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Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons · League Two

Cheltenham Town lost to Milton Keynes Dons 2-3 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Cheltenham Town fixtures and results · Milton Keynes Dons fixtures and results · League Two table

Match report

Cheltenham Town and Milton Keynes Dons met in the League Two at Whaddon Road in Cheltenham on Saturday, 7 February 2026.

Goalscorers

Cheltenham Town: J. Bickerstaff 45'; I. Hutchinson 87'. Milton Keynes Dons: C. Nelson 32'; C. Paterson 37'; M. Ekpiteta 64'.

How the match went

Cheltenham Town saw more of the ball, 56% of it. Cheltenham Town had 14 shots with 2 on target, Milton Keynes Dons 19 with 9 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 7 to Cheltenham Town and 8 to Milton Keynes Dons. Cheltenham Town conceded 4 fouls, Milton Keynes Dons 12. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (1 for Cheltenham Town, 4 for Milton Keynes Dons).

Line-ups

Cheltenham Town started in a 4-1-4-1: Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, Ben Stevenson, Jordan Thomas, Luke Young, Isaac Hutchinson, Jake Bickerstaff, Josh Davison.

Milton Keynes Dons started in a 3-1-4-2: Craig McGillivray, Marvin Ekpiteta, Curtis Nelson, Luke Offord, Liam Kelly, Aaron Nemane, Ben Wiles, Alex Gilbey, Joseph Tomlinson, Aