Swindon Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Swindon Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium, Swindon · half-time 1-0

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Swindon Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Swindon Town won against Cheltenham Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 22 August 2026 at The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Aaron Drinan opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Aaron Drinan (17') and Ollie Clarke (55'). Cheltenham Town scored through Ryan Broom (85').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Swindon Town are 13th on 19 points and Cheltenham Town are 5th on 21 points.

Swindon Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Billy Kirkman of Swindon Town (7.5), ahead of Ollie Clarke (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Swindon Town wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Matty VirtueSwindon Town
  • 17'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Ollie ClarkeSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · Ryan BroomCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jake BickerstaffCheltenham Town

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Cheltenham Town146352325-221LLWWL
13Swindon Town145451517-219LDWDW

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Swindon Town 2, draws 1, Cheltenham Town 1.

Team news

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

Connor Ripley, Mitch Clark, Stephan Negru, Ryan Tafazolli, Billy Kirkman, Anthony Munda, Ben Middlemas, Matty Virtue, Ollie Clarke, Jaylan Pearman, Aaron Drinan

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

Wyll Stanway, Jonathan Tomkinson, Robbie Cundy, Pierce Sweeney, George Nurse, Ben Stevenson, Jake Benjamin Evans, Joe Tomlinson, Charlie McCann, Jordan Shipley, Kirsten Fiifi Yamoah Otchere

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