Catching up with the top teams is at stake when these mid-table teams meet. Both will be trying to better their league status, Cheltenham Town in 14th and Morecambe in 16th position.
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Cheltenham nor Morecambe 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
Overall League One statistics at home this season for Cheltenham Town are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Cheltenham's last game was hosting Accrington Stanley (placed 11th) and winning 1-0. Scott Flinders, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.62 out of 10 in that game. Flinders stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Cheltenham hosted Exeter City (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) and drew the EFL Trophy game 2-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cheltenham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cheltenham as they are travelling to their away game against Doncaster Rovers in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
The Cheltenham Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Morecambe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Morecambe have lost on their last two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Morecambe, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Burton Albion (placed 8th). Anthony O'Connor, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. O'Connor served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match was the EFL Trophy away draw versus Hartlepool United (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) that ended 2-2.Morecambe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
A new game in only four days for Morecambe, the League One home match versus Plymouth Argyle. Busy days.
Morecambe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Morecambe have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cheltenham victories, two draws and four Morecambe wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Stockton 10 goals |  A. Phillips 4 goals |  C. Wright 3 goals |
Cheltenham Town missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Cheltenham Town | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 58% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 58% |
| 17% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.8 | 9.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 56% |
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in League One
- Morecambe 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 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Burton Albion | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
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