Early weight of the money suggest Rotherham United advantage when meeting Cheltenham Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

The league standings reveals that 19 points split the pair of rivals in this League One fixture. Rotherham United enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cheltenham Town have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United are steadily winning League One games and points here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. In general it's been a long time since Rotherham United tasted defeat here at AESSEAL New York Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.

Rotherham United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fleetwood Town (0-1). Midfielder Barlaser was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Barlaser hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that, Rotherham United played out a FA Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Queens Park Rangers (after extra-time, 8-7 on penalties).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Rotherham United home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

The Rotherham United manager Warne has got the team scoring with 32 from 13 home games in the league. On the other hand, Rotherham have conceded 13 goals.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have only collected 11 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-5-5 (12 played). With three draws in a row for Cheltenham Town the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Cheltenham Town's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Charlton Athletic (placed 14th). Midfield player Sercombe was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.95/10. Sercombe hit two key passes.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Burton Albion.

You'll want to know how Cheltenham Town managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Cheltenham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cheltenham Town have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Cheltenham Town - Rotherham United 0-2. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Rotherham United won four, Cheltenham Town were winners in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
13 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
8 goals
Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
7 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 3 12 26
15 9 3 Won W 0 2 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 5 10
5 2 0 Lost L 2 5 9
45 32 10 Scored S 1 15 32
18 13 3 Conceded C 8 23 45
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
36% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
24% 46% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 42% 38%
16% 31% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 15%
40% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 75% 69%
44% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
24% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 17% 19%
 
7.1 6.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 4.9
3.7 2.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.2 5.7
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 16.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 12.8 12.5
5.4 6 8.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.8 4.3
33% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 26% 29%
 
8.6 7.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 13.6 12.8
2.9 2.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.4 4.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cheltenham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cheltenham Town have scored away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the most scored goals (32) at home in League One
  • Rotherham United have the the best goal difference (+27) in League One
  • Rotherham United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Wycombe Wanderers 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
3 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
4 Wigan Athletic 22 15 3 4 42 21 11 6 2 3 15 10 11 9 1 1 27 11 21 48
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 24 10 7 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 4 4 4 12 12 5 37
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
14 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
15 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
16 Cambridge United 25 7 9 9 33 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 23 6 8 9 30 36 10 2 6 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 26
21 Morecambe 25 6 6 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 25 4 4 17 17 46 13 4 3 6 11 16 12 0 1 11 6 30 -29 16

Cheltenham Town:
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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 Wycombe Wanderers 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
3 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
4 Wigan Athletic 22 15 3 4 42 21 11 6 2 3 15 10 11 9 1 1 27 11 21 48
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 24 10 7 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 4 4 4 12 12 5 37
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
14 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
15 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
16 Cambridge United 25 7 9 9 33 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 23 6 8 9 30 36 10 2 6 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 26
21 Morecambe 25 6 6 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 25 4 4 17 17 46 13 4 3 6 11 16 12 0 1 11 6 30 -29 16

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