League Two
October 27, 2012
Burton Albion
1 - 0
Bradford City
League Two
14:00 +00:00, October 27, 2012
Pirelli Stadium, England
Referee: A D'Urso
Zola punishes 10-man Bantams
Scoring Summary
| Burton Albion | Bradford City |
|---|---|
| Calvin Makongo Zola (80') |
Teams
| Burton Albion | Bradford City |
|---|---|
| 30 Mark Oxley | 1 Jon McLaughlan |
| 4 Nathan Stanton | 6 Luke Oliver |
| 5 Alexander Diamond | 23 Rory McArdle |
| 20 Anthony O'Connor | 3 James Meredith |
| 7 Cleveland Taylor | 5 Andrew Davies |
| 23 Lee Bell | 4 Richard Ravenhill |
| 19 Jacques Maghoma | 11 Garry Thompson |
| 14 Damien McCrory | 24 Nathan Doyle |
| 8 Robbie Weir | 15 Craig Forsyth |
| 10 Calvin Makongo Zola | 17 Alan Connell |
| 29 Billy Kee | 9 James Hanson |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 Dean Lyness | Matt Duke 12 |
| 24 Robert Kiernan | Stephen Darby 2 |
| 26 Luke Rooney | Carl McHugh 16 |
| 27 Jordan Chapell | Gary Jones 18 |
| 22 Jack Dyer | Ritchie Jones 8 |
| 9 Justin Richards | Will Atkinson 14 |
| 18 Matthew Paterson | Zavon Hines 20 |
| Substitutions | |
| Jordan Chapell for Cleveland Taylor (74) | Stephen Darby for Luke Oliver (36) |
| Matthew Paterson for Billy Kee (81) | Gary Jones for Alan Connell (37) |
| Carl McHugh for Andrew Davies (46) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Lee Bell (38) | Nathan Doyle (84) |
| Rory McArdle (87) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Richard Ravenhill (32) | |
| · Squads: Burton Albion | Bradford City | |
Calvin Zola snatched a late 1-0 victory for Burton to break the hearts of 10-man Bradford.
The big striker ended stubborn resistance in the 80th minute after City had to battle against the odds following the dismissal of Ricky Ravenhill and the loss of centre-halves Luke Oliver and Andrew Davies to injury.
Visiting skipper Ravenhill was given his marching orders by referee Andy D'Urso in the 32nd minute of an otherwise tepid first half for violent conduct after a clash in the centre circle with Burton midfielder Lee Bell.
The first real chance of the game fell to the visitors in the 40th minute when a James Hanson header was deflected narrowly wide.
Billy Kee should have put Burton in front in added time at the end of the first half but poked a Damien McCrory cross wide.
The Brewers almost made their extra man count in the 55th minute when Jacques Maghoma's shot came back off the crossbar.
Kee then missed an even better chance to break the stalemate when he headed wide from close range in the 78th minute.
But Zola made no mistake when he met McCrory's cross with a dividing header inside the far post.