Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Cheltenham Town played against Shrewsbury Town in EFL League Two (England). The game was played on December 26, 2025. Final score: 3:1.

Recent form

Cheltenham Town has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss over its last five games, averaging 2.00 points per game. Shrewsbury Town has 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with 0.60 points per game.

Scoring records

Cheltenham Town scores 0.86 goals per game and allows 1.62. Shrewsbury Town scores 0.95 and allows 1.62. Games in this league average 2.69 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 38% of Cheltenham Town's games and 52% of Shrewsbury Town's. The Over 2.5 rates are 33% and 48%, compared with league averages of 57% for BTTS and 49% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Shrewsbury Town has the higher season xG average, 1.27 to 1.08 per game. Cheltenham Town takes 9.4 shots per game, while Shrewsbury Town takes 11.9.

First-half and second-half trends

Cheltenham Town leads at halftime in 14% of its games and scores 0.62 goals per game after halftime. Shrewsbury Town leads at halftime in 14% and scores 0.43 after halftime.

When the teams score

Cheltenham Town's most productive scoring window is minutes 61-75 (7 goals). For Shrewsbury Town, it is minutes 31-45+ (5 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

League Two games average 2.69 goals. Both teams score in 57% of games, and 49% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

There is not enough head-to-head history for a meaningful comparison.

Stats by half

2 : 0
First half
1 : 1
Second half

Game stats

46Possession (%)54
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
16Shots7
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
6Shots on target3
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
1.67xG1.1
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
4Corners5
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
33Dangerous attacks60
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
13Fouls15
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
2Cards3
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0.86Goals scored / game0.95
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
1.62Goals allowed / game1.62
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
46%Average possession45%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
2.62Shots on target / game3
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

9.43Shots per game11.9
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
2.62Shots on target3
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
9.1%Shot conversion8%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
46%Possession45%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
1.08xG for1.27
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
1.83xG against1.39
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

Shooting quality

Cheltenham Town: BalancedShrewsbury Town: Balanced
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
Accuracy (shots on target)28%25%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.330.32

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Cheltenham Town is 233% better for: last-5 form.

2 pts / game - Cheltenham Town · 0.6 pts / game - Shrewsbury Town

Cheltenham Town
WLWDW
Season result split
33% W14% D52% L
Season (W-D-L)
7-3-11
1.14 pts / game · goal difference -16
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
4-1-5
Last 5 at home
3-1-1
WWLWD
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.17Opponent xG: 1.50BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 20%
Shrewsbury Town
LDDDL
No win in the last 5 games
Season result split
19% W33% D48% L
Season (W-D-L)
4-7-10
0.90 pts / game · goal difference -14
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-3-2
0.60 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
1-3-6
Last 5 away
0-3-2
DDLLD
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.8xG: 1.27Opponent xG: 1.43BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Shrewsbury Town is 10% better for: goals scored per game.

0.86 goals / game - Cheltenham Town · 0.95 goals / game - Shrewsbury Town

Cheltenham Town scoring profile: strong

Cheltenham Town scores in 67% of games (14 of 21 meczów), while Shrewsbury Town keeps a clean sheet in 29% (6 of 21 meczów).

Shrewsbury Town scoring profile: strong

Shrewsbury Town scores in 67% of games (14 of 21 meczów), while Cheltenham Town keeps a clean sheet in 29% (6 of 21 meczów).

18Goals scored (season)20
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
34Goals conceded (season)34
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
2.48Average goals per game2.57
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
5Goals scored (last 5)6
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
4Goals conceded (last 5)9
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

How often they score at least...

67%1 goal67%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
19%2 goals19%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0%3 goals10%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0%4 goals0%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

How often they concede at least...

71%1 goal71%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
43%2 goals52%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
19%3 goals29%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
10%4 goals10%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

57%
League average

Goal patterns

10%BTTS at half-time24%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
5%BTTS in both halves0%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
14%Scored in both halves0%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

BTTS and goal count

24%Min. 3 goals and BTTS43%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
10%Min. 3 goals without BTTS5%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
40%BTTS - last 580%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

1st half

48%Min. 1 goal before half-time57%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
19%Min. 2 goals before half-time38%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
14%Min. 3 goals before half-time14%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

2nd half

95%Min. 1 goal after half-time71%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
57%Min. 2 goals after half-time48%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
5%Min. 3 goals after half-time14%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Cheltenham Town - half-time state
14% leading52% draw33% trailing
Shrewsbury Town - half-time state
14% leading52% draw33% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

