League Two preview: Can Cheltenham Town edge out victory against Macclesfield Town?

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

It's advantage Cheltenham Town so far with their 5th position in the League Two table, welcoming Macclesfield Town who are placed 9th.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cheltenham Town and Macclesfield Town.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in League Two, have performed here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.

Happy days for Cheltenham Town in their previous game, a League Two match away at Walsall (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against West Ham United U21.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cheltenham Town matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from three games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cheltenham Town as they are travelling to their away game against Grimsby Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Goals are plentiful at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in the league this season as Cheltenham Town has scored 16 goals here in 6 attempts. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Macclesfield Town in their League Two matches away.

Two travels in a row for Macclesfield Town, whose manager D. McMahon could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Oldham Athletic. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Port Vale.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Macclesfield Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

After this away game Macclesfield Town return home for a League Two game against Bradford City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Macclesfield Town have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Macclesfield Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Cheltenham Town, 1 draw and 3 wins for Macclesfield Town. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownR. Broom
R. Broom
5 goals / 3 assists
Cheltenham TownL. Varney
L. Varney
4 goals / 1 assists
Cheltenham TownG. Reilly
G. Reilly
4 goals / 2 assists

Cheltenham Town missing players

Macclesfield Town missing players

Cheltenham Town Macclesfield Town
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 2 7 14
7 4 0 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
23 16 0 Scored S 0 7 16
12 8 0 Conceded C 4 10 15
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 64%
38% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 43%
31% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 14%
23% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 83% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
31% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 29%
 
5.2 5.3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.3
4.8 3.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.7
1.5 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Cheltenham Town's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheltenham Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Macclesfield Town have scored away.
  • Cheltenham Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Macclesfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Macclesfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Cheltenham Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
21-09-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 0 - 2 Cheltenham Town
28-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
05-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town
08-10-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 4 - 3 West Ham United U21
19-10-19 LT Walsall 1 - 2 Cheltenham Town
22-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 20:45 Macclesfield Town
26-10-19 LT Grimsby Town 16:00 Cheltenham Town
02-11-19 LT Cheltenham Town 16:00 Forest Green Rovers
12-11-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 20:45 Newport County
16-11-19 LT Exeter City 16:00 Cheltenham Town
Macclesfield Town
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League League Two Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
24-09-19 EFL Macclesfield Town 2 - 3 Port Vale
28-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Colchester United
05-10-19 LT Cambridge United 2 - 2 Macclesfield Town
12-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 2 - 1 Port Vale
19-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Macclesfield Town
22-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 20:45 Macclesfield Town
26-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 16:00 Bradford City
02-11-19 LT Carlisle United 16:00 Macclesfield Town
12-11-19 EFL Shrewsbury Town 20:30 Macclesfield Town
16-11-19 LT Macclesfield Town 16:00 Mansfield Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 14 9 2 3 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 29
2 Bradford City 14 8 3 3 21 13 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 27
3 Newport County 13 7 5 1 14 7 7 5 2 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 26
4 Exeter City 14 7 5 2 18 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 3 3 1 9 9 3 26
5 Cheltenham Town 13 7 4 2 23 12 6 4 2 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 11 25
6 Forest Green Rovers 14 7 4 3 16 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 25
7 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 2 21
8 Plymouth Argyle 14 5 5 4 20 16 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 20
9 Macclesfield Town 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 1 20
10 Cambridge United 14 5 4 5 20 14 7 2 2 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 19
11 Colchester United 14 5 4 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 7 3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 23 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 12 10 1 19
13 Crawley Town 14 5 4 5 22 22 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 3 3 11 14 0 19
14 Grimsby Town 14 5 3 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 3 1 3 11 8 0 18
15 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 0 18
16 Port Vale 14 4 6 4 19 21 7 4 3 0 11 6 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 18
17 Mansfield Town 14 4 5 5 21 19 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 2 3 2 9 8 2 17
18 Salford City 14 4 5 5 16 22 7 3 2 2 6 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -6 17
19 Walsall 14 4 3 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 3 1 3 6 9 -9 15
20 Carlisle United 14 4 2 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 2 5 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -10 11
22 Scunthorpe United 14 2 4 8 17 23 7 2 3 2 11 8 7 0 1 6 6 15 -6 10
23 Morecambe 14 2 4 8 14 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 7 2 1 4 7 14 -12 10
24 Stevenage 14 1 6 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 7 10 7 0 4 3 4 10 -9 9

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