On paper it looks like advantage Portsmouth in this game against Cheltenham Town, but the away side will battle to the bitter end. Here's our match guide!
- Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Cheltenham Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Plymouth Argyle. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 5 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats.
The Portsmouth goalkeeper Matt Macey is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.
The Portsmouth manager Mousinho and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Lincoln City (placed 15th). Raggett, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Raggett won 6 of 8 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Burton Albion in a game that was won 1-0.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 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Bolton Wanderers in only three days. This game is also played here at Fratton Park.
Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. 16 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cheltenham Town so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Plymouth Argyle in their previous outing. The EFL Trophy duel ended 1-1.
A loss against Barnsley was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.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 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Derby County.
The attacking power of Cheltenham when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Cheltenham Town have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other previously this season, with the final score Cheltenham Town - Portsmouth 0-2 registered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Portsmouth won three games, six matches ended with a tie and Cheltenham Town have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 12 goals |  A. May 9 goals | C. Ogilvie 4 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Portsmouth | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 37 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 36 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 87% |
| 77% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 44% | 48% |
| 40% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 39% |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 19% |
| 10% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| 37% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 25% | 35% |
| 27% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 42% |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 12.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.7 | 10.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 28% |
| 11 | 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 15.1 | 13.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 36 | 68 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 68 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 60 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 59 |
| 5 | Derby County | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 57 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 56 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 53 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 48 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 48 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 47 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 40 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -14 | 40 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | -1 | 39 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 39 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -11 | 38 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 34 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 33 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 31 | -19 | 31 |
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 30 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -21 | 29 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | -26 | 29 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 33 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 35 | -38 | 22 |
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