Cheltenham Town are opening their away dressing room to Milton Keynes Dons for another very important game following their 1-0 result versus 24th-placed Morecambe.
- Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest points from losing position (0) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Cheltenham Town nor Milton Keynes Dons as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Cheltenham Town have to build on here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in the League One. When Cheltenham Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town and Cheltenham Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Cheltenham's last game was hosting Morecambe (placed 24th) and winning 1-0. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without. Midfielder Sercombe was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.44 (out of ten) in that game. Sercombe hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Burton Albion.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 11 games. Cheltenham Town has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Cheltenham Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cheltenham Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. When Milton Keynes Dons is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Morecambe, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town is teams we like to compare Cheltenham Town with.
Keynes play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Charlton Athletic (placed 8th). Those three points felt nice as this team had gone five league fixtures without victory. Lewington was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Lewington hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Wycombe Wanderers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Milton Keynes Dons in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Milton Keynes Dons, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Milton Keynes Dons are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Keynes have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. When Milton Keynes Dons is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Morecambe, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons, Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings featuring these squads: Cheltenham Town won two, Milton Keynes Dons triumphed in five and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Grigg 5 goals |   A. May 3 goals |  D. Nlundulu 3 goals |
Cheltenham Town missing players
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
| Cheltenham Town | Milton Keynes Dons | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 20% |
| 13% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 40% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 13% |
| 40% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 3.6 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 12.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 32% | 27% |
| 12.1 | 9.9 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
- 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.
- Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest points from losing position (0) in League One
- Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Barnsley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Derby County | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 16 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 13 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 13 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 11 |
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