Cheltenham Town 2-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 October 2024

Result

Cheltenham Town 2-1 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Tuesday 1 October 2024, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cheltenham Town 2-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Accrington Stanley 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 October 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Dara Costelloe opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Manni Norkett (69') and R. Bowman (80'). Accrington Stanley scored through Dara Costelloe (39').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 20th on 7 points from 8 and Accrington Stanley 24th on 3 points from 7. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 15th with 60 points, and Accrington Stanley 21st with 50.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to L. Kinsella of Cheltenham Town (7.4), ahead of Joel Colwill (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cheltenham Town wins, 1 draw and 1 for Accrington Stanley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Joel ColwillCheltenham Town
  • 30'Yellow card · Jake Thomas BattyAccrington Stanley
  • 39'Goal · Dara CostelloeAccrington Stanley · 0-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Nelson KhumbeniAccrington Stanley
  • 69'Goal · Manni NorkettCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · R. BowmanCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Lewis ShipleyCheltenham Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Tom BradburyCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cheltenham Town 0, draws 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Team news

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

Owen Evans, L. Kinsella, Sam Stubbs, Tom Bradbury, Lewis Shipley, L. Young, Scot Bennett, Ethon Archer, Tom Pett, Joel Colwill, R. Bowman

Accrington Stanley line-up (5-4-1)

Billy Crellin, Connor O'Brien, Donald Love, Farrend Rawson, Zach Awe, Jake Batty, Shaun Whalley, Seamus Conneely, Nelson Khumbeni, Dara Costelloe, Kelsey Mooney