Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Portsmouth (1st, 97 pts) held a 53-point advantage over Cheltenham Town (21st, 44 pts). Cheltenham Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 16th in the league over the last five rounds against 21st overall. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Cheltenham Town ran at 0.89 scored and 1.41 conceded, Portsmouth at 1.7 and 0.89.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Cheltenham Town, 7 draws and 3 for Portsmouth, at 2.55 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 27% of the wins in this fixture.
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 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.