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1¹	HUMPHRYS fired the ball through a ruck of players but #1 was a match for it as he dived to his left.
4¹	HUMPHRYS shot wide.
7¹	HUMPHRYS booked.
8¹	A twenty-five yard shot from #8 caused the Bradford City 'keeper no problem.
11¹	A perfect shot from SARCEVIC was dealt with by a useful block from the Macclesfield FC 'keeper.
17¹	GOAL!! A shot from DECORDOVA-REID flew through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted Macclesfield FC 'keeper. (1-0 Bradford City)
18¹	A header by #2 at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
20¹	A tame shot from HUMPHRYS trickled agonisingly wide.
26¹	GOAL!! After some steady play on the right ANDERSEN came inside and flicked the ball into the net. (2-0 Bradford City)
30¹	A mix up in the Bradford City defence enabled #7 to hammer the ball over.
33¹	A free-kick from ANDERSEN went inches over.
35¹	A shot from HUMPHRYS was smothered by the 'keeper.
42¹	GOAL!! A swerving inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by BASTOS. (3-0 Bradford City)
44¹	#9 booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
7²	#9 headed over.
10²	JOÃO PEDRO beat #5 and drove the ball to AÏT-NOURI who dragged his shot wide.
25²	GOAL!! With his back to goal BASTOS swivelled and rifled the ball past the 'keeper. (4-0 Bradford City)
28²	The hapless Macclesfield FC 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from #5 dropped just wide.
29²	#5 beat two Bradford City players and blasted a shot over.
34²	A great effort from GERARD scraped the upright.
37²	ANDERSEN ran onto a delightful ball from SWAN but dragged his shot wide.
41²	GERARD booked for arguing with the referee.

Macclesfield FC

League position:

Home league form:

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Overall league form:

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Formation:

4-4-2

Line-ups

#1	4½	1	6	Sam WALKER
#2	6	2	8	Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
^(c)#3	7	3	6½	Rayan AÏT-NOURI
#4	6½	4	8	Antoni SARCEVIC
#5	6½	5	8	Joachim ANDERSEN
#6	6½	6	7½	BASTOS^(c)
#7	6	7	7	JOÃO PEDRO Maturano
#8	7	8	7	Bobby POINTON
^(p)#9	6½	9	7	Stephen HUMPHRYS^(p)
^(f)#10	6½	10	5½	Will SWAN^(f)
#11	5½	11	6½	GERARD Moreno
	Manager
#12		12		Ciarán KELLY
#13		13		Jökull ANDRÉSSON
#14		14		Tyler SMITH
#15		15		Tyreik WRIGHT
#16		16	6	Aden BALDWIN

Bradford City

League position:

Away league form:

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Overall league form:

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Formation:

4-3-3

Bradford City go through to the next round

Statistics

Macclesfield FC 0 Bradford City 4

(Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 4,199, Stadium: Moss Rose, Referee: Roger Freestone 7½)

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Decordova-Reid 17¹, Andersen 26¹, Bastos 42¹, Bastos 25²

João PedroóBaldwin 34²

Humphrys 7¹, Gerard 41²

47%

53%

¶ Man of the match: Antoni Sarcevic ¶