League Two match prediction and preview for Walsall vs Cheltenham Town clash

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

Struggling Walsall will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cheltenham Town in the upcoming league round. It's 19th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Walsall form and stats

Walsall's results here at The Banks's Stadium in the League Two have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Walsall will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the League Two game against Leyton Orient (placed 17th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Salford City (0-3).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Walsall as they are travelling to their away game against Oldham Athletic in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Walsall has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 6 games. Walsall's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cheltenham Town, who have the the best goal difference (+10) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Cheltenham Town won their last game, 4-3 versus West Ham United U21 played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Oldham Athletic.

It's hard not to mention J. Smith against West Ham United U21. Scoring 3 goals, he surely made a significant contribution to the three points.

After this away game Cheltenham Town return home for a League Two game against Macclesfield Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cheltenham Town are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Walsall 4 wins, 2 draws and Cheltenham Town 0 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Broom
5 goals / 3 assists
G. Reilly
4 goals / 1 assists
J. Clarke
3 goals

Walsall missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Walsall Cheltenham Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 3 6 12
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
3 2 2 Drew D 2 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
9 3 1 Scored S 1 5 21
17 8 2 Conceded C 2 3 11
85% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 92%
46% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 75%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
31% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 50%
38% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 33%
46% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 25%
 
5.9 5.3 4 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.5 4.9
4.7 3.8 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 5.5 4.7
1.9 1.3 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Cheltenham Town have scored more than double the goals of Walsall.
  • Walsall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.

Walsall
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 LT Walsall 1 - 0 Scunthorpe United
28-09-19 LT Crawley Town 2 - 3 Walsall
01-10-19 EFL Walsall 1 - 0 Southampton U21
05-10-19 LT Walsall 0 - 3 Salford City
12-10-19 LT Leyton Orient 3 - 1 Walsall
19-10-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Cheltenham Town
22-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 18:45 Walsall
26-10-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Mansfield Town
02-11-19 LT Swindon Town 15:00 Walsall
12-11-19 EFL Walsall 19:00 Forest Green Rovers
Cheltenham Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 3 - 2 Bradford City
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 14:00 Cheltenham Town
22-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 18:45 Macclesfield Town
26-10-19 LT Grimsby Town 14:00 Cheltenham Town
02-11-19 LT Cheltenham Town 15:00 Forest Green Rovers
12-11-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 19:45 Newport County

  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 13 8 2 3 23 16 6 3 1 2 10 9 7 5 1 1 13 7 7 26
2 Exeter City 13 7 5 1 18 11 7 4 2 1 9 6 6 3 3 0 9 5 7 26
3 Bradford City 13 7 3 3 19 12 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 24
4 Forest Green Rovers 13 7 3 3 14 7 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 24
5 Newport County 12 6 5 1 12 6 6 4 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 23
6 Cheltenham Town 12 6 4 2 21 11 6 4 2 0 16 8 6 2 2 2 5 3 10 22
7 Swindon Town 13 6 3 4 20 16 7 3 1 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 21
8 Colchester United 13 5 4 4 16 12 6 3 2 1 8 5 7 2 2 3 8 7 4 19
9 Crawley Town 13 5 4 4 21 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 1 19
10 Grimsby Town 13 5 3 5 20 16 6 2 2 2 9 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 4 18
11 Plymouth Argyle 13 4 5 4 18 16 6 2 3 1 10 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 2 17
12 Macclesfield Town 13 4 5 4 15 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 6 1 2 3 6 10 0 17
13 Port Vale 13 4 5 4 18 20 6 4 2 0 10 5 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 17
14 Salford City 13 4 5 4 16 20 7 3 2 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 -4 17
15 Mansfield Town 13 4 4 5 19 17 7 2 2 3 12 11 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 16
16 Cambridge United 13 4 4 5 16 14 6 1 2 3 6 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 2 16
17 Leyton Orient 13 4 4 5 19 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 2 2 2 8 10 -3 16
18 Northampton Town 13 4 3 6 14 16 6 2 1 3 8 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 -2 15
19 Walsall 13 4 3 6 9 17 6 1 2 3 3 8 7 3 1 3 6 9 -8 15
20 Carlisle United 13 4 2 7 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 6 2 0 4 7 11 -8 14
21 Oldham Athletic 13 2 5 6 14 23 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 1 2 4 7 16 -9 11
22 Scunthorpe United 13 2 4 7 16 21 7 2 3 2 11 8 6 0 1 5 5 13 -5 10
23 Stevenage 13 1 5 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 7 10 6 0 3 3 3 9 -9 8
24 Morecambe 13 1 4 8 13 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 6 1 1 4 6 14 -13 7

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