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Cheltenham v Tranmere, EFL League Two, Tue, 21 Apr 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Tue, 21 Apr 2026

13Full time, half-time 1–0

Tranmere won by 2 goals.

WWLLLLeague form, oldest to newestDLWLD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Whaddon Road. Photo: Tom-cf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Cheltenham have 21 scored home results and Tranmere 21 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cheltenham at home: 1.48 points per match (21 measured matches); Tranmere away: 0.95 points per match (21 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cheltenham scored 1.24 per home match (21 measured matches); Tranmere scored 1.38 away (21). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.28 per club appearance across 1052 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 24 of 42 pooled club appearances (57.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Cheltenham: 3 wins; Tranmere: 4 wins; draws: 0.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10
Second half03

The match in numbers

CheltenhamTranmere
  • 11Shots14
  • 1Shots on target6
  • 4Corners5
  • 10Fouls14
  • 1Yellow cards0
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cheltenham

  • Shots11
  • On target1
  • Goals1

9% of shots on target, 100% of those scored.

Tranmere

  • Shots14
  • On target6
  • Goals3

43% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

7 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

3
Cheltenham wins
0
Draws
4
Tranmere wins
Goals / meeting
2.86
20 goals in 7 meetings
Both scored
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Over 1.5
71%
5 of 7 meetings
Over 2.5
57%
4 of 7 meetings
Over 3.5
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Cheltenham clean sheets
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Tranmere clean sheets
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Corners / meeting
9.43
7 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.29
7 with card data
  1. Tranmere v CheltenhamSat, 15 Nov 2025 · EFL League Two 2025-263–2HT 2–1
  2. Tranmere v CheltenhamFri, 28 Mar 2025 · EFL League Two 2024-252–0HT 1–0
  3. Cheltenham v TranmereFri, 22 Nov 2024 · EFL League Two 2024-251–0HT 0–0
  4. Cheltenham v TranmereFri, 2 Apr 2021 · EFL League Two 2020-214–0HT 3–0
  5. Tranmere v CheltenhamSat, 19 Sept 2020 · EFL League Two 2020-210–3HT 0–3
  6. Cheltenham v TranmereSat, 12 Jan 2019 · EFL League Two 2018-191–3HT 1–0
  7. Tranmere v CheltenhamSat, 11 Aug 2018 · EFL League Two 2018-191–0HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Cheltenham at home, Tranmere away
  • 59%
    Both teams scored
    League 53%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 98%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 83%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 17%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.9
    Avg total goals
    League 2.58
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 67%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 22%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.2
    Corners per match
    League 9.85
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.7
    Cards per match
    League 3.84
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Cheltenham at home, Tranmere away
Cheltenham (home)Tranmere (away)
18Position21
DWWLLLast 5, oldest to newestDLDWL
23Played23
1.35Points per match1.00
39%Win %26%
1.22Scored / match1.39
1.43Conceded / match1.83
2.65Avg total goals3.22
52%Both scored65%
26%Clean sheets17%
22%Failed to score22%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CheltenhamTranmere
  • 0.261st half scored / match0.39
  • 0.611st half conceded / match0.57
  • 0.962nd half scored / match1.00
  • 0.832nd half conceded / match1.26
  • 13%Leading at half-time22%
  • 57%1st half over 0.565%
  • 22%1st half over 1.522%
  • 96%2nd half over 0.596%
  • 65%2nd half over 1.570%
  • 13%Scored in both halves22%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cheltenham at home, Tranmere away, this season.

Goals

CheltenhamTranmere
  • 1.22Scored / match1.39
  • 1.43Conceded / match1.83
  • 2.65Match total / match3.22
  • 78%Scored 1+78%
  • 30%Scored 2+39%
  • 74%Conceded 1+83%
  • 48%Conceded 2+48%
  • 78%Match over 1.587%
  • 48%Match over 2.565%
  • 26%Match over 3.539%

Shots and xG

CheltenhamTranmere
  • 10.57Shots for10.57
  • 13.70Shots against16.17
  • 2.96On target for3.52
  • 5.26On target against4.96
  • 12%Shot conversion13%

Corners

CheltenhamTranmere
  • 4.96Corners for3.91
  • 4.83Corners against6.65
  • 9.78Match total10.57
  • 74%Over 7.583%
  • 74%Over 8.570%
  • 57%Over 9.561%
  • 30%Over 10.548%
  • 26%Over 11.539%

Cards

CheltenhamTranmere
  • 1.61Cards for2.09
  • 2.09Cards against1.52
  • 3.70Match total3.61
  • 78%Over 2.574%
  • 48%Over 3.557%
  • 35%Over 4.539%
  • 9%Over 5.517%
  • 10.91Fouls committed13.04
Referee this season
S Parkinson
Matches
16
Cards / match
3.44
16 matches
Over 3.5 cards
44%
16 matches
Over 4.5 cards
44%
16 matches
Fouls / match
26.25
16 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
16Accrington46-1153
17Gillingham46-1953
18Cheltenham46-2652
19Shrewsbury46-2749
20Newport County46-2943
21Tranmere46-2541
22Crawley Town46-2440
23Harrogate46-2939
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