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Stevenage play host to the visiting Cheltenham Town at The Lamex Stadium in this League One tie on Saturday.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Stevenage v Cheltenham Town game - plus the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Stevenage
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Stevenage enter this game coming off the back of a 1-1 League One drawn match versus Oxford United.
Sam Long (32' Own goal) and Cameron Brannagan (59') scored for Oxford United.
Stevenage have not been in good attacking form of late. Their โgoals forโ figure equals just 4 vs opposing sides over their previous six fixtures. In those games, Stevenage have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 5. That trend wonโt necessarily be continued into this next game, though.
Cheltenham Town
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Cheltenham Town will come into the meeting following a 2-0 League One win to defeat Peterborough United in their most recent outing.
For Cheltenham Town, goals were scored by Joe Nuttall (11') and Matty Taylor (21').
Looking at their form, and Cheltenham Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. At the back, Cheltenham Town have seen their frailties exposed.
โ๏ธ Head to head
A look at their prior head to head meetings going back to 27/10/2018 tells us that Stevenage have won 3 of these & Cheltenham Town 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.
16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 from Boro and 6 for The Robins. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was League One match day 9 on 23/09/2023 when the final score was Cheltenham Town 0-3 Stevenage.
The referee was Leigh Doughty.
๐ Team News: Stevenage
The Stevenage boss will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this game owing to a fully healthy squad available to select from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Cheltenham Town
From a largely healthy group, thereโs just the sole fitness problem for the Cheltenham Town boss Darrell Clarke to be concerned with. Robert Street (Knee injury) misses out for this game.
โก Prediction
In our view, Cheltenham Town and Stevenage could end up without much reward for their efforts here.
Letโs see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a game with minimal goal-scoring opportunities. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 11:03 27/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Stevenage
Formed: 1976
Stadium: The Lamex Stadium (7,800)
Captain: Carl Piergianni
Chairman: Phil Wallace
Competitions: League One position 9
โญ Key Player: Jamie Reid
Generally deployed in the Striker position, Jamie Reid was born in Torquay, England. Having played his first senior match for Exeter City in the 2012 - 2013 season, the gifted Forward has scored 18 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 42 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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45 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 94 | DWDWL |
2 |
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45 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 89 | WDDWW |
3 |
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45 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 86 | WWDDW |
4 |
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45 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 83 | WLWWL |
5 |
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45 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 75 | LLDLL |
6 |
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45 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 74 | WDLWW |
7 |
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45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 74 | WWWLD |
8 |
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45 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 73 | DWWWW |
9 |
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45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 68 | DLWLD |
10 |
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45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 62 | DWWWD |
11 |
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45 | 17 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 62 | LWDLL |
12 |
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45 | 17 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 61 | WWDWW |
13 |
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45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 59 | LDDWW |
14 |
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45 | 17 | 8 | 20 | -9 | 59 | LWWLL |
15 |
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45 | 16 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 57 | LLWWL |
16 |
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45 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 53 | DWDDD |
17 |
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45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 50 | LDWDL |
18 |
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45 | 13 | 9 | 23 | -30 | 48 | DLLDD |
19 |
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45 | 12 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 47 | LDLLD |
20 |
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45 | 12 | 10 | 23 | -25 | 46 | LLWLW |
21 |
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45 | 12 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 44 | LLWLW |
22 |
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45 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -26 | 40 | LLWLW |
23 |
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45 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -33 | 40 | DLLLL |
24 |
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45 | 7 | 9 | 29 | -38 | 30 | LLWLL |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 45 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Jamie Reid | 18 |
Jordan Roberts | 5 |
Kane Hemmings | 4 |
Elliott List | 4 |
Carl Piergianni | 4 |
Liam Sercombe | 11 |
Will Goodwin | 6 |
Matty Taylor | 6 |
Elliot Bonds | 2 |
Will Ferry | 2 |
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