Niall Canavan to miss out again as Bradford face Barrow

Posted Friday, September 17, 2021 by PA

Bradford will again be without captain Niall Canavan for the Sky Bet League Two clash against Barrow.

A muscle injury forced Canavan to miss last weekend’s 1-0 loss to Salford, in which Matty Lund scored a last-minute winner for the hosts.

Derek Adams could stick with the same starting line-up despite that late goal, though striker Theo Robinson is still pushing for a full debut.

Forward Lee Angol and winger Abo Eisa are both long-term absentees.

Barrow boss Mark Cooper has headaches in defence after James Jones picked up two late yellow cards in last weekend’s 3-2 home defeat to Colchester.

With captain Mark Ellis serving the final game of his own three-match ban for his dismissal against Bristol Rovers, Jones’ ban leaves Cooper needing to “be creative” at the back.

Dimitri Sea returned from a month out with a hamstring problem to feature as a second-half substitute last weekend, but Cooper remains without a number of players through injury.

Tom Beadling (knee), Connor Brown (groin), Jamie Devitt (thigh), Luke James (foot), Mike Jones (Achilles), Kgosi Ntlhe (knee) and Matt Platt (back) are all sidelined.