Bradford City vs Luton Town; Sky Bet League One
Bradford City vs Luton Town. Sky Bet League One.
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Bradford 2-1 Luton
Saturday 16 August 2025 22:04, UK
Bradford inflicted Luton's first defeat in League One with an impressive display in a 2-1 victory at the University of Bradford Stadium.
Goals from Stephen Humphrys and Bobby Pointon guided the Bantams to a second successive home victory on their return to the third tier.
Humphrys had two decent attempts before putting Bradford ahead.
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He fired an early shot past the far post and had a flick header clawed away by Josh Keeley.
But Luton fell behind after 34 minutes when Antoni Sarcevic reacted quickest to a deflected Curtis Tilt pass and laid the ball back from the byline for Humphrys to tap home.
Bradford doubled their lead early in the second half when Bobby Pointon finished from Josh Neufville's cross.
Luton had won their two previous games but could not find a way back. Skipper Kal Naismith's free-kick was beaten out by home keeper Sam Walker.
Bradford should have had a third when Will Swan and Tyreik Wright broke clear but Wright's shot was saved by Keeley from six yards out.
Luton pulled one back through Gideon Kodua's header but Walker made a late save to secure the victory.
After the game, West Yorkshire Police confirmed a Luton supporter was removed from the ground and arrested after being spotted allegedly making racist gestures towards a Bradford player.
The incident happened shortly before half-time. The 51-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of behaving in a threatening, abusive or disorderly manner likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Luton said in a statement: "As a club we condemn racism and discrimination in all forms. This behaviour has no place in society and it has absolutely no place at Luton. Ever.
"We stand by any player who suffers at the hands of such abuse. It needs to stop.
"As a club we will now fully support the ongoing police investigation."
A Bradford statement read: "Bradford strongly condemns racism and discrimination in all forms. We have a zero-tolerance policy to such unacceptable behaviour."