Leyton Orient 1 Bradford City 0 - Stuart McCall left to rue missed chances

BRADFORD City’s woes away from home continued with a 1-0 defeat at Leyton Orient.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Nov 2020, 21:35 BST
Updated 25th Nov 2020, 11:42 BST
Leyton Orient's James Brophy holds off Bradford City's Tyler French during the League Two clash at The Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday night. Picture: Jacques Feeney/Getty Images.Leyton Orient's James Brophy holds off Bradford City's Tyler French during the League Two clash at The Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday night. Picture: Jacques Feeney/Getty Images.
Leyton Orient's James Brophy holds off Bradford City's Tyler French during the League Two clash at The Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday night. Picture: Jacques Feeney/Getty Images.

It was the struggling Bantams’ fifth league defeat in eight games as Stuart McCall was left to rue his side’s missed chances.

Dan Happe’s header condemned the misfiring visitors to their fourth straight league loss on the road without scoring.

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INCOMING: Bradford City defend a corner at The Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday night. Picture: Jacques Feeney/Getty ImagesINCOMING: Bradford City defend a corner at The Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday night. Picture: Jacques Feeney/Getty Images
INCOMING: Bradford City defend a corner at The Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday night. Picture: Jacques Feeney/Getty Images
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Conor Wilkinson had the hosts’ best chance of the first half but fired over, before the Bantams took control and had a flurry of chances to take the lead

Connor Wood fired over the bar before Billy Clarke could only head Wood’s cross off target.

Clarke’s deflected effort almost bamboozled former Swindon shot-stopper Lawrence Vigouroux.

Defender Paudie O’Connor was frustrated by Chilean ‘keeper Vigouroux after meeting Elliot Watt’s corner at the near post.

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After the restart it was the O’s with the first real sight at goal as James Brophy’s effort deflected wide.

Former Sheffield United striker Clayton Donaldson nodded over before his looping header was kept out by Vigouroux.

And the Bantams were made to rue their plethora of missed chances as Happe nodded home Brophy’s free-kick.

Leyton Orient: Vigouroux, Ling, Coulson, Happe, Widdowson, Kyprianou (McAnuff, 65), Cisse, Wilkinson (Maguire-Drew, 45), Dennis (Wright, 76), Brophy, Johnson. Unused substitutes: Sargeant, Thomas, Akinola, Dayton.

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Bradford City: O’Donnell, A. O’Connor, P.O’Connor, Staunton (Richards-Everton, 55), French, Sutton, Watt, Wood, Clarke (Scales, 61), Samuels (Mottley-Henry, 80), Donaldson. Unused substitutes: Hornby, Longridge, Cousin-Dawson, Ismail.

Referee: S Allison (Wiltshire).

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