Tranmere Rovers vs Cheltenham Town · League Two

Tranmere Rovers
4-7-5
3 – 2
FT
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Cheltenham Town
4-2-10
Prenton Park · Birkenhead · England
Tranmere Rovers took the points with a 3-2 win over Cheltenham Town at Prenton Park (crowd 7,481). Tranmere went 1-0 up at the 2-minute mark thanks to a James Wilson own goal and Joe Ironside added to the lead after 11 minutes; a goal from Jordan Thomas at the 34-minute mark cut it to 2-1 and the equaliser came from Josh Martin after 77 minutes. Tranmere went 3-2 up at the 86-minute mark thanks to a Joe Day own goal. Cheltenham had more of the shots, 14 to 13, and 55% of the ball. From 14 shots, Cheltenham found the target 4 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Prenton Park · Birkenhead · England
- Crowd
- 7,481
- Referee
- Oliver Langford
- Tranmere form
- LDLWD
- Cheltenham form
- LWLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tranmere | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
5Fouls7
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks7
2Saves2
45.4%Possession54.6%
13Shots14
3On Goal4
20%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
3Blocked Shots5
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-2
88'
🔁Tom Taylorreplacing Ethon Archer
⚽Joe DayOwn goal
86'3 - 2
85'
🟨Luke Young
🔁Billy Blackerreplacing Jason Lowe
84'
🔁Aaron McGowanreplacing Richard Smallwood
84'
77'2 - 2
⚽Josh Martin
🟨Richard Smallwood
73'
72'
🔁Josh Martinreplacing Ryan Broom
🔁Cameron Normanreplacing Jayden Joseph
68'
🟨Nathan Smith
66'
🔁Kristian Dennisreplacing Connor Jennings
65'
🔁Josh Davisonreplacing Joe Ironside
65'
45'
🔁Hakeeb Adelakunreplacing Ben Stevenson
Half-time · 2-1
34'2 - 1
⚽Jordan Thomas
⚽Joe Ironside
11'2 - 0
⚽James WilsonOwn goal
2'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Tranmere Rovers3-4-1-2
29⚽↓Ironside
18↓Jennings
7Whitaker
11Patrick
6🟨↓Smallwood
14↓Joseph
8Finley
3Brough
5🟨Smith
16↓Lowe
13Murphy
Bench
- 10Josh Davisonon for Joe Ironside, 65'
- 30Aaron McGowanon for Richard Smallwood, 84'
- 42Nohan Kenneh
- 2Cameron Normanon for Jayden Joseph, 68'
- 9Kristian Dennison for Connor Jennings, 65'
- 24Billy Blackeron for Jason Lowe, 84'
- 12Jack Barrett
Cheltenham Town4-3-3
8🟨Young
11⚽Thomas
20Bickerstaff
21Hutchinson
22↓Archer
26↓Stevenson
27Tomkinson
5Wilson
14↓Broom
24Sherring
1Day
Bench
- 16Josh Martinon for Ryan Broom, 72' ⚽
- 31Hakeeb Adelakunon for Ben Stevenson, 45'
- 41Mamadou Diallo
- 12Darragh Power
- 3George Harmon
- 4Liam Kinsella
- 15Tom Tayloron for Ethon Archer, 88'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 | |
| 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 | |
| 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 | |
| 4 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | |
| 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 | |
| 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 | |
| 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 | |
| 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 | |
| 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 | |
| 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 | |
| 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 | |
| 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | |
| 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 | |
| 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 | |
| 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |
| 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 | |
| 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 | |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 | |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 | |
| 22 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 | |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 | |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
2Tranmere wins
0Level
3Cheltenham wins
Last times they met
FT
Tranmere
2–0
· 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Cheltenham
1–0
· 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Cheltenham
4–0
· 2020-21 English League Two
FT
Tranmere
0–3
· 2020-21 English League Two
FT
Cheltenham
1–3
· 2018-19 English League Two
Form
Last games: Tranmere
D1-1D1-1L3-1L2-1W2-1
Last games: Cheltenham
W2-0W1-0W2-2W1-0L2-1