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.
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.
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
  R. Broom 6 goals |  L. Varney 6 goals |  C. Thomas 4 goals |
Cheltenham Town missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Cheltenham Town | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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% |
- 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 |