Cheltenham Town vs Rotherham United pre-match guide

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

There's been four days since Cheltenham Town faced Sunderland and the result was 0-5. What will the score be versus Rotherham United?

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rotherham United have the most clean sheets (5) in League One

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Cheltenham Town so far this season.

A. May was the last player to score a league goal for Cheltenham and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cheltenham Town haven't scored in 202 minutes.

Cheltenham faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sunderland (0-5). As you see from the result above, Cheltenham suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Defender Matthew Pollock got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.23/10. Pollock won 2 of 2 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Wigan Athletic.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cheltenham Town as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Exeter City are visiting.

Cheltenham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Cheltenham Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (5) in League One, are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Michael Smith (2) and Will Grigg scored in Rotherham's previous match, the home game against AFC Wimbledon that ended 3-0. The attacker Michael Smith got a match rating of 9.02 in that game. Smith scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A draw for Rotherham before that, at their own venue hosting Crewe Alexandra (1-1).

A quick return to home after this game, as Rotherham are hosting Scunthorpe United in the EFL Trophy only three days away.

The visiting Rotherham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. Rotherham United's manager P. Warne has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cheltenham Town four wins, three draws and Rotherham United three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
7 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Wright
C. Wright
3 goals
Rotherham UnitedB. Wiles
B. Wiles
3 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Cheltenham Town Rotherham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 3 Played P 1 4 10
3 2 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
11 5 3 Scored S 1 4 14
18 5 4 Conceded C 0 2 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
30% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
70% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 30%
10% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
4.2 4.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 10 7 6.9
5.9 6.8 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 4.2
2 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.4 10.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14 14.9
3.9 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.8
28% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 29%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in League One
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the most clean sheets (5) in League One
  • Rotherham United 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 Sunderland 9 7 1 1 18 7 6 6 0 0 14 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 11 22
2 Wigan Athletic 9 6 1 2 15 7 6 4 1 1 8 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 8 19
3 Milton Keynes Dons 10 5 4 1 20 13 6 4 1 1 10 6 4 1 3 0 10 7 7 19
4 Plymouth Argyle 10 5 4 1 15 8 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 19
5 Rotherham United 10 5 2 3 14 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 17
6 Wycombe Wanderers 9 5 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 0 5 2 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 17
7 Bolton Wanderers 10 4 3 3 18 14 4 1 2 1 5 6 6 3 1 2 13 8 4 15
8 Oxford United 10 4 3 3 15 11 6 4 2 0 12 4 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 15
9 Sheffield Wednesday 9 4 3 2 9 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 15
10 Burton Albion 10 4 3 3 9 11 6 3 2 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 1 5 -2 15
11 Morecambe 10 4 2 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 11 8 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 14
12 Accrington Stanley 10 4 1 5 12 19 4 3 0 1 5 5 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 13
13 Portsmouth 10 3 3 4 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 1 2 3 4 6 0 12
14 AFC Wimbledon 10 3 3 4 16 18 4 1 2 1 7 6 6 2 1 3 9 12 -2 12
15 Cambridge United 9 3 3 3 12 14 6 2 2 2 8 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 12
16 Cheltenham Town 10 3 3 4 11 18 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 1 2 3 6 13 -7 12
17 Lincoln City 10 3 2 5 12 13 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 -1 11
18 Gillingham 10 2 5 3 11 13 4 1 2 1 5 7 6 1 3 2 6 6 -2 11
19 Ipswich Town 9 2 4 3 18 16 6 1 4 1 15 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 10
20 Fleetwood Town 9 2 4 3 16 16 3 1 1 1 5 5 6 1 3 2 11 11 0 10
21 Shrewsbury Town 10 2 2 6 7 14 6 2 1 3 6 9 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 8
22 Crewe Alexandra 10 1 4 5 7 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 0 3 3 3 8 -6 7
23 Charlton Athletic 10 1 3 6 10 17 6 1 2 3 6 10 4 0 1 3 4 7 -7 6
24 Doncaster Rovers 9 1 1 7 4 17 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 6 2 15 -13 4

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.