Here's every single thing you should know, and then some, about the Cheltenham Town - Bristol Rovers match!
- Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Bristol Rovers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Milton Keynes Dons. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Cheltenham Town have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games. Cheltenham Town has recorded two wins in a row here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Cheltenham are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Sheffield Wednesday. Southwood had a busy but productive day in the Sheffield Wednesday match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Taylor, defender, was given a rating of 7.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Taylor won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Cheltenham Town won a home game hosting Bolton Wanderers (1-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Cheltenham Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cheltenham Town as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Cheltenham Town has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus West Ham United U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium.
The Cheltenham Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Bristol Rovers have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season.
Bristol play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Milton Keynes Dons (placed 22nd). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Barton when Evans scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute. Midfield player Coutts was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Coutts hit six key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Before that, Bristol Rovers secured a home win against Cambridge United with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Bristol Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Bristol Rovers, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Swindon Town in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bristol have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. As for defending, Bristol Rovers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cheltenham victories, two draws and six Bristol Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Collins 6 goals | R. Loft 4 goals |  A. May 3 goals |
Cheltenham Town missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Cheltenham Town | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 77% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 3.6 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 11.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.7 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 47% | 37% |
| 13.2 | 11.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.5 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Derby County | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 11 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 7 |
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