Walsall vs Cheltenham Town prediction and preview

League Two · Friday 1 January 2027, 15:00 UTC

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Walsall vs Cheltenham Town

League Two · Friday 1 January 2027, 15:00 UTC · Poundland Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Walsall · Cheltenham Town · League Two predictions

Walsall vs Cheltenham Town preview

Walsall host Cheltenham Town in the League Two on Friday 1 January 2027, kick-off 15:00 UTC at Poundland Bescot Stadium in Walsall. Walsall are 3rd in the table with 22 points from 13, while Cheltenham Town are 5th in the table with 21 points from 14.

Walsall come into the game with a W-L-W-D-D run in the league (2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5), while Cheltenham Town's recent sequence reads L-W-W-L-L. Over their last 6, Walsall have scored 1.8 and conceded 1.3 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Cheltenham Town average 1.2 scored and 2.2 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

Head to head, Walsall have 1 win to Cheltenham Town's 6 across 10 meetings, with 3 draws. Those games averaged 2.7 goals, 7 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 6. The most recent meeting, on 11 Apr 2026, ended Walsall 0-4 Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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3Walsall135712112+922DDWLW
5Cheltenham Town146352325-221LLWWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Walsall 1, draws 3, Cheltenham Town 6.

Team news

Walsall expected line-up (4-4-2)

Jed Ward, James Connolly, Declan Skura, Mason Hancock, Isaac Moore, Reece Smith, Lewis Simper, Aaron Pressley, Tai Sodje

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

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