Down To Ten
Luton
Luton played the closing 0 minutes a man down after a 95′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 95′
- Player
- Harrison Ashby
League One · Matchday 7Luton
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Bradford
B. Pointon 4'
League One
Matchday 7Luton0–1Bradford
0.83
Expected goals
0.29
4′95′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: LUT 0.83, BRA 0.29.
Match report
Luton 0-1 Bradford
Bradford edged out Luton 1-0 at Kenilworth Road in League One. Pointon opened the scoring for Bradford on 4'.
Expected goals finished Luton 0.83, Bradford 0.29. On the balance of chances Luton had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Bradford will take more happily than the performance deserved. Luton held 64.0% of the ball.
Ashby was dismissed for Luton in the closing moments, too late to shape the result.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Luton graded out for passive possession — 64.0% possession and 0.83 expected goals. Bradford graded out for cynical press — 15 fouls and 4 yellow cards.
Bobby Pointon came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Bradford from 1 goal, 1 key pass and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 32 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with Luton conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
64%Possession36%
15Shots5
0.83xG0.29
What the numbers say
5 readsPassive Possession
Luton
Luton controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 64.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.83
- On target
- 3
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.17
Cynical Press
Bradford
Bradford broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 15 fouls and 4 bookings.
- Fouls
- 15
- Yellow cards
- 4
Cynical Press
Luton
Luton broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 3
- Red cards
- 1
Timeline
⚽4'
B. Pointon — assist: K. Jackson
Half-time
🟨46'
Callum Connolly
Foul
Daniel Gore
Foul
🟨60'
🔄62'
K. Morgan ↑ J. Neufville ↓
🔄62'
N. Powell ↑ J. Beesley ↓
J. Clark ↑ K. Palmer ↓
🔄66'
🟨67'
Antoni Sarcevic
Foul
🟨72'
Kieran Morgan
Foul
I. Jones ↑ E. Lawrence ↓
🔄75'
N. Wells ↑ D. Gore ↓
🔄75'
J. Donley ↑ J. Richards ↓
🔄75'
Harrison Ashby
Argument
🟨83'
G. Kodua ↑ H. Odoffin ↓
🔄84'
🔄84'
M. Gillesphey ↑ A. Baldwin ↓
🔄85'
C. O'Keeffe ↑ B. Pointon ↓
🟨90+4'
Macauley Gillesphey
Foul
Harrison Ashby
Argument
🟨90+5'
Harrison Ashby
Argument
🟥90+5'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueKenilworth Road, Luton
RefereeR. Martin
CompetitionLeague One
Season2026
RoundMatchday 7
StatusMatch Finished