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Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town · League Two

Accrington Stanley beat Cheltenham Town 3-1 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Accrington Stanley and Cheltenham Town met in the League Two at The Crown Ground in Accrington on Saturday, 31 January 2026.

Goalscorers

Accrington Stanley: S. Whalley 8'; D. Love 45'; D. Matthews 59'. Cheltenham Town: J. Thomas 73'.

How the match went

Cheltenham Town saw more of the ball, 57% of it. Accrington Stanley had 16 shots with 8 on target, Cheltenham Town 13 with 4 on target. There were 18 corners in total, 10 to Accrington Stanley and 8 to Cheltenham Town. Accrington Stanley conceded 7 fouls, Cheltenham Town 10. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Accrington Stanley, 2 for Cheltenham Town).

Line-ups

Accrington Stanley started in a 3-5-2: Oliver Wright, Donald Love, Farrend Rawson, Devon Matthews, Connor O'Brien, Isaac Sinclair, Seamus Conneely, Alex Henderson, Isaac Heath, Josh Woods, Shaun Whalley.

Cheltenham Town started in a 4-1-4-1: Joe Day, Jonathan Tomkinson, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, George Nurse, Ben Stevenson, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Luke Young, Cole Deeming, Jordan Thomas, Jake Bickerstaff.

More from this competition: League Two fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 8'Goal! Accrington Stanley 1-0 Cheltenham Town. S. Whalley (Accrington Stanley) scores.
  2. 45+2'Goal! Accrington Stanley 2-0 Cheltenham Town. D. Love (Accrington Stanley) scores, assisted by S. Whalley.
  3. 45'Half-time. Accrington Stanley 2-0 Cheltenham Town.
  4. 59'Goal! Accrington Stanley 3-0 Cheltenham Town. D. Matthews (Accrington Stanley) scores, assisted by S. Whalley.
  5. 73'Goal! Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town. J. Thomas (Cheltenham Town) scores.
  6. 90'Full-time. Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town.
Full commentary (45 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Accrington Stanley vs Cheltenham Town.
  2. 5'Attempt blocked. S. Whalley (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot. xG 0.24.
  3. 5'Attempt blocked. C. O'Brien (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  4. 6'Attempt blocked. D. Matthews (Accrington Stanley), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
  5. 8'Goal! Accrington Stanley 1-0 Cheltenham Town. S. Whalley (Accrington Stanley) scores.
  6. 15'Attempt missed. J. Thomas (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.04.
  7. 16'Attempt missed. A. Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.34.
  8. 23'Attempt missed. C. Deeming (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
  9. 25'Attempt saved. J. Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  10. 26'Attempt missed. I. Sinclair (Accrington Stanley), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
  11. 44'Attempt saved. A. Henderson (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  12. 44'Attempt blocked. J. Woods (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  13. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  14. 45+1'Yellow card for R. Cundy (Cheltenham Town) for foul.
  15. 45+2'Goal! Accrington Stanley 2-0 Cheltenham Town. D. Love (Accrington Stanley) scores, assisted by S. Whalley.
  16. 45'Half-time. Accrington Stanley 2-0 Cheltenham Town.
  17. 46'The second half is under way.
  18. 52'Attempt saved. F. Rawson (Accrington Stanley), header from a corner. xG 0.27.
  19. 52'Attempt missed. S. Conneely (Accrington Stanley), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
  20. 55'Yellow card for A. Henderson (Accrington Stanley) for foul.
  21. 59'Goal! Accrington Stanley 3-0 Cheltenham Town. D. Matthews (Accrington Stanley) scores, assisted by S. Whalley.
  22. 60'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: J. Davison comes on for C. Deeming.
  23. 61'Attempt blocked. R. Cundy (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.19.
  24. 63'Attempt missed. S. Whalley (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
  25. 66'Substitution, Accrington Stanley: C. Grant comes on for A. Henderson.
  26. 66'Substitution, Accrington Stanley: F. Sass comes on for C. O'Brien.
  27. 69'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: S. Sherring comes on for J. Wilson.
  28. 69'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: J. Martin comes on for G. Nurse.
  29. 72'Substitution, Accrington Stanley: D. O. Abimbola comes on for J. Woods.
  30. 72'Attempt missed. J. Davison (Cheltenham Town), header. xG 0.57.
  31. 73'Goal! Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town. J. Thomas (Cheltenham Town) scores.
  32. 73'Substitution, Accrington Stanley: L. Butterfield comes on for S. Conneely.
  33. 76'Attempt saved. J. Martin (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  34. 76'Attempt blocked. R. Cundy (Cheltenham Town), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
  35. 77'Yellow card for J. Davison (Cheltenham Town) for foul.
  36. 78'Attempt saved. L. Butterfield (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.05.
  37. 79'Attempt blocked. B. Stevenson (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.06.
  38. 79'Attempt blocked. I. Heath (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.05.
  39. 83'Attempt saved. S. Whalley (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  40. 84'Attempt saved. I. Sinclair (Accrington Stanley), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  41. 88'Attempt saved. J. Tomkinson (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  42. 90'Attempt missed. J. Davison (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.66.
  43. 90'Attempt missed. A. Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), header. xG 0.08.
  44. 90'2 minutes of added time.
  45. 90'Full-time. Accrington Stanley 3-1 Cheltenham Town.
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