Gillingham v Bradford City preview: Manager John Coleman looks ahead to League 2 meeting at Priestfield Stadium

Gillingham boss John Coleman sees no reason his team should fear In-form visitors Bradford City.

The Bantams head to Priestfield with four straight wins in League 2 behind them, losing just once since Christmas as they’ve propelled themselves into the automatic promotion places.

In contrast, the Gills have only won one in 11 under Coleman, the solitary victory last weekend ending a run of 13 without success for the team. If form’s the guide for the game on Saturday then Bradford can expect another three points but that shouldn’t be the case says the Gillingham boss.

Coleman, whose side have shown signs of improvement, without picking up the wins, said: “We've got to go into that game believing we're going to win. You've got more chance of winning when you do that than if you think, ‘I hope we can compete’.

“We're Gillingham Football Club, playing at home, in front of a big crowd who will be very supportive and very keen for us to win. We've got to do the next step and win, basically.

“We'll respect what they've got to offer. We know what they've got to offer is a lot. But if we get it right, we can offer a lot as well.

“I don't want to just hope. Hope doesn't come into the equation. We've got to raise our game. We've got to take it to the next level and the next level is winning games.

“You don't want to be the plucky underdog who goes ‘put ‘em up, put ‘em up’ and gets knocked out. We don't want to be that, we don't want to be an underdog.

“There's no reason why we should be fearing Bradford coming to Priestfield. No way on earth should that faze us in any way, shape or form.

“Gillingham are a big club. We've got to start acting like a big club on the pitch.”

Coleman’s first win as Gills boss came last weekend against