradford vs Peterborough prediction, tips and odds

Unbeaten Bradford, third in League One and five goals conceded in 12, host a 21st-placed Peterborough who have shipped seven in three
  • one sided
  • cagey
  • rotation risk
  • slow start
  • cup
  • Leg single
  • Bradford: normal
  • Peterborough: normal
Kick-off
your local time
Competition
English Football League Cup

Our prediction

Bradford
3rd · 22 pts
FormD, D, W, D, W
Peterborough
21st · 10 pts
FormD, L, D, W, L

Sam Hughes (out)

Our prediction
1–02.6 goals projected
BRA 61%Draw 23%PET 16%
goals per meeting
3.7goals per meeting
with both teams scoring
4/6with both teams scoring
over 2.5 goals
3/6over 2.5 goals
likeliest half-time score
0–0likeliest half-time score

Our picks

Rating hidden until revealed
  • Bradford come throughOur pickBradford · Draw no bet
    1.75
  • Goals stay downOur pickUnder 5.5 Goals
    Price hidden until revealed

Implied by the bookmakers’ own prices, with the margin removed. The engine has not published a read on this match.

How the model sees it

Result probability
BRA 61%Draw 23%PET 16%
Likeliest scorelines
  • 1–014%
  • 2–012%
  • 1–111%
Projected goals
2.6
Likeliest at half time
0–031%
Projected stats
Projected match statistics for Bradford against Peterborough
StatBRAPETTotal
Goals1.790.792.6
Corners6.095.6711.8
Fouls12.911.524.3

Per ninety minutes. Goals use the fitted goals model. Other stats combine each side’s rate with what its opponent allows, pulled toward the competition’s own average where the sample is thin; cards are anchored to the referee.

Form, head-to-head and trends

Last five
BradfordD, D, W, D, W
PeterboroughD, L, D, W, L
How each side’s recent matches have gone
TrendBRAPET
Over 2.5 goals1/53/5
Both teams scored0/54/5
Clean sheets5/50/5
Failed to score3/51/5
Head-to-head · last 6
3
BRA wins
3
Draws
0
PET wins
  • WBradford City 2–0 Peterborough United2026-08-15 · League One2 gls
  • WBradford City 2–0 Peterborough United2026-02-14 · League One2 gls
  • DPeterborough United 1–1 Bradford City2025-08-23 · League One2 gls
  • WBradford City 3–1 Peterborough United2019-03-09 · League One4 gls
  • DBradford City 4–4 Peterborough United2018-12-11 · FA Cup (Posh won 3-2 on pens)8 gls
3.7goals per meeting4/6with both teams scoring3/6over 2.5 goals

Match context

Form
Bradford DDDWWD (last 6, unbeaten since August): three straight 0-0/1-1-type low-scoring league draws around a 2-0 win over Stevenage and a 4-0 EFL Trophy win, only 10 league goals in 12. Peterborough W D L D across cup/league: 1-3 at Leicester, 2-2 v Burton, 1-4 at Huddersfield…
History
Frequent League One opponents and close to equals in level. Four verified league meetings in the last ~2 seasons: Bradford 2-0 Posh (15 Aug 2026, HT 0-0), Bradford 2-0 Posh (14 Feb 2026, HT 1-0), Posh 1-1 Bradford (23 Aug 2025, HT 0-1 per Posh site), Bradford 3-1 Posh (9 Mar 2019, HT 0-0). Derbies are low-scoring early: three of four were 0-0 or 1-0 at the break; both 2-0s had a second-half scoring burst. Older FA Cup ties (Posh 2-2, then Bradford 4-4 with Posh winning on pens, Dec 2018) are cu…
The competition
English Football League Cup (Carabao Cup) 2026-27, Round Four — a single-leg knockout tie, winner reaches the quarter-finals; the competition is a national top-level cup open to all 92 league clubs, and both sides field their senior squads in it. Both clubs are in League One: Bradford sit 3rd of 24 (12 games, 22 pts, 10 GF / 5 GA on the BBC table) and are on a long unbeaten run; Peterborough are 21st (12 games, 10 pts, 11 GF / 21 GA) after a poor start. This is cup rotation territory on a midwe…

Team news

Bradford

No absences reported.

Peterborough
  • Sam Hughes — out (def)

English Football League Cup table

English Football League Cup standings
#ClubPLGDPts
1Huddersfield Town12—25
2Stockport County12—23
3Bradford City12—22
4Plymouth Argyle13—22
21Peterborough United12—10
22Bromley11—9

as read when this competition was last scouted.

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Frequently asked questions

What is our Bradford vs Peterborough prediction?

We project 1–0. Our model gives Bradford 61%, the draw 23% and Peterborough 16%.

What is the best bet for Bradford vs Peterborough?

Our tip is Full time result · Bradford at 1.75. This one is implied by the bookmakers' prices rather than published by our engine.

What time does Bradford vs Peterborough kick off?

Bradford vs Peterborough kicks off at Tue 19:45 in the English Football League Cup.

Who is out for Bradford vs Peterborough?

Reported absences: Sam Hughes (out).

What happened the last time Bradford vs Peterborough met?

Bradford City 2–0 Peterborough United (2026-08-15 · League One). Over their last 6 meetings it is 3 wins for Bradford, 3 draws and 0 for Peterborough.

Are these tips free?

The prediction, the match data and our lead tip are free on every match page. The confidence behind each call — our probability, the edge and the engine's own read — is where a coin is spent.