Cheltenham Town vs Tranmere Rovers prediction and preview

League Two · Saturday 30 January 2027, 15:00 UTC

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Cheltenham Town vs Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 30 January 2027, 15:00 UTC · The EV Charger Points Stadium, Cheltenham

Cheltenham Town · Tranmere Rovers · League Two predictions

Cheltenham Town vs Tranmere Rovers preview

Cheltenham Town host Tranmere Rovers in the League Two on Saturday 30 January 2027, kick-off 15:00 UTC at The EV Charger Points Stadium in Cheltenham. Cheltenham Town are 5th in the table with 21 points from 14, while Tranmere Rovers go into the round 11th, on 19 points from 14 games.

Cheltenham Town come into the game with a L-W-W-L-L run in the league (2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Tranmere Rovers's recent sequence reads W-D-W-L-D. Over their last 6, Cheltenham Town have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Tranmere Rovers average 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 5 times in the records we hold: Cheltenham Town won 1, 0 games were drawn and Tranmere Rovers won 4. Those games averaged 3.2 goals, 3 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 3. The most recent meeting, on 31 Oct 2026, ended Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Cheltenham Town146352325-221LLWWL
11Tranmere Rovers144731917+219DLWDW

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Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cheltenham Town 1, draws 0, Tranmere Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Tranmere Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Luke McGee, Jacob Slater, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Will Vaulks, Dylan Jones, Charlie Whitaker, Tom Conlon, Tom Ince, Joe Ironside

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