0.95Points per game (1st half)0.95
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0.24Goals scored (1st half)0.52
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0.57Goals conceded (1st half)0.67
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0.81Average goals (1st half)1.19
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
67%Clean sheet before half-time48%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
76%No goal before half-time71%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

After half-time (2nd half)

1.19Points per game (2nd half)0.95
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
0.62Goals scored (2nd half)0.43
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
1.05Goals conceded (2nd half)0.95
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
1.67Average goals (2nd half)1.38
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
33%Clean sheet after half-time48%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town
43%No goal after half-time62%
Cheltenham TownShrewsbury Town

Cheltenham Town - second-half results

29% W33% D38% L
20
Half-time points
5
Half-time goals
-7
Goal difference (1st half)
25
Second-half points
-9
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.95
PPG before half-time
Lead holding236%

Leads at halftime in 14% of games and wins 33%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.5

Allows 0.5 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Shrewsbury Town - second-half results

19% W38% D43% L
20
Half-time points
11
Half-time goals
-3
Goal difference (1st half)
20
Second-half points
-11
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.95
PPG before half-time
Lead holding136%

Leads at halftime in 14% of games and wins 19%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.3

Allows 0.3 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Cheltenham Town - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.201.60
Goals scored / game0.20.8
Goals allowed / game0.20.6
Average goals per game0.41.4
1 goal40%100%
2 goals0%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal80%20%
Goal difference0+1
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1
Shrewsbury Town - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.000.80
Goals scored / game0.80.4
Goals allowed / game0.81.0
Average goals per game1.61.4
1 goal80%80%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet20%40%
No goal60%60%
Goal difference0-3
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 4

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Cheltenham Town
ScoredConceded
1
6
0-15
2
3
16-30
2
3
31-45
2
7
46-60
7
6
61-75
4
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (7 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -5 - late phases are a weakness.

Shrewsbury Town
ScoredConceded
3
5
0-15
3
6
16-30
5
3
31-45
3
5
46-60
1
5
61-75
5
10
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (5 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (10). Late-goal balance (76-90): -5 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

2.53
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
1.2 : 1.3
Estimated goal split
home : away
94%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
45%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
45%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
11%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 9 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Cheltenham Town

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.75
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.01
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+10.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.22
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.21
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
60%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
129%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.86
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
22% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 6% come in the first quarter-hour.
22%

Shrewsbury Town

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.12
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.55
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+2.8 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.32
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.23
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
75%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
113%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
-0.30
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 15% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (League Two).

Teams vs league

Cheltenham TownLigaShrewsbury Town
Average goals per game 2.482.69 2.57
Both teams scored 38%57% 52%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 33%49% 48%
Clean sheets 29%24% 29%
Goal before half-time 48%71% 57%
Goal after half-time 95%77% 71%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.69
Average goals per game
57%
Both teams scored
49%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
24%
Clean sheets
1.43
Home goals / game
1.26
Away goals / game
+13%
Home attack advantage
+12%
Home defensive advantage
+7%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
35%
2 goals
13%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
77%
1 goal
44%
2 goals
17%
3 goals
4%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. Cheltenham TownGoalIsaac Hutchinson
  2. Shrewsbury TownGoalJohn MarquisAssist: William Boyle
  3. Shrewsbury TownSubstitutionOn: Tommy McDermottOff: Anthony Scully
  4. Cheltenham TownYellow cardJoseph David Day
  5. Shrewsbury TownYellow cardWilliam Boyle
  6. Cheltenham TownSubstitutionOn: Ethon ArcherOff: Isaac Hutchinson
  7. Shrewsbury TownSubstitutionOn: Thomas SangOff: George Robert Lawrence Lloyd
  8. Cheltenham TownSubstitutionOn: Tom TaylorOff: Jake Bickerstaff
  9. Cheltenham TownYellow cardArkelle Jude-Boyd
  10. Cheltenham TownSubstitutionOn: Josh MartinOff: Jordan Thomas
  11. Shrewsbury TownYellow cardTaylor Perry
  12. Shrewsbury TownYellow cardTommy McDermott

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Richard EleyMatches officiated: 9
3.78Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 233%Home wins11%Draws56%Away wins

FAQ

What was the result of Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town?

The EFL League Two match finished Cheltenham Town 3:1 Shrewsbury Town. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town?

Cheltenham Town score 0.86 goals per game on average and Shrewsbury Town 0.95. The EFL League Two average is 2.69 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 49% of games. Both teams score in 38% of Cheltenham Town's matches and 52% of Shrewsbury Town's.

What form are Cheltenham Town and Shrewsbury Town in?

Over the last 5 games Cheltenham Town have a 3-1-1 record (2.00 points per game) and Shrewsbury Town 0-3-2 (0.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.