Cheltenham Town vs Tranmere Rovers prediction and preview
League Two · Saturday 30 January 2027, 15:00 UTC
Match facts
Cheltenham Town vs Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 30 January 2027, 15:00 UTC · The EV Charger Points Stadium, Cheltenham
Cheltenham Town vs Tranmere Rovers preview
Cheltenham Town host Tranmere Rovers in the League Two on Saturday 30 January 2027, kick-off 15:00 UTC at The EV Charger Points Stadium in Cheltenham. Cheltenham Town are 5th in the table with 21 points from 14, while Tranmere Rovers go into the round 11th, on 19 points from 14 games.
Cheltenham Town come into the game with a L-W-W-L-L run in the league (2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Tranmere Rovers's recent sequence reads W-D-W-L-D. Over their last 6, Cheltenham Town have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Tranmere Rovers average 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Cheltenham Town won 4, 0 games were drawn and Tranmere Rovers won 6. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 4. The most recent meeting, on 31 Oct 2026, ended Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Cheltenham Town.
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Form and table
- Cheltenham TownLast five: L L W W L
- Tranmere RoversLast five: D L W D W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 21 | LLWWL |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 19 | DLWDW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Cheltenham Town expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wyll Stanway, James Wilson, Pierce Sweeney, Jordan Shipley, Jonathan Tomkinson, Jake Benjamin Evans, Ben Stevenson, Charlie McCann, Ryan Broom, Andreas Weimann
Tranmere Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Luke McGee, Jacob Slater, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Will Vaulks, Dylan Jones, Charlie Whitaker, Tom Conlon, Tom Ince, Joe Ironside
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