Exeter City - Bradford City There will be a lot of tension in this replay of the first round of the FA Cup between Exeter City and Bradford City, as this is technically the third replay. After the first match ended 1-1, the rematch at St. James Park was won 3-0 by Exeter, but used more than the allowed number of five substitutes and the FA ordered the match to be repeated. Both teams are in League Two with Exeter third in the standings and Bradford 16th. The beauty of the FA Cup is that the league places do not matter in a Cup that is famous for upsets. Exeter has a great home record and is unbeaten in its last eight home games in all competitions. Their last home defeat was in the EFL Trophy Cup by Chelsea U21.
Bradford City can be considered lucky as they lost completely in the extension of the rematch which has now been declared invalid. They lost that match 3-0 in overtime, but were given a lifeline after Exeter put in six substitutes. Bradford have a bad away record having only twice in their last nine away games. They will take courage from the fact that they led Exeter to two draws, showing that they are capable of overthrowing their opponents in League Two. Bradford have just one win in their last seven games with five of those games ending in a draw.
The last match was declared invalid, but I believe that Exeter will win qualifying for this match at odds of 1,70 by Stoiximan.
