Match Report
Cheltenham Town, 16th on 54 points, faced a 44-point deficit to Ipswich Town (2nd, 98). The last five rounds placed Cheltenham Town 6th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Per game in the league, Cheltenham Town were scoring 0.98 and conceding 1.33, Ipswich Town 2.2 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Ipswich Town had won eight straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Cheltenham Town 8/15, Ipswich Town 15/15.
The match was played at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in Cheltenham (capacity 7,066). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.