Bolton Wanderers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Cheltenham Town.
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League Two
The hosts Wanderers saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. That game was an away game at Exeter City, so at least Wanderers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
With 3 League Two wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Bolton Wanderers are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at Macron Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
An away draw last time out for Wanderers, facing Exeter City in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Crawley Town (0-1).
Arthur Gnahoua was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Exeter City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Wanderers has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Wanderers have conceded 16 goals. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Cheltenham Town go into this game after a win, the home game against Mansfield Town (after extra-time) that ended 2-1. A 0-0 draw at Colchester United's stadium before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cheltenham are hosting Newport County in the League Two only three days away.
Cheltenham Town find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Cheltenham Town - Wanderers 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Wanderers one win, zero draws and Cheltenham Town one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 8 goals |  A. Williams 6 goals |  N. Delfouneso 5 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 86% |
| 73% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | 76% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 52% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 45% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 48% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 43% |
| 32% | 45% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 30% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 37% | 31% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | 31% |
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League Two
- Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Salford City | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 32 |
| 11 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 21 | Barrow | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 24 | Southend United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -19 | 19 |
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