Gillingham 3 - 0 Bradford AFC: Gillingham put three past Bradford to make it four wins in a row

Posted Sunday, January 03, 2016 by PA

First-half goals from Bradley Dack and Rory Donnelly set high-flying Gillingham on their way to a fourth straight Sky Bet League One victory, a 3-0 win over 10-man Bradford.

The Bantams created chances from numerous dead-ball situations but profligate finishing meant Phil Parkinson's side went on to record their third defeat in four games.

The home side took the lead inside four minutes, Dack finding the bottom left-hand corner from 20 yards, before setting Donnelly up for an exquisite finish from a tight angle seven minutes later.

Gary Liddle and Reece Burke both went close from Tony McMahon set-pieces, and Devante Cole should have converted Kyel Reid's cross but it remained 2-0 until half-time.

Cole had his side's best chance of the second half, spurning another McMahon cross, but substitute Doug Loft compounded Bradford's misery by sweeping in Ryan Jackson's cross in the last minute of normal time.

And Bantams substitute Nathan Clarke was shown a red card in the sixth minute of added time for hauling down Elliott List when he was the last man.