Can Cheltenham Town defeat Portsmouth in Jonny-Rocks Stadium clash?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Cheltenham Town and Portsmouth have delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf expression. Both reside in mid-table positions in the League One.

The visiting Portsmouth played their last game only four days ago, a League One match. That game, against Bolton Wanderers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Portsmouth.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have collected 33 points from their League One home games so far after 9-6-5. Two home wins in a row for Cheltenham Town bring valid hopes of a third.

Cheltenham Town drew their last game, 4-4 away at Accrington Stanley (placed 14th). Defender Boyle got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.3/10. Boyle scored two goals and won 12 of 17 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Sheffield Wednesday.

The Cheltenham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 20 matches. More than 55 percent of these goals (16 in total) were scored after at least one hour had been played. Cheltenham Town have conceded 26 in these home matches. 13 of these goals were conceded after the timer had passed one hour (more than 50 %).

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Portsmouth form and stats

6 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Portsmouth playing as the away team in the League One this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bolton Wanderers (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A draw for Portsmouth before that, at their own venue hosting Wycombe Wanderers (0-0).

A new game in only three days for Portsmouth, the League One home match versus Rotherham United. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Portsmouth has managed 20 goals and let in 20 from 20 matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Portsmouth - Cheltenham Town 1-1. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: zero - six - two (Cheltenham wins - draws - Portsmouth wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
21 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
10 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Wright
C. Wright
8 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 6 20 39
12 9 3 Won W 1 6 16
15 6 1 Drew D 5 7 12
14 5 1 Lost L 0 7 11
60 29 6 Scored S 7 20 54
71 26 8 Conceded C 6 20 40
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 85%
88% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 45% 62%
56% 55% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 51%
44% 35% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 31%
17% 5% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
66% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 44%
17% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 44%
22% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 28%
 
4.5 5.4 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.8 5.1
5.3 5.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.3
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.9 12.4 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.8 12.7
4.3 3.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.5
34% 38% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 39%
 
12.6 11 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12.8 12
4.5 4.1 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 3.9

  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 39 25 8 6 70 35 21 13 4 4 34 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 35 83
2 Milton Keynes Dons 41 24 10 7 68 39 21 12 5 4 30 18 20 12 5 3 38 21 29 82
3 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Wycombe Wanderers 41 20 12 9 68 48 21 12 5 4 36 26 20 8 7 5 32 22 20 72
7 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
8 Oxford United 41 20 9 12 75 52 20 12 5 3 44 24 21 8 4 9 31 28 23 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 39 16 12 11 54 40 19 10 5 4 34 20 20 6 7 7 20 20 14 60
11 Bolton Wanderers 41 17 9 15 62 51 20 10 6 4 37 22 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 60
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 41 13 12 16 49 63 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 6 5 10 25 39 -14 51
14 Accrington Stanley 41 14 9 18 52 72 21 11 5 5 39 32 20 3 4 13 13 40 -20 51
15 Charlton Athletic 41 14 8 19 48 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 20 5 4 11 20 27 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 41 12 10 19 46 54 20 5 5 10 19 25 21 7 5 9 27 29 -8 46
19 Fleetwood Town 40 8 14 18 54 69 19 5 7 7 27 28 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 38
20 Morecambe 41 9 11 21 52 80 21 7 7 7 32 33 20 2 4 14 20 47 -28 38
21 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
22 AFC Wimbledon 41 6 16 19 42 65 20 2 12 6 22 28 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 34
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 41 6 7 28 32 76 21 4 4 13 18 38 20 2 3 15 14 38 -44 25

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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 39 25 8 6 70 35 21 13 4 4 34 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 35 83
2 Milton Keynes Dons 41 24 10 7 68 39 21 12 5 4 30 18 20 12 5 3 38 21 29 82
3 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Wycombe Wanderers 41 20 12 9 68 48 21 12 5 4 36 26 20 8 7 5 32 22 20 72
7 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
8 Oxford United 41 20 9 12 75 52 20 12 5 3 44 24 21 8 4 9 31 28 23 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 39 16 12 11 54 40 19 10 5 4 34 20 20 6 7 7 20 20 14 60
11 Bolton Wanderers 41 17 9 15 62 51 20 10 6 4 37 22 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 60
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 41 13 12 16 49 63 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 6 5 10 25 39 -14 51
14 Accrington Stanley 41 14 9 18 52 72 21 11 5 5 39 32 20 3 4 13 13 40 -20 51
15 Charlton Athletic 41 14 8 19 48 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 20 5 4 11 20 27 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 41 12 10 19 46 54 20 5 5 10 19 25 21 7 5 9 27 29 -8 46
19 Fleetwood Town 40 8 14 18 54 69 19 5 7 7 27 28 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 38
20 Morecambe 41 9 11 21 52 80 21 7 7 7 32 33 20 2 4 14 20 47 -28 38
21 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
22 AFC Wimbledon 41 6 16 19 42 65 20 2 12 6 22 28 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 34
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 41 6 7 28 32 76 21 4 4 13 18 38 20 2 3 15 14 38 -44 25

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