It's the EFL Trophy: Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham Town face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 05.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (1500 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bristol Rovers or Cheltenham Town that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Bristol Rovers nor Cheltenham Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol Rovers was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the EFL Trophy.

Bristol Rovers have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Bristol drew their last game, also a home match. Lincoln City was the opponent, 1-1 the score. The hometeam coach Barton made a successful contribution in the game against Lincoln City, bringing on Grant who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Preceding that match was a League One defeat to Wycombe Wanderers (1-2).

Bristol Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the semi-finals.

The League One season is young and Cheltenham Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

The attacking players of Cheltenham Town have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 542 minutes.

The manager Elliott was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Cheltenham suffered a 0-2 loss to Barnsley. Freestone was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.74. The defender Freestone hit two key passes and won 6 of 15 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Northampton Town before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cheltenham Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Bristol-Cheltenham Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bristol Rovers seven wins, Cheltenham Town one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
2 goals
Bristol RoversJ. Grant
J. Grant
1 goals
Bristol RoversL. McCormick
L. McCormick
1 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
9 2   Won W   5 8
6 4   Drew D   2 8
10 5   Lost L   4 9
35 10   Scored S   20 35
28 14   Conceded C   13 32
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 88%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
36% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 52%
12% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 36%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
44% 55%   BTTS BTTS   27% 40%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 28%
32% 27%   Failed to Score F T   45% 44%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.3
5.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 5.4
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.3 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 11.7
4.3 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 4.5
32% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
11.4 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 13.4
3.8 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 West Ham United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 6 4 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 6 1 6 13
2 Bolton Wanderers 6 4 1 1 12 7 4 3 0 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 13
3 Stevenage 6 4 1 1 8 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 13
4 Port Vale 6 4 1 1 7 10 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 10 -3 13
5 Portsmouth 6 3 3 0 9 2 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 7 12
6 Oxford United 6 4 0 2 9 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 12
7 Lincoln City 6 3 2 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 11
8 Barnsley 6 3 1 2 14 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 10
9 Wycombe Wanderers 6 3 1 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 2 0 1 3 4 -3 10
10 Derby County 6 3 0 3 11 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 8 4 3 9
11 Cambridge United 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
12 Blackpool 6 2 3 1 4 4 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 9
13 Peterborough United 6 3 0 3 8 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 -1 9
14 Shrewsbury Town 6 3 0 3 4 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 -2 9
15 Northampton Town 6 2 1 3 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 7
16 Charlton Athletic 6 2 0 4 7 9 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 6
17 Bristol Rovers 6 1 3 2 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 6
18 Reading 5 2 0 3 4 4 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 5
19 Carlisle United 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 5
20 Leyton Orient 6 1 1 4 4 11 3 1 0 2 2 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 4
21 Wigan Athletic 6 3 1 2 10 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 8 4 3 2
22 Burton Albion 6 0 2 4 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -7 2
23 Fleetwood Town 6 0 1 5 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 1 3 3 7 -7 1
24 Cheltenham Town 6 0 1 5 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 -8 1

Cheltenham Town:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 West Ham United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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