Tranmere Rovers v Cheltenham Town betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League Two game of the season. Tranmere Rovers look forward to welcoming Cheltenham Town in front of their home support.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Millwall. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

With seven home League Two games in a row without a win, the Tranmere Rovers fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the AFC Wimbledon game long ago, can be stopped today.

Tranmere are confident in defense, having played 258 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Tranmere Rovers manager M. Jackson and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Mansfield Town (placed 16th) in the League Two. A 0-0 draw away in the EFL Trophy before that, with Port Vale (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tranmere Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tranmere as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Tranmere Rovers has won five of these, drawn three and lost four.

Last season, Tranmere Rovers's league statistics were 8 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 21st position in the League One. Over these 34 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 60. Playing at home last season Tranmere Rovers managed 3-6-8 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 26 conceded.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Two away games in a row for Cheltenham Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Millwall in the Carabao Cup. A loss against Morecambe was the result prior to that, in a League Two home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Cheltenham in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Cheltenham Town, seven draws and four defeats.

Let's have a look at how Cheltenham Town performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 13 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 4 with 17/10 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tranmere five wins, zero draws and Cheltenham Town five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
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Tranmere Rovers missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tranmere Rovers Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 17
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 8
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
Tranmere Rovers Last season Cheltenham Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
8 3   Won W   7 18
8 6   Drew D   8 13
18 8   Lost L   4 7
36 19   Scored S   19 54
60 26   Conceded C   10 30
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
79% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 71%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   11% 37%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 13%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   32% 47%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 37%
38% 35%   Failed to Score F T   37% 26%
 
5.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.6
5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.2
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
6 3   Red cards R C   3 3
 
389 238   Total Shots T S   157 402
120 69   Shots on Target S O   57 140
30% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Cambridge United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Forest Green Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Walsall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Salford City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Barrow 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Newport County 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Scunthorpe United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Stevenage 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Grimsby Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Carlisle United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Southend United 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14
Last season 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 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Cambridge United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Forest Green Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Walsall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Salford City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Barrow 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Newport County 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Scunthorpe United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Stevenage 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Grimsby Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Carlisle United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Southend United 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.