National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gillingham or Cheltenham Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Cheltenham Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Portsmouth, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cheltenham Town.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Overall League One statistics playing at home this season for Gillingham are 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Accrington Stanley in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. Jamie Cumming, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.62 out of 10 in that game. Cumming stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the home loss against West Ham United U21 with the scoreline 0-2.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 Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost three.
Gillingham have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Gillingham have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.There's been little loot from Cheltenham Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the League One. Cheltenham Town only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Cheltenham has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Portsmouth for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). Defender Lewis Freestone was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Freestone scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sheffield Wednesday in the League One.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cheltenham Town playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were five Cheltenham wins, two draws and three defeats.
Cheltenham find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Cheltenham have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gillingham victories, five draws and two Cheltenham Town wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Oliver 5 goals | D. Lloyd 3 goals |  A. May 3 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Gillingham | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 21 | 38 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 13.9 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 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 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
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