Milton Keynes Dons 5-0 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 August 2025
Result
Milton Keynes Dons 5-0 Cheltenham Town
League Two · Saturday 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Milton Keynes Dons 5-0 Cheltenham Town: match report
Milton Keynes Dons defeated Cheltenham Town 5-0 in the League Two on Saturday 16 August 2025. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Jack Sanders opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Jack Sanders (9'), Alex Gilbey (15'), Callum Paterson (25'), Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (60') and Aaron Nemane (80'). Cheltenham Town did not score.
Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Cheltenham Town 21st on 0 points from 2. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Cheltenham Town 18th with 52.
Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Sanders of Milton Keynes Dons (9.0), ahead of Callum Paterson (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Milton Keynes Dons wins, 2 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Jokubas Mazionis
- 9'Goal · Jack Sanders
- 15'Goal · Alex Gilbey
- 25'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 42'Yellow card · A. Jude-Boyd
- 60'Goal · Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
- 71'Yellow card · Jake Bickerstaff
- 74'Yellow card · Will Collar
- 80'Goal · Aaron Nemane
- 83'Yellow card · E. Archer
Head-to-head
Team news
Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-3-3)
Craig MacGillivray, Gethin Jones, Luke Offord, Jack Sanders, Joe Tomlinson, Will Collar, Liam Kelly, Alex Gilbey, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing
Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joe Day, James Wilson, Scot Bennett, Jokūbas Mažionis, Darragh Power, Ryan Broom, L. Young, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Ethon Archer, Jordan Thomas, George Miller