Open game expected at Jonny-Rocks Stadium: Cheltenham Town vs Fleetwood Town preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Cheltenham Town believe to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been back-breaking so far with 33 points and a 19th position in the League One table. Guests Fleetwood Town hold 11th place with 42 pts.

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (25) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Cheltenham Town nor Fleetwood 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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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have played 15 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-7 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cheltenham Town to get some points in this home game.

Cheltenham haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 281 minutes ago. Olayinka scored that one.

Cheltenham Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Derby County (0-2). Defender Long got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.64/10. Long won 6 of 14 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Portsmouth.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cheltenham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cheltenham Town as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Lincoln City are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cheltenham Town here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cheltenham have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

5 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Fleetwood Town playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Fleetwood Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jay Lynch. It's been 405 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

Two away games in a row for Fleetwood Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Burnley in the FA Cup.

Before that, Fleetwood secured a home win against Morecambe with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Fleetwood Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Fleetwood Town, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Fleetwood Town have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a League One game vs Wycombe Wanderers. A back-breaking calendar for the guests!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fleetwood have scored 20 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Fleetwood Town have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fleetwood Town - Cheltenham Town 0-0 was the product when these two participants previously did battle, some time ago this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Cheltenham Town victories, three draws and two Fleetwood Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CheltenhamA. May
A. May
9 goals
Fleetwood TownS. Rooney
S. Rooney
6 goals
Fleetwood TownC. Gomes
C. Gomes
6 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Cheltenham Town Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 15 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 5 1 Won W 2 5 10
6 3 1 Drew D 2 7 12
18 7 2 Lost L 0 4 11
25 13 3 Scored S 5 20 36
46 20 6 Conceded C 3 17 34
88% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
52% 53% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 67%
39% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 42%
21% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 9%
12% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
33% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 58%
33% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 30%
45% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 21%
 
3.7 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 4.8
5.2 3.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 5.6
2.2 1.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.3 12.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.3 11.2
2.7 3.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.8 3
28% 23% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 36%
 
13.2 11.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 13.2 12.6
3.9 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 3.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (25) in League One
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 32 21 8 3 59 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 37 71
2 Plymouth Argyle 33 20 8 5 59 37 16 14 1 1 32 12 17 6 7 4 27 25 22 68
3 Ipswich Town 33 17 12 4 61 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 30 63
4 Bolton Wanderers 35 18 8 9 51 28 18 12 4 2 28 9 17 6 4 7 23 19 23 62
5 Derby County 33 17 9 7 53 29 17 12 3 2 35 12 16 5 6 5 18 17 24 60
6 Barnsley 31 18 5 8 49 28 15 10 1 4 26 15 16 8 4 4 23 13 21 59
7 Wycombe Wanderers 32 16 5 11 44 31 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 7 2 7 19 16 13 53
8 Peterborough United 32 16 3 13 53 40 16 10 2 4 31 17 16 6 1 9 22 23 13 51
9 Shrewsbury Town 33 15 6 12 41 34 17 9 2 6 25 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 7 51
10 Portsmouth 32 12 12 8 44 37 17 7 8 2 28 17 15 5 4 6 16 20 7 48
11 Fleetwood Town 33 10 12 11 36 34 17 5 5 7 16 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 2 42
12 Exeter City 33 11 9 13 44 43 16 6 5 5 22 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 1 42
13 Charlton Athletic 33 10 11 12 45 44 17 6 5 6 28 22 16 4 6 6 17 22 1 41
14 Lincoln City 32 8 17 7 31 33 16 3 13 0 15 11 16 5 4 7 16 22 -2 41
15 Bristol Rovers 33 11 8 14 47 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 41
16 Port Vale 34 11 7 16 34 49 17 6 4 7 17 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 40
17 Oxford United 34 9 9 16 36 44 17 5 3 9 20 23 17 4 6 7 16 21 -8 36
18 Burton Albion 32 9 8 15 40 58 16 5 5 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 35
19 Cheltenham Town 33 9 6 18 25 46 15 5 3 7 13 20 18 4 3 11 12 26 -21 33
20 Morecambe 33 7 10 16 33 53 17 6 6 5 23 21 16 1 4 11 10 32 -20 31
21 Accrington Stanley 31 7 10 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 16 3 5 8 9 24 -21 31
22 Milton Keynes Dons 34 8 6 20 31 53 17 2 4 11 11 25 17 6 2 9 20 28 -22 30
23 Cambridge United 33 8 5 20 26 54 16 6 3 7 15 19 17 2 2 13 11 35 -28 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 34 5 8 21 26 64 17 4 1 12 12 29 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 23

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.