Harambee Stars winger’s future at Bradford looks bleak as he stays on the bench four games in a row

Clarke Oduor’s future at Bradford City is looking bleak despite joining in the summer after he remained on the bench for a fourth match in a row as the Bantams scrapped to a rare win against Accrington Stanley on Saturday.

It was their first win under new boss Graham Alexander to end a run of four consecutive league losses.

Tyler Smith scored a well-taken goal in the second half at Valley Parade - his sixth in six games.

The first half was a cagey affair with few incidents of note as the sides cancelled each other out.

The best moment fell for Accrington after 16 minutes when Korede Adedoyin got in behind marker Matty Platt but his shot was blocked at the near post by Harry Lewis.

Bradford got into some promising positions without threatening the Accrington goal.

Jamie Walker should have done better when Andy Cook chested Ciaran Kelly's long pass into his path but fired well wide.

Centre-half Ash Taylor also should have hit the target with his header from Richie Smallwood's free-kick early in the second half.

But Bradford broke the deadlock after 58 minutes when Kelly's long pass picked out Smith to clip the ball over keeper Jon McCracken after Andy Cook had let the ball run through.

Oduor will be wondering what the future for him at the club looks like. Although he has scored a goal and registered three assists in all competitions since arriving, the Leeds United academy graduate has been used sparingly since the departure of Mark Hughes.

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