United's reserves lost 2-0 at home to their Bradford City counterparts on Tuesday afternoon.

Dean Furman opened the scoring of a tame affair on 68 minutes when he coolly chipped Iron stopper Josh Lillis.

They then doubled their advantage six minutes later when Simon Ainge capitalised on Josh Lillis' fumble to tap in.

Scunthorpe had chances, but lacked the swagger shown against York City in an 8-0 victory three weeks earlier.

Andy Crosby and Joe Wilcox played the full 90 minutes as they returned from the knee problem which had ruled them out of pre-season.

Jonathan Forte fizzed a couple of efforts wide in the first-half, as both sides struggled to create any clear-cut chances.

Lillis tipped an effort from Ryan Newton over the crossbar just before the visitors took the lead.

At 1-0, Michael Lea flashed a left-footed drive wide of the bottom left-hand post.

Forte had a goal disallowed after Joe Maguire's excellent throughball.

He then struck an effort over the crossbar after May had advanced down the left wing and played him in.