Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 February 2026

Result

Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons

League Two · Saturday 7 February 2026, 15:01 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Cheltenham Town were beaten by Milton Keynes Dons 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Curtis Nelson opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Jake Bickerstaff (45+2') and Isaac Hutchinson (87'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Curtis Nelson (32'), Callum Paterson (37') and Marvin Ekpiteta (64').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Milton Keynes Dons received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 18th on 30 points from 28 and Milton Keynes Dons 6th on 51 points from 29. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 1st with 87.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Ekpiteta of Milton Keynes Dons (7.8), ahead of Callum Paterson (7.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

19'Yellow card · Luke OffordMilton Keynes Dons
32'Goal · Curtis NelsonMilton Keynes Dons · 0-1
37'Goal · Callum PatersonMilton Keynes Dons · 0-2
45+2'Goal · Jake BickerstaffCheltenham Town · 1-2
64'Goal · Marvin EkpitetaMilton Keynes Dons · 1-3
81'Yellow card · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons
85'Yellow card · Jon MellishMilton Keynes Dons
87'Goal · Isaac HutchinsonCheltenham Town · 2-3
89'Yellow card · Liam KellyMilton Keynes Dons
90+5'Yellow card · George NurseCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cheltenham Town 0, draws 2, Milton Keynes Dons 3.

Milton Keynes Dons 5-0 Cheltenham TownLeague Two · 16 Aug 2025
Cheltenham Town 0-2 Milton Keynes DonsLeague Two · 22 Mar 2025
Milton Keynes Dons 3-2 Cheltenham TownLeague Two · 16 Nov 2024
Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Cheltenham TownLeague One · 15 Apr 2023
Cheltenham Town 0-0 Milton Keynes DonsLeague One · 29 Oct 2022

Team news

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Will CollarMilton Keynes Dons · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Nathaniel Méndez-LaingMilton Keynes Dons · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Kane WilsonMilton Keynes Dons · injury (Knee Injury)

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

Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, Ben Stevenson, Jordan Thomas, L. Young, Isaac Hutchinson, Jake Bickerstaff, Josh Davison

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-1-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Marvin Ekpiteta, Curtis Nelson, Luke Offord, Liam Kelly, Aaron Nemane, Ben Wiles, Alex Gilbey, Joe Tomlinson, Aaron Collins, Callum Paterson