Football betting guide: Peterborough United favourites when Cheltenham Town arrive

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Road Stadium (15314 seats)

Peterborough United are expected winners of this home fixture versus Cheltenham Town, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (26) in League One

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Peterborough United and Cheltenham Town.

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Peterborough United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at London Road Stadium as Peterborough United have scored 33 goals to get 35 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the League One are 11-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Peterborough's last game was hosting Shrewsbury Town (placed 9th) and winning 2-1. Midfield player Ward got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Ward served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sheffield Wednesday.

It should be noted that a look at the 12 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Peterborough United as they are travelling to their away game against Burton Albion in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

The Peterborough fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 17 league matches. Peterborough United have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cheltenham Town so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-11 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cheltenham Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Cheltenham have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Luke Southwood. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

There were no winners in Cheltenham Town's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Lincoln City (placed 11th). Taylor was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Taylor won 10 of 17 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Fleetwood Town.

Stats flash: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this side have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cheltenham as they have only managed to score 12 times from 18 away games in the league. Cheltenham Town have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Peterborough United and Cheltenham Town have played each other before this season: Cheltenham Town - Peterborough United 2-3. Last seven meetings between these participants: Peterborough won four, Cheltenham Town were winners in two and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
19 goals
Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
10 goals
Peterborough UnitedJ. Taylor
J. Taylor
5 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Peterborough United Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 18 35
17 11 5 Won W 0 4 10
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
14 4 0 Lost L 5 11 18
55 33 14 Scored S 3 12 26
42 18 3 Conceded C 12 26 46
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 86%
79% 82% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 49%
59% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 39% 37%
26% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 20%
18% 18% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 11%
47% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 31%
29% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 37%
26% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 46%
 
5.9 6.7 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3 3.8
4.3 3.9 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.3 5.1
1.4 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14 16.3 18.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.5 10.4
4.5 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 1.9 2.7
36% 38% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 27%
 
10.1 8.7 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 14.8 13
3.3 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (26) in League One
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Peterborough United have scored more than double the goals of Cheltenham Town.

  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 33 22 8 3 60 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 38 74
2 Plymouth Argyle 35 22 8 5 63 38 18 16 1 1 36 13 17 6 7 4 27 25 25 74
3 Ipswich Town 35 19 12 4 68 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 37 69
4 Barnsley 33 19 6 8 52 29 16 11 1 4 29 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 23 63
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 18 9 9 51 28 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 6 5 7 23 19 23 63
6 Derby County 35 17 10 8 56 33 18 12 4 2 37 14 17 5 6 6 19 19 23 61
7 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 6 11 47 32 18 10 4 4 28 16 16 7 2 7 19 16 15 57
8 Peterborough United 34 17 3 14 55 42 17 11 2 4 33 18 17 6 1 10 22 24 13 54
9 Shrewsbury Town 35 15 7 13 44 38 17 9 2 6 25 21 18 6 5 7 19 17 6 52
10 Portsmouth 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 8 2 28 17 17 6 4 7 18 23 6 51
11 Lincoln City 34 9 18 7 32 33 17 4 13 0 16 11 17 5 5 7 16 22 -1 45
12 Exeter City 34 11 10 13 45 44 16 6 5 5 22 19 18 5 5 8 23 25 1 43
13 Port Vale 35 12 7 16 35 49 18 7 4 7 18 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -14 43
14 Fleetwood Town 35 10 12 13 36 37 17 5 5 7 16 17 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 42
15 Bristol Rovers 34 11 9 14 47 55 17 5 6 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 42
16 Charlton Athletic 34 10 11 13 45 46 17 6 5 6 28 22 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 41
17 Cheltenham Town 35 10 7 18 26 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 18 4 3 11 12 26 -20 37
18 Oxford United 35 9 9 17 36 45 17 5 3 9 20 23 18 4 6 8 16 22 -9 36
19 Burton Albion 33 9 8 16 40 62 16 5 5 6 17 23 17 4 3 10 23 39 -22 35
20 Accrington Stanley 33 8 10 15 28 51 16 5 5 6 19 24 17 3 5 9 9 27 -23 34
21 Morecambe 35 7 12 16 34 54 18 6 7 5 23 21 17 1 5 11 11 33 -20 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 35 8 6 21 31 54 17 2 4 11 11 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -23 30
23 Cambridge United 35 8 6 21 27 56 18 6 4 8 16 21 17 2 2 13 11 35 -29 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 35 5 8 22 27 66 17 4 1 12 12 29 18 1 7 10 15 37 -39 23

Cheltenham Town:
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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 Sheffield Wednesday 33 22 8 3 60 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 38 74
2 Plymouth Argyle 35 22 8 5 63 38 18 16 1 1 36 13 17 6 7 4 27 25 25 74
3 Ipswich Town 35 19 12 4 68 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 37 69
4 Barnsley 33 19 6 8 52 29 16 11 1 4 29 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 23 63
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 18 9 9 51 28 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 6 5 7 23 19 23 63
6 Derby County 35 17 10 8 56 33 18 12 4 2 37 14 17 5 6 6 19 19 23 61
7 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 6 11 47 32 18 10 4 4 28 16 16 7 2 7 19 16 15 57
8 Peterborough United 34 17 3 14 55 42 17 11 2 4 33 18 17 6 1 10 22 24 13 54
9 Shrewsbury Town 35 15 7 13 44 38 17 9 2 6 25 21 18 6 5 7 19 17 6 52
10 Portsmouth 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 8 2 28 17 17 6 4 7 18 23 6 51
11 Lincoln City 34 9 18 7 32 33 17 4 13 0 16 11 17 5 5 7 16 22 -1 45
12 Exeter City 34 11 10 13 45 44 16 6 5 5 22 19 18 5 5 8 23 25 1 43
13 Port Vale 35 12 7 16 35 49 18 7 4 7 18 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -14 43
14 Fleetwood Town 35 10 12 13 36 37 17 5 5 7 16 17 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 42
15 Bristol Rovers 34 11 9 14 47 55 17 5 6 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 42
16 Charlton Athletic 34 10 11 13 45 46 17 6 5 6 28 22 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 41
17 Cheltenham Town 35 10 7 18 26 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 18 4 3 11 12 26 -20 37
18 Oxford United 35 9 9 17 36 45 17 5 3 9 20 23 18 4 6 8 16 22 -9 36
19 Burton Albion 33 9 8 16 40 62 16 5 5 6 17 23 17 4 3 10 23 39 -22 35
20 Accrington Stanley 33 8 10 15 28 51 16 5 5 6 19 24 17 3 5 9 9 27 -23 34
21 Morecambe 35 7 12 16 34 54 18 6 7 5 23 21 17 1 5 11 11 33 -20 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 35 8 6 21 31 54 17 2 4 11 11 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -23 30
23 Cambridge United 35 8 6 21 27 56 18 6 4 8 16 21 17 2 2 13 11 35 -29 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 35 5 8 22 27 66 17 4 1 12 12 29 18 1 7 10 15 37 -39 23

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