Stuart McCall's Bantams entertain Bristol Rovers at the Northern Commercials Stadium this Saturday (2 September 2017) in front of the Sky Sports cameras (kick off 12:30pm).
Ahead of the encounter at Valley Parade, we take a look at the two sides' recent records.
Previous match at the Northern Commercials Stadium
Saturday 17 September 2016
Bradford City 1 (Meredith 73)
Bristol Rovers 1 (Colkett 86)
BRADFORD CITY
Doyle, Darby, Vincelot, Knight-Percival, Meredith, Law (McNulty 90+1), Dieng, Cullen, Marshall (Morais 84), Clarke (Vuckic 83), Hanson
Subs not used: Sattelmaier, McMahon, Hiwula, Kilgallon
BRISTOL ROVERS
Roos, Leadbitter, Lockyer, Hartley, Brown, Bodin (Colkett 78), Boateng (Lines 78), Sinclair, Moore (James 69), Harrison, Taylor
Subs not used: Mildenhall, J Clarke, Easter, Gaffney
Last time out in the league
Saturday 26 August 2017
Bristol Rovers 3 (Sinclair 26, Bodin 43, Harrison 79)
Fleetwood Town 1 (Cole 60)
BRISTOL ROVERS
Slocombe, Partington, Sweeney, Lockyer, Brown, Sercombe, Sinclair (Lines 31), O Clarke, Nichols (Harrison 65), Gaffney (Moore 77), Bodin
Subs not used: Andre, Bola, Telford, Burn
Saturday 26 August 2017
Walsall 3 (Leahy 55, Roberts 61, Bakayoko 87)
Bradford City 3 (McCartan 30, Poleon 38, Kilgallon 49)
BRADFORD CITY
Doyle, McMahon, Knight-Percival, Kilgallon, Field (Barr 76), Gilliead (Hendrie 59), Law, Reeves, McCartan (Pybus 55), Wyke, Poleon
Subs not used: Sattelmaier, Jones, Patrick, Taylor
League form
Bradford City - W-W-L-D
Bristol Rovers - L-L-W-W
League top scorers
Bradford City - Dominic Poleon (2 goals)
Bristol Rovers - Billy Bodin (3 goals)