Portsmouth receive Cheltenham Town as obvious favourites: Read our football preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 02.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Stats, trends, game results, player info, head-2-head, lineups and much more: Tipsway offers all you must know on Portsmouth - Cheltenham Town!

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Portsmouth form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Portsmouth have to build on here at Fratton Park in the League One.

A nice win for Portsmouth last time playing, versus Bolton Wanderers. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with John Marquis scoring for the victors. Midfielder Ronan Curtis was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Curtis served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that, Portsmouth played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Accrington Stanley.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and two defeats (from seven games).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Harrow Borough are coming to town in four days.

Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Portsmouth have conceded 8 goals.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cheltenham Town so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Cheltenham Town's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Cheltenham played 2-2 against Sheffield Wednesday in their previous match. Midfielder Conor Thomas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Thomas hit two key passes.

A draw for Cheltenham before that, at their own venue hosting Chelsea U21 (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (0-0).

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cheltenham Town playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Cheltenham have another fixture away from home in just four sleeps, a FA Cup fixture versus Gillingham. A strenuous calendar for them!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cheltenham have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. For Cheltenham, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - five - zero (Portsmouth wins - draws - Cheltenham Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
5 goals
PortsmouthJ. Marquis
J. Marquis
4 goals
PortsmouthL. Brown
L. Brown
3 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Portsmouth Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 1 7 15
5 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 2 Lost L 0 4 6
18 11 2 Scored S 1 8 19
20 8 6 Conceded C 1 16 26
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
53% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 53%
40% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 40%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 20%
40% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 67%
40% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
27% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 20%
 
5.1 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.7
5.4 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 6.7
1.8 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 10.6 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.7 11.5
3.3 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.4 4
37% 50% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cheltenham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 9 6 1 28 14 9 6 3 0 16 6 7 3 3 1 12 8 14 33
2 Wigan Athletic 15 10 1 4 27 11 9 5 1 3 12 8 6 5 0 1 15 3 16 31
3 Wycombe Wanderers 15 9 4 2 25 16 6 6 0 0 13 6 9 3 4 2 12 10 9 31
4 Rotherham United 15 9 3 3 28 11 9 5 2 2 19 9 6 4 1 1 9 2 17 30
5 Sunderland 14 9 1 4 25 18 7 6 0 1 14 4 7 3 1 3 11 14 7 28
6 Oxford United 15 8 3 4 26 17 9 6 2 1 18 8 6 2 1 3 8 9 9 27
7 Milton Keynes Dons 15 7 4 4 27 21 7 4 1 2 10 9 8 3 3 2 17 12 6 25
8 Sheffield Wednesday 15 5 7 3 17 15 6 3 2 1 7 4 9 2 5 2 10 11 2 22
9 Burton Albion 16 6 4 6 16 21 8 4 2 2 12 11 8 2 2 4 4 10 -5 22
10 Accrington Stanley 15 6 3 6 19 25 6 4 1 1 9 8 9 2 2 5 10 17 -6 21
11 Ipswich Town 15 5 5 5 30 24 8 3 4 1 19 14 7 2 1 4 11 10 6 20
12 Lincoln City 16 5 5 6 20 20 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 3 2 3 12 11 0 20
13 Portsmouth 15 5 4 6 18 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 3 4 7 12 -2 19
14 Bolton Wanderers 16 5 4 7 22 26 7 2 3 2 9 13 9 3 1 5 13 13 -4 19
15 Cambridge United 15 4 7 4 20 24 9 3 4 2 12 13 6 1 3 2 8 11 -4 19
16 Cheltenham Town 15 5 4 6 19 26 8 4 2 2 11 10 7 1 2 4 8 16 -7 19
17 AFC Wimbledon 15 4 5 6 20 24 7 1 4 2 10 11 8 3 1 4 10 13 -4 17
18 Gillingham 16 3 7 6 15 21 8 2 3 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 8 10 -6 16
19 Morecambe 15 4 3 8 25 28 7 3 2 2 12 9 8 1 1 6 13 19 -3 15
20 Charlton Athletic 15 4 3 8 20 23 8 2 2 4 12 13 7 2 1 4 8 10 -3 15
21 Shrewsbury Town 16 4 3 9 15 22 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 0 2 6 4 12 -7 15
22 Fleetwood Town 14 3 5 6 24 24 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 1 3 3 12 13 0 14
23 Doncaster Rovers 15 3 2 10 10 28 7 3 2 2 8 8 8 0 0 8 2 20 -18 11
24 Crewe Alexandra 15 1 5 9 11 28 7 1 2 4 7 15 8 0 3 5 4 13 -17 8

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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.