League One: Cheltenham Town - Gillingham pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Cheltenham Town have 54 points playing as the hosting team. Gillingham have claimed 38 points being the away side. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League One

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have collected 36 points from their League One home games so far after 10-6-5. There’s a good atmosphere here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium after three straight home wins.

Cheltenham Town's last game was hosting Portsmouth (placed 11th) and winning 1-0. Wright (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Wright served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

4-4 away at Accrington Stanley before that.

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 Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost two.

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

Cheltenham Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 30 goals in 21 games. On the other hand, Cheltenham Town have conceded 26 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham have only collected 19 points from their away games in the League One, after 4-7-10 (21 played).

Gillingham's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wycombe Wanderers that finished 1-1.

A 0-1 defeat away at Sunderland before that.

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

A new game in only three days for Gillingham, the League One home match versus Fleetwood Town. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gillingham as they have only managed to score 19 times from 21 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Gillingham have conceded 28 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met before this season: Gillingham - Cheltenham Town 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cheltenham Town victories, four draws and three Gillingham wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
21 goals
GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
9 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Wright
C. Wright
8 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 6 21 42
13 10 4 Won W 2 4 8
15 6 2 Drew D 1 7 14
14 5 1 Lost L 3 10 20
61 30 16 Scored S 7 19 32
71 26 7 Conceded C 7 28 62
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 88%
86% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 67%
55% 52% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 31%
43% 33% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 14% 17%
17% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
64% 57% 71% BTTS BTTS 50% 52% 45%
19% 29% 29% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 26%
21% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 40%
 
4.6 5.5 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 4.5
5.4 5.4 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 5
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
12 12.8 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.5 10.3
4.4 3.9 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.6 3
33% 37% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 35% 25%
 
12.7 11.3 8.9 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 17.2 15
4.4 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.8 4.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League One

  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 40 26 8 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 19 13 4 2 39 17 37 86
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 40 24 8 8 64 26 21 13 3 5 40 21 19 11 5 3 24 5 38 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 21 9 6 6 35 26 27 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 14 2 4 40 15 21 7 8 6 29 34 20 73
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 20 73
8 Oxford United 42 20 9 13 76 54 21 12 5 4 45 26 21 8 4 9 31 28 22 69
9 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
10 Bolton Wanderers 42 17 10 15 63 52 21 10 7 4 38 23 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 61
11 Portsmouth 40 16 12 12 54 41 19 10 5 4 34 20 21 6 7 8 20 21 13 60
12 Cheltenham Town 42 13 15 14 61 71 21 10 6 5 30 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 54
13 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
14 Accrington Stanley 42 15 9 18 54 73 21 11 5 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 54
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 21 6 4 11 21 27 -3 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 13 17 42 40 21 9 6 6 27 19 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 49
17 Burton Albion 41 13 9 19 48 63 20 9 5 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 48
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 5 5 11 20 28 21 7 5 9 27 29 -10 46
19 Fleetwood Town 41 8 14 19 55 71 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 3 7 11 27 41 -16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 21 7 7 7 32 33 21 2 4 15 21 49 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 21 4 7 10 13 34 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 21 2 13 6 23 29 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 6 27 30 76 21 6 3 12 17 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -46 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 42 6 7 29 32 78 21 4 4 13 18 38 21 2 3 16 14 40 -46 25

Cheltenham Town:
England:
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 Wigan Athletic 40 26 8 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 19 13 4 2 39 17 37 86
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 40 24 8 8 64 26 21 13 3 5 40 21 19 11 5 3 24 5 38 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 21 9 6 6 35 26 27 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 14 2 4 40 15 21 7 8 6 29 34 20 73
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 20 73
8 Oxford United 42 20 9 13 76 54 21 12 5 4 45 26 21 8 4 9 31 28 22 69
9 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
10 Bolton Wanderers 42 17 10 15 63 52 21 10 7 4 38 23 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 61
11 Portsmouth 40 16 12 12 54 41 19 10 5 4 34 20 21 6 7 8 20 21 13 60
12 Cheltenham Town 42 13 15 14 61 71 21 10 6 5 30 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 54
13 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
14 Accrington Stanley 42 15 9 18 54 73 21 11 5 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 54
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 21 6 4 11 21 27 -3 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 13 17 42 40 21 9 6 6 27 19 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 49
17 Burton Albion 41 13 9 19 48 63 20 9 5 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 48
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 5 5 11 20 28 21 7 5 9 27 29 -10 46
19 Fleetwood Town 41 8 14 19 55 71 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 3 7 11 27 41 -16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 21 7 7 7 32 33 21 2 4 15 21 49 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 21 4 7 10 13 34 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 21 2 13 6 23 29 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 6 27 30 76 21 6 3 12 17 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -46 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 42 6 7 29 32 78 21 4 4 13 18 38 21 2 3 16 14 40 -46 25

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