Cheltenham Town 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 21 April 2026

Result

Cheltenham Town 1-3 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 21 April 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cheltenham Town 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Cheltenham Town lost to Tranmere Rovers 1-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

G. Miller opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Cheltenham Town's goal came from G. Miller (40'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Nathan Smith (47'), Jayden Joseph (64') and Omari Patrick (85').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 17th on 52 points from 43 and Tranmere Rovers 21st on 37 points from 43. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 41.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jayden Joseph of Tranmere Rovers (8.2), ahead of Charlie Whitaker (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cheltenham Town wins, 0 draws and 4 for Tranmere Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · G. MillerCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Nathan SmithTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Jayden JosephTranmere Rovers · 1-2
  • 85'Goal · Omari PatrickTranmere Rovers · 1-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Isaac HutchinsonCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 6, draws 0, Tranmere Rovers 4.

Team news

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  • Josh WilliamsTranmere Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Cheltenham Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Sam Sherring, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, L. Young, Ryan Broom, Cole Deeming, Isaac Hutchinson, Josh Martin, George Miller

Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Marko Marosi, Stephan Negru, Nathan Smith, William Tamen, Jayden Joseph, Sam Finley, Ryan Watson, Ethan Bristow, Charlie Whitaker, Omari Patrick, Kaiyne Woolery