Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · Prenton Park, Birkenhead · half-time 3-1

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Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Tranmere Rovers beat Cheltenham Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Prenton Park. The half-time score was 3-1.

Charlie McCann opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Dylan Jones (23'), Dylan Jones (39') and Charlie Whitaker (45+3'). Cheltenham Town scored through Charlie McCann (1').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 14th on 16 points from 13 and Cheltenham Town 3rd on 21 points from 13. In the current table Tranmere Rovers are 11th on 19 points and Cheltenham Town are 5th on 21 points.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dylan Jones of Tranmere Rovers (8.7), ahead of Charlie McCann (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tranmere Rovers wins, 0 draws and 5 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Charlie McCannCheltenham Town · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · Dylan JonesTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Jake Benjamin EvansCheltenham Town
  • 39'Goal · Dylan JonesTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullTranmere Rovers
  • 45+3'Goal · Charlie WhitakerTranmere Rovers · 3-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Tom ConlonTranmere Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Jonathan TomkinsonCheltenham Town

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Cheltenham Town146352325-221LLWWL
11Tranmere Rovers144731917+219DLWDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 5, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 5.

Team news

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

Luke McGee, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Jordan Turnbull, Jacob Slater, Dylan Jones, Will Vaulks, Tom Conlon, Charlie Whitaker, Tom Ince, Joe Ironside

Cheltenham Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wyll Stanway, Jonathan Tomkinson, Pierce Sweeney, James Wilson, Jordan Shipley, Ben Stevenson, Shaun McWilliams, Jake Benjamin Evans, Charlie McCann, Ryan Broom, Andreas Weimann

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