Football betting preview: Cheltenham Town vs Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Cheltenham Town leading Oldham Athletic by 12 points. Match preview to follow:

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 Oldham Athletic.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Cheltenham Town have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.

Cheltenham Town drew their last game, 1-1 away at Newport County (placed 14th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Northampton Town that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cheltenham Town handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L3.

The Cheltenham Town manager M. Duff has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. Cheltenham Town have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Scunthorpe United with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Salford City.

Oldham Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Oldham Athletic have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Oldham Athletic - Cheltenham Town 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Cheltenham Town victories, 5 draws and 3 Oldham Athletic wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownR. Broom
R. Broom
6 goals
Cheltenham TownL. Varney
L. Varney
6 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Thomas
C. Thomas
4 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Cheltenham Town Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 3 11 24
9 5 3 Won W 0 3 6
11 4 0 Drew D 0 3 8
4 2 0 Lost L 3 5 10
35 22 9 Scored S 0 10 25
20 13 2 Conceded C 6 19 37
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 92%
75% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 71%
33% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 50%
17% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 29%
12% 27% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 8%
54% 73% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 54%
33% 18% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 17%
25% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 45% 38%
 
4.6 5 3.7 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.5 5.3
4.1 3.1 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 5.2 5.1
1.6 1.1 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 1.8
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
233 138 36 Total Shots T S 26 110 304
84 50 16 Shots on Target S O 5 34 92
42% 44% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • 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 Oldham Athletic have scored away.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Oldham Athletic 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 Swindon Town 25 15 4 6 45 27 12 8 1 3 20 11 13 7 3 3 25 16 18 49
2 Exeter City 25 13 8 4 35 27 12 7 4 1 20 11 13 6 4 3 15 16 8 47
3 Crewe Alexandra 24 13 5 6 46 29 13 7 3 3 26 14 11 6 2 3 20 15 17 44
4 Bradford City 24 12 7 5 31 19 13 9 2 2 20 8 11 3 5 3 11 11 12 43
5 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 7 7 27 19 13 5 4 4 11 11 12 6 3 3 16 8 8 40
6 Colchester United 24 10 9 5 35 23 12 6 4 2 18 10 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 39
7 Northampton Town 25 11 6 8 34 28 13 8 2 3 21 9 12 3 4 5 13 19 6 39
8 Cheltenham Town 24 9 11 4 35 20 11 5 4 2 22 13 13 4 7 2 13 7 15 38
9 Plymouth Argyle 23 11 5 7 34 25 12 7 3 2 24 12 11 4 2 5 10 13 9 38
10 Port Vale 25 8 11 6 32 31 13 6 6 1 18 11 12 2 5 5 14 20 1 35
11 Salford City 25 8 8 9 31 34 12 4 4 4 12 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -3 32
12 Scunthorpe United 25 8 7 10 33 33 12 4 5 3 18 14 13 4 2 7 15 19 0 31
13 Cambridge United 25 8 7 10 30 30 13 5 3 5 18 15 12 3 4 5 12 15 0 31
14 Newport County 23 7 9 7 21 21 13 5 6 2 14 11 10 2 3 5 7 10 0 30
15 Walsall 25 8 6 11 23 32 13 3 4 6 10 16 12 5 2 5 13 16 -9 30
16 Crawley Town 25 6 10 9 32 35 12 5 3 4 16 14 13 1 7 5 16 21 -3 28
17 Mansfield Town 25 6 9 10 33 37 12 2 4 6 18 22 13 4 5 4 15 15 -4 27
18 Grimsby Town 23 6 8 9 23 28 12 3 4 5 11 17 11 3 4 4 12 11 -5 26
19 Leyton Orient 25 6 8 11 32 42 12 2 4 6 15 22 13 4 4 5 17 20 -10 26
20 Oldham Athletic 24 6 8 10 25 37 13 3 5 5 15 18 11 3 3 5 10 19 -12 26
21 Carlisle United 25 6 7 12 23 40 12 3 5 4 10 15 13 3 2 8 13 25 -17 25
22 Macclesfield Town 23 5 11 7 22 26 10 3 6 1 11 7 13 2 5 6 11 19 -4 20
23 Morecambe 25 4 6 15 20 44 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 2 2 9 8 26 -24 18
24 Stevenage 24 2 11 11 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 15 13 0 7 6 6 15 -15 17

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.