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Cheltenham Town v Tranmere Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 28th Mar, 15:00 BST, Jonny-Rocks Stadium, Cheltenham

Home advantage makes a difference in the League Two, and Steve Cotterill’s Cheltenham Town will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Andy Crosby’s Tranmere Rovers are their visitors to the Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are provided too.


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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Cheltenham
46%
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Draw
24%
--
Tranmere
31%
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Draw 1-1
11%
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Cheltenham 2-1
9%
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Cheltenham 1-0
8%
--
Tranmere 2-1
7%
--
Cheltenham 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Tranmere 1-0
6%
--
Cheltenham 3-1
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Tranmere 2-0
4%
--
Cheltenham 3-0
4%
--
Cheltenham 3-2
4%
--
Tranmere 3-1
3%
--
Tranmere 3-2
3%
--
Cheltenham 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
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BTTS - No
39%
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BTTS - Home Win
25%
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BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
17%
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Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
54%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
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Over 4.5 Goals
20%
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Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
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Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
62%
--
Away DNB
47%
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Cheltenham win to nil
21%
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Tranmere win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Cheltenham have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 17th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. They have been outscored by their opponents by 48 goals to 40 goals.

Home League Performance

Cheltenham have played 17 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 8 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 23 goals at home.

Tranmere are in 20th position in the League Two on 36 points having played 37 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 36 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 28 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

30 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 8 and won 5. Tranmere have conceded 58 goals, scored 36, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cheltenham
Tranmere
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley37201342473 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
3-3A
2
MK Dons37201163771 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
d
 
2-2F
Apr 25
3
Cambridge36191162768 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-2F
4
Notts C36197101964 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 21
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-0A
5
Salford3720413564 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
6
Swindon37196121563 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
Mar 21
l
 
2-1A
7
Chesterfield37151481159 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
8
Grimsby361511101056 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
7-1F
May 2
w
 
1-2F
9
Crewe3716813756 
Mar 17
l
 
4-1A
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-1F
10
Walsall3716813656 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-2A
11
Colchester361411111153 
May 2
l
 
2-0A
Apr 6
d
 
1-1F
12
Barnet37141112453 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
13
Oldham3513139952 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-1A
14
Fleetwood37131212251 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
15
Accrington3613914148 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
16
Gillingham36111213-945 
Apr 14
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
17
Cheltenham3611817-1941 
-
-
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
18
Shrewsbury3711818-2141 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-0F
Apr 3
19
Bristol R3711422-2237 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
Apr 18
w
 
1-4F
20
Tranmere379919-1736 
Mar 28
l
 
3-2A
-
-
21
Newport378722-2631 
Apr 18
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1F
22
Crawley3761219-2330 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
23
Barrow367821-2029 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-3F
24
Harrogate376922-3127 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 17
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
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Relegation
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Cheltenham 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cheltenham2 - 2Barrow
Cheltenham3 - 2Salford
Cheltenham2 - 3MK Dons
Cheltenham0 - 2Grimsby
Cheltenham3 - 0Crawley
Cheltenham0 - 2Swindon
Cheltenham3 - 1Shrewsbury
Cheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
Cheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 2Notts C
Cheltenham1 - 0Walsall
Cheltenham2 - 0Fleetwood
Cheltenham0 - 3Oldham
Cheltenham1 - 0Accrington
Cheltenham0 - 1Barnet
Cheltenham1 - 2Bromley
Cheltenham0 - 2Chesterfield
Cheltenham3 - 2Carlisle
Cheltenham1 - 1Gillingham
Cheltenham0 - 2Doncaster
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACheltenham2 - 2Fleetwood
HCheltenham2 - 2Barrow
ACheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
HCheltenham3 - 2Salford
ACheltenham1 - 1Bromley
ACheltenham0 - 0Barnet
HCheltenham2 - 3MK Dons
ACheltenham1 - 3Accrington
HCheltenham0 - 2Grimsby
ACheltenham1 - 2Oldham
HCheltenham3 - 0Crawley
ACheltenham1 - 4Crewe
HCheltenham0 - 2Swindon
HCheltenham3 - 1Shrewsbury
ACheltenham2 - 1Barrow
HCheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
ACheltenham1 - 0Swindon
ACheltenham0 - 2Colchester
HCheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
ACheltenham2 - 3Tranmere
Tranmere 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport3 - 1Tranmere
Crewe2 - 1Tranmere
Notts C5 - 0Tranmere
Gillingham2 - 1Tranmere
Barnet1 - 0Tranmere
Cambridge4 - 2Tranmere
Harrogate0 - 2Tranmere
Oldham3 - 1Tranmere
Barrow0 - 3Tranmere
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Swindon2 - 1Tranmere
Accrington1 - 1Tranmere
Bristol R1 - 4Tranmere
Bromley3 - 3Tranmere
Walsall4 - 2Tranmere
Salford3 - 1Tranmere
Crawley0 - 2Tranmere
Colchester1 - 1Tranmere
Newport1 - 4Tranmere
Barrow0 - 0Tranmere
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
1
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HTranmere1 - 3Oldham
ATranmere1 - 3Newport
ATranmere1 - 2Crewe
ATranmere0 - 5Notts C
HTranmere0 - 1Accrington
HTranmere2 - 0Crawley
ATranmere1 - 2Gillingham
HTranmere0 - 2Salford
ATranmere0 - 1Barnet
ATranmere2 - 4Cambridge
HTranmere1 - 3Walsall
HTranmere0 - 2Bromley
ATranmere2 - 0Harrogate
HTranmere1 - 3Barrow
HTranmere1 - 0Fleetwood
ATranmere1 - 3Oldham
HTranmere1 - 4Crewe
ATranmere3 - 0Barrow
ATranmere2 - 1Grimsby
HTranmere2 - 2MK Dons
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cheltenham since 2006
Cheltenham
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
11
4
Games: Scored
7 / 7
2 / 7
Clean sheets
5 / 7
0 / 7
CHT
5
D
1
TRA
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cheltenham
Cheltenham1 - 0
Cheltenham4 - 0
1 - 3Tranmere
Cheltenham2 - 0
Cheltenham1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cheltenham1 - 0
League games at Tranmere since 2007
Tranmere
Cheltenham
Goals: Scored
13
10
Games: Scored
7 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
1 / 8
CHT
2
D
1
TRA
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Tranmere3 - 2
Tranmere2 - 0
0 - 3Cheltenham
Tranmere1 - 0
2 - 3Cheltenham
Tranmere2 - 0
Tranmere1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Cheltenham Town have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive League Two outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been a problem for Tranmere Rovers of late. It has been 5 League Two games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Cheltenham Town.

Cheltenham 17th Tranmere 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Cheltenham will score 1 or more goals
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Tranmere will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Cheltenham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+21
Tranmere have scored 21% more goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Cheltenham
PG (predicted goals)
Tranmere
1.7
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
CHT
TRA
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
CHT
TRA
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Cheltenham v Tranmere League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Cheltenham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
351148
J DayI HutchinsonJ. ThomasA. Jude-Boyd
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Day GLK35
2
-
L Young  MID3421
6
-
J Bickerstaff FWD3433
2
-
J Wilson DEF31
3
-
A. Jude-Boyd DEF291
6
2
J. Thomas FWD2854
1
-
B Stevenson MID25
2
-
J Tomkinson DEF241
4
-
I Hutchinson MID24113
7
-
E Archer FWD2423
2
-
L Kinsella MID21
2
-
J Martin FWD213
1
-
R Broom MID19
1
-
G Miller FWD1931
1
-
R Cundy DEF181
4
-
S Sherring DEF171
-
D Power DEF14
2
-
T. Taylor MID12
-
G Harmon DEF10
1
-
L Angol FWD9
3
1
J. Mažionis DEF7
3
-
F Willcox DEF6
1
-
S Bennett MID6
2
-
H Pell MID3
1
1
T Backwell MID1
1
-
Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
36958
N SmithC WhitakerO PatrickS Finley
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Smith DEF363
5
-
P Brough DEF3511
5
-
C Norman DEF3532
4
-
C Whitaker MID3192
3
-
J Ironside FWD2952
3
-
C Jennings FWD2843
2
-
O Patrick FWD2765
1
-
R Smallwood  MID261
4
-
N Kenneh MID261
3
-
J Davison FWD2422
2
-
J. Joseph DEF2311
3
-
J Murphy GLK22
4
-
S Finley MID2211
7
1
B. Blacker MID2111
3
-
K Dennis FWD1941
3
-
A McGowan DEF182
2
-
J Lowe MID15
1
-
J Turnbull DEF141
3
-
E Bristow DEF13
2
-
T. Harris FWD131
1
-
S Solomon FWD10
1
-
L O'Connor DEF7
1
-
L McGee GLK5
1
-
J. Barrett GLK4
-