Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons
League Two · Saturday 7 February 2026, 15:01 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons: match report
Cheltenham Town were beaten by Milton Keynes Dons 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Curtis Nelson opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Jake Bickerstaff (45+2') and Isaac Hutchinson (87'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Curtis Nelson (32'), Callum Paterson (37') and Marvin Ekpiteta (64').
Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Milton Keynes Dons received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 18th on 30 points from 28 and Milton Keynes Dons 6th on 51 points from 29. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 1st with 87.
Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Ekpiteta of Milton Keynes Dons (7.8), ahead of Callum Paterson (7.7).
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Luke Offord
- 32'Goal · Curtis Nelson
- 37'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 45+2'Goal · Jake Bickerstaff
- 64'Goal · Marvin Ekpiteta
- 81'Yellow card · Alex Gilbey
- 85'Yellow card · Jon Mellish
- 87'Goal · Isaac Hutchinson
- 89'Yellow card · Liam Kelly
- 90+5'Yellow card · George Nurse
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cheltenham Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, Ben Stevenson, Jordan Thomas, L. Young, Isaac Hutchinson, Jake Bickerstaff, Josh Davison
Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-1-4-2)
Craig MacGillivray, Marvin Ekpiteta, Curtis Nelson, Luke Offord, Liam Kelly, Aaron Nemane, Ben Wiles, Alex Gilbey, Joe Tomlinson, Aaron Collins, Callum Paterson