Bradford City 0-2 Charlton Athletic

Charlton spoiled new head coach David Hopkin's first home match in charge of Bradford with an impressive victory at Valley Parade.

To complete a miserable afternoon for the Bradford boss, both he and one of his assistants, Greg Abbott, were booked by referee Jeremy Simpson during a frantic second half as the Bantams tried in vain to force an equaliser.

It was Bradford's fourth defeat in a row - a result that sees them slip into the relegation zone.

Charlton went ahead in the third minute when the home defence failed to cut out Lewis Page's long ball into the inside channel for striker Karlan Ahearne-Grant to latch on to before slotting home a cool finish.

Bradford dominated the start of the second half and had a claim for a penalty when defender Jason Pearce appeared to pull back Ryan McGowan, but the referee turned down their appeals - a decision that led to Hopkin being booked for protesting.

However, Charlton put the result beyond doubt when Lyle Taylor doubled their advantage with a superb angled effort into the far corner.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
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Line-ups

Bradford

• 1O'Donnell
• 4McGowanBooked at 12mins
• 6O'Connor
• 22Knight-PercivalBooked at 71mins
• 7ScannellSubstituted forGibsonat 83'minutes
• 39O'Brien
• 5O'BrienSubstituted forIsherwoodat 88'minutes
• 23Wood
• 10Payne
• 9Doyle
• 40BallSubstituted forBrunkerat 74'minutes

Substitutes

• 12Miller
• 17Dandery Seedorf
• 18Brunker
• 25Isherwood
• 27Gibson
• 31Sykes-Kenworthy
• 37Goldthorp

Charlton

• 21Steer
• 5Bauer
• 6Pearce
• 16WardSubstituted forVetokeleat 75'minutes
• 20SollyBooked at 70mins
• 17AriboBooked at 57mins
• 24Cullen
• 3PageBooked at 73mins
• 18Ahearne-GrantBooked at 26minsSubstituted forSarrat 90'minutes
• 9Taylor
• 12ReevesSubstituted forLapslieat 65'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Phillips
• 2Dijksteel
• 7Marshall
• 14Vetokele
• 19Morgan
• 23Sarr
• 32Lapslie

Referee:

Jeremy Simpson

Attendance:

15,709

Match Stats

Home TeamBradfordAway TeamCharlton

Possession

Home47%

Away53%

Shots

Home10

Away9

Shots on Target

Home1

Away3

Corners

Home6

Away1

Fouls

Home17

Away18

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Bradford City 0, Charlton Athletic 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Bradford City 0, Charlton Athletic 2.

Posted at 90'+5'

Anthony O'Connor (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Thomas Isherwood (Bradford City).

Posted at 90'+2'

George Lapslie (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Thomas Isherwood (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Igor Vetokele (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.

Substitution

Posted at 90'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Naby Sarr replaces Karlan Ahearne-Grant.

Posted at 89'

Anthony O'Connor (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic).

Substitution

Posted at 88'

Substitution, Bradford City. Thomas Isherwood replaces Jim O'Brien.

Posted at 87'

Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 84'

Foul by Kai Brunker (Bradford City).

Posted at 84'

Lewis Page (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 84'

Jim O'Brien (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Josh Cullen (Charlton Athletic).

Substitution

Posted at 83'

Substitution, Bradford City. Jordan Gibson replaces Sean Scannell.

Posted at 82'

Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Kai Brunker (Bradford City).

Goal!

Posted at 81'

Goal! Bradford City 0, Charlton Athletic 2. Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Karlan Ahearne-Grant.

Posted at 80'

Attempt saved. Igor Vetokele (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Ryan McGowan (Bradford City).

Posted at 79'

Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Ryan McGowan (Bradford City).

Posted at 78'

Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Jim O'Brien (Bradford City).

Posted at 76'

Joe Aribo (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Igor Vetokele replaces Jamie Ward.

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Jim O'Brien (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Bradford City. Kai Brunker replaces David Ball.

Booking

Posted at 73'

Lewis Page (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 73'

Jim O'Brien (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Lewis Page (Charlton Athletic).

Booking

Posted at 71'

Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City).

Posted at 71'

Josh Cullen (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 70'

Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 70'

Connor Wood (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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