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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Jokubas MazionisCheltenham Town
  • 9'Goal · Jack SandersMilton Keynes Dons · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Callum PatersonMilton Keynes Dons · 3-0
  • 42'Yellow card · A. Jude-BoydCheltenham Town
  • 60'Goal · Rushian Hepburn-MurphyMilton Keynes Dons · 4-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Jake BickerstaffCheltenham Town
  • 74'Yellow card · Will CollarMilton Keynes Dons
  • 80'Goal · Aaron NemaneMilton Keynes Dons · 5-0
  • 83'Yellow card · E. ArcherCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

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

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