Cheltenham vs Bradford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st November 2025

Cheltenham start the season as favourites to land the FA Cup crown. They launch their title bid on Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Bradford at The Completely-Suzuki Stadium.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Saturday as both Cheltenham and Bradford are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Cheltenham only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 20 for an average of two per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Bradford managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

This is the first time Cheltenham squares up against Bradford in the FA Cup in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Cheltenham vs Bradford Prediction

Cheltenham Form

Their last three matches saw Cheltenham drawing 1-1 with Gillingham, before taking out Newport by 0-2, and Walsall by 1-0. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Cheltenham but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six FA Cup matches. They didn't draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring ten goals while conceding eight.

Bradford Form

In their previous three matches, Bradford drew 2-2 with Barnsley, 1-1 with Stevenage and 0-0 with Lincoln City. Bradford managed to win just once in their past six away games in the FA Cup. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring seven time and letting in 12.

Value hunters might think Cheltenham is worth a shot, but in our view Bradford are rightly favoured for the win. They contain enough quality to come home with a win from The Completely-Suzuki Stadium.

Cheltenham vs Bradford Squads

Cheltenham Squad

Steve Cotterill will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bradford from the following players:

Day, Diallo, Power, Wilson, Mazionis, Tomkinson, Cundy, Sherring, Anderson, Jude-Boyd, Stevenson, Croose, Archer, Willcox, Harmon, Sohna, Pell, Tustin, Hutchinson, Thomas, Martin, Kinsella, Young, Barber, Broom, Bennett, Taylor, Backwell, Miller, Bickerstaff, Angol, King.

Bradford Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bradford. The manager Alexander will pick his starting XI against Cheltenham from these players:

Joe Hilton, Sam Walker, Zac Hadi, Aden Baldwin, Bradley Halliday, Ciaran Kelly, Curtis Tilt, George Goodman, Ibou Touray, Joe Wright, Lewis Richards, Matthew Pennington, Neill Byrne, Tom McIntyre, Alexander Pattison, Antoni Sarcevic, George Lapslie, Jenson Metcalfe, Max Power, Nick Powell, Tommy Leigh, Andy Cook, Bobby Pointon, Calum Kavanagh, Josh Neufville, Stephen Humphrys, Tyreik Samuel Wright, Will Swan.

Cheltenham vs Bradford Team News

Cheltenham vs Bradford Lineups

Cheltenham vs Bradford H2H

Having never played each other in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is the first time Cheltenham comes up against Bradford in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Cheltenham picked up four wins in their previous ten matches against Bradford, while the latter claimed three wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3/1.

Cheltenham vs Bradford Results

Cheltenham vs Bradford Betting Tips

Despite scoring just once in six FA Cup games, Cheltenham hope Ethon Archer adds to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Bradford put their faith in Calum Kavanagh to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six FA Cup games.

Cheltenham won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at The Completely-Suzuki Stadium. They drew one and lost five as well, while Bradford won four of their last 10 games away. They drew four and lost two. It wouldn't be a big surprise seeing at least one side keeping a clean sheet this coming Saturday at The Completely-Suzuki Stadium. Both teams to score paid out only eight times in the last 10 league matches for Cheltenham on home soil. In four of their last 10 league games away for Bradford, both teams found the back of the net.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Cheltenham, who scored an average of one goal along the way. In the last ten games for Bradford, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.