Cheltenham Town supporters put their faith in manager Elliott to deliver victory against Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Cheltenham Town - Forest Green Rovers: League One cellar occupants hungry for points and triumph. Here are all the relevant stats and news before the game!

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (30) in League One

Forest Green Rovers are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

The visiting Forest Green Rovers played their last game only four days ago, a League One match.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have played 21 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-7-7 (wins-draws-losses). Three draws in a row here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium for Cheltenham, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

The home team returns to Jonny-Rocks Stadium after drawing with Milton Keynes Dons (placed 19th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. A painful moment in the game against Milton Keynes Dons was the missed penalty kick from May in the 70th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Midfield player Bonds got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Bonds scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Cheltenham Town hosted Ipswich Town and drew the game 1-1.

The manager Elliott will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Oxford United in only three days.

Cheltenham aren't scoring a lot here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in the league, with only {20 goals} from 21 games. Cheltenham Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Cheltenham has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-7-13 (21 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Forest Green Rovers have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 20 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Rovers delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Fleetwood Town (placed 13th) in their previous fixture. Doohan was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.74. The agile goalkeeper Doohan topped it up with a clean sheet.

A loss against Barnsley was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also met each other earlier this campaign: Forest Green Rovers - Cheltenham Town 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cheltenham Town one win, five draws and Forest Green Rovers four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CheltenhamA. May
A. May
16 goals
Forest Green RoversM. Peart-Harris
M. Peart-Harris
5 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Garrick
J. Garrick
4 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Cheltenham Town Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 5 21 43
12 7 2 Won W 0 1 6
11 7 3 Drew D 3 7 9
19 7 1 Lost L 2 13 28
37 20 4 Scored S 5 15 30
54 24 3 Conceded C 7 42 81
86% 76% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
55% 52% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 79%
40% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 43% 47%
24% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 23%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 9%
36% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 57% 51%
36% 48% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
43% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 43% 42%
 
3.8 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 3.8 4.1
5.1 4.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.3 6.1
2.1 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.1 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.8 12.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 8.2 8.5
3.1 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 2.7 2.8
28% 24% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 26% 25%
 
13.3 12 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14 12.7
3.9 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.3 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (4) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals (30) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (81) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (40) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-51) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 42 27 8 7 73 45 20 17 1 2 38 15 22 10 7 5 35 30 28 89
2 Ipswich Town 42 25 13 4 87 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 20 10 7 3 33 20 54 88
3 Sheffield Wednesday 43 25 12 6 75 36 21 14 6 1 46 15 22 11 6 5 29 21 39 87
4 Barnsley 42 25 7 10 74 38 20 15 1 4 43 19 22 10 6 6 31 19 36 82
5 Peterborough United 43 23 4 16 73 51 21 13 3 5 38 22 22 10 1 11 35 29 22 73
6 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 12 10 56 33 20 12 5 3 29 12 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 72
7 Derby County 43 20 12 11 65 44 21 12 5 4 38 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 21 72
8 Wycombe Wanderers 43 20 8 15 57 44 21 11 5 5 32 19 22 9 3 10 25 25 13 68
9 Portsmouth 43 16 17 10 57 47 21 8 10 3 31 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 10 65
10 Charlton Athletic 43 15 13 15 63 59 21 8 7 6 39 26 22 7 6 9 24 33 4 58
11 Lincoln City 42 12 20 10 42 43 21 6 14 1 21 16 21 6 6 9 21 27 -1 56
12 Shrewsbury Town 42 16 8 18 50 55 21 10 3 8 30 28 21 6 5 10 20 27 -5 56
13 Fleetwood Town 43 13 15 15 50 47 21 6 7 8 22 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 3 54
14 Exeter City 43 14 11 18 60 58 22 9 5 8 33 25 21 5 6 10 27 33 2 53
15 Bristol Rovers 41 14 10 17 55 64 22 6 7 9 25 33 19 8 3 8 30 31 -9 52
16 Burton Albion 41 13 10 18 55 77 21 8 6 7 27 33 20 5 4 11 28 44 -22 49
17 Cheltenham Town 42 12 11 19 37 54 21 7 7 7 20 24 21 5 4 12 17 30 -17 47
18 Port Vale 43 12 10 21 43 65 21 7 5 9 20 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -22 46
19 Milton Keynes Dons 43 11 10 22 40 61 22 4 6 12 16 29 21 7 4 10 24 32 -21 43
20 Oxford United 42 9 14 19 41 52 21 5 5 11 24 29 21 4 9 8 17 23 -11 41
21 Cambridge United 42 11 7 24 36 63 22 8 4 10 22 26 20 3 3 14 14 37 -27 40
22 Morecambe 43 8 14 21 39 71 22 7 8 7 27 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -32 38
23 Accrington Stanley 42 9 11 22 36 73 22 6 5 11 26 37 20 3 6 11 10 36 -37 38
24 Forest Green Rovers 43 6 9 28 30 81 22 5 2 15 15 39 21 1 7 13 15 42 -51 27

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