Brett Pitman scored his 20th league goal of the season as Bournemouth beat Bradford 1-0 in League Two.
Cherries stay in top three after victory
Brett Pitman scored his 20th league goal of the season as Bournemouth kept up their push for automatic promotion to League One with a 1-0 win over Bradford.
Pitman struck four minutes before half time when he was allowed time and space on the edge of the area to curl a left-footed shot past Bradford goalkeeper Matt Glennon.
The Bournemouth striker's goal was the only real chance of an even first half with both sides cancelling each other out.
Only a tame right-footed shot by Bradford's Ryan Kendall called Bournemouth's Shwan Jalal into action while his opposite number Glennon was more than equal to Pitman's 40 yard free-kick.
In a rare Bradford attack, Gareth Evans almost levelled on the hour. Gavin Grant's through ball played in the striker only for his shot to come back off the crossbar.
Pitman had a chance to seal the win 20 minutes from time but his point-blank shot was well kept out by Glennon.
Zesh Rehman then cleared Liam Feeney's shot off the line but one goal was enough for the home side.
