Accrington ST vs Cheltenham Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form in the league

Accrington's league results this season have been a mixed bag: a 3-2 win over Crawley, a 2-0 win against Exeter, but also defeats to Barnet and Walsall sandwiched around draws with Newport, Grimsby and Colchester. It's been feast or famine rather than any real consistency.

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Accrington ST to win

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Draw

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Cheltenham to win

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Accrington ST: 20 completed matches; Cheltenham: 20 completed matches.

Accrington ST

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

31

Difference

-4

Cheltenham

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

33

Difference

-1

Cheltenham's sequence looks similar in shape - draws with Colchester, Grimsby and Barnet, a win over York and another over Rotherham, but away defeats at Crawley and Swindon along the way. Both teams have been involved in a lot of tight, low-margin results lately.

Neither side has strung back-to-back league wins together yet this season.

Comparative Team Statistics: Accrington ST vs Cheltenham

How the head-to-head reads

The last five league meetings have gone two wins for Cheltenham, one for Accrington and two draws. Accrington's win came at their own ground back in January, when they won 3-1.

Further back there's a 4-4 draw and a couple of 0-0s between the two, so this fixture doesn't tend to be short of drama even when it ends level.

Accrington have shown they can be competitive against Cheltenham at home, even in a tougher season.

Where they sit in League Two

Cheltenham have made a solid start, sitting fifth with 12 points from seven games - three wins, three draws and just the one defeat. Their goal difference is healthy too, with 14 scored and 11 conceded.

Accrington are down in 21st, with just six points from the same number of matches. One win, three draws and three losses tells its own story, and they've shipped 13 goals in those seven games.

On paper this is one of the bigger gaps you'll see in League Two right now.

Key men and cards to watch

Cheltenham's goals have mostly come from C. McCann, who has six in seven appearances this season, with J. Evans and A. Weimann also chipping in. For Accrington, C. Caton has been their main source of goals with five in seven games.

Accrington ST:

Best scorers:

C. Caton - 5

Penalty cards:

D. Matthews x 1 x 3

J. Woods x 4

Cheltenham:

Best scorers:

C. McCann - 7

A. Weimann - 4

J. Evans - 3

Best assist providers:

A. Weimann - 2

J. Evans - 2

R. Broom - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Tomkinson x 4

S. McWilliams x 4

On discipline, Cheltenham's J. Tomkinson and S. McWilliams have each picked up four bookings already, while Accrington's D. Matthews has already been sent off once this season alongside three yellow cards.

What kind of game to expect

Both sides have leaked goals fairly freely this season - Accrington have conceded 13 in seven games, Cheltenham 11 - and their head-to-head history is full of goals and draws rather than one-sided results. That points to another match where neither defence should feel entirely comfortable.

Cheltenham's greater consistency and healthier goal difference give them the platform to control long spells, but Accrington have shown at home before that they can make this fixture competitive.