Soccer betting preview: Cheltenham Town welcomes Oldham Athletic in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Cheltenham Town in 16th and Oldham Athletic in 13th place.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have collected 33 points from their home games so far after 9-6-6.

Cheltenham Town drew their last game, 1-1 away at Lincoln City. In the match before that, Cheltenham Town hosted Exeter City and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cheltenham Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 7n Drawn 3 Lost 3.

There will be little rest for Cheltenham Town after this match as they are travelling to Morecambe for a League Two game in only three days.

Cheltenham Town has scored 31 goals at home this season, in 21 matches. 27 goals have been conceded.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W6-D7-L7 on the road this term.

Oldham Athletic delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Swindon Town in their previous match; a League Two game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Colchester United at their stadium, the result 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oldham Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 49 relevant matches. Results were 14 Oldham Athletic wins, 17 draws and 18 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Oldham Athletic, the League Two home match versus Mansfield Town. Busy days.

Oldham Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 20 games. 24 goals have been conceded by Oldham Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Oldham Athletic - Cheltenham Town 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Cheltenham Town-Oldham Athletic H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Cheltenham Town 2 wins, Oldham Athletic 4 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

L. Varney
14 goals / 2 assists
C. Lang
12 goals / 2 assists
C. O'Grady
7 goals / 2 assists

Cheltenham Town missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Cheltenham Town Oldham Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 20 41
54 31 Scored 25 62
60 27 Conceded 24 50
95% 95% Over 0.5 80% 88%
74% 76% Over 1.5 80% 83%
50% 52% Over 2.5 45% 49%
38% 43% Over 3.5 20% 29%
12% 10% Over 4.5 15% 17%
55% 62% Both teams to score 45% 56%
17% 19% Clean Sheet 45% 34%
33% 24% Failed To Score 30% 22%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Cheltenham Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 42 23 15 4 73 38 21 11 9 1 35 20 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 84
2 Bury 42 21 11 10 76 50 21 13 5 3 48 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 26 74
3 Mansfield Town 42 19 16 7 62 35 21 13 5 3 33 13 21 6 11 4 29 22 27 73
4 Milton Keynes Dons 42 21 9 12 67 45 21 13 4 4 33 13 21 8 5 8 34 32 22 72
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 20 11 11 61 45 21 14 4 3 32 11 21 6 7 8 29 34 16 71
6 Forest Green Rovers 42 18 13 11 62 42 21 7 8 6 26 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 20 67
7 Exeter City 42 18 11 13 57 45 21 11 3 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 12 65
8 Carlisle United 42 18 7 17 62 59 21 10 3 8 37 29 21 8 4 9 25 30 3 61
9 Colchester United 42 17 9 16 58 52 21 10 4 7 36 23 21 7 5 9 22 29 6 60
10 Swindon Town 42 15 15 12 53 50 21 7 9 5 27 24 21 8 6 7 26 26 3 60
11 Stevenage 42 17 9 16 50 52 21 11 2 8 25 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -2 60
12 Newport County 41 17 9 15 52 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 21 6 3 12 26 36 -5 60
13 Oldham Athletic 41 15 13 13 62 50 21 9 6 6 37 26 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 58
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 8 18 52 53 21 13 2 6 39 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -1 56
15 Northampton Town 42 12 18 12 53 55 21 6 11 4 25 24 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 54
16 Cheltenham Town 42 14 11 17 54 60 21 9 6 6 31 27 21 5 5 11 23 33 -6 53
17 Grimsby Town 42 14 8 20 41 53 21 9 4 8 23 21 21 5 4 12 18 32 -12 50
18 Port Vale 42 12 11 19 36 48 21 7 3 11 23 31 21 5 8 8 13 17 -12 47
19 Morecambe 42 12 11 19 47 64 21 7 4 10 28 30 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 47
20 Crawley Town 42 13 7 22 42 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 21 4 3 14 12 32 -19 46
21 Cambridge United 42 12 9 21 37 61 21 7 6 8 20 24 21 5 3 13 17 37 -24 45
22 Macclesfield Town 42 9 12 21 45 70 21 5 9 7 25 34 21 4 3 14 20 36 -25 39
23 Yeovil Town 42 9 10 23 38 61 21 4 7 10 19 33 21 5 3 13 19 28 -23 37
24 Notts County 42 8 13 21 43 77 21 4 9 8 20 31 21 4 4 13 23 46 -34 37

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