Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Accrington Stanley · Cheltenham Town · League Two predictions

Accrington Stanley beat Cheltenham Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Shaun Whalley opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Shaun Whalley (8'), Donald Love (45+2') and Devon Matthews (59'). Cheltenham Town scored through J. Thomas (73').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 14th on 37 points from 27 and Cheltenham Town 18th on 30 points from 27. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Cheltenham Town 18th with 52.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shaun Whalley of Accrington Stanley (8.2), ahead of Jordan Thomas (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 1 draw and 2 for Cheltenham Town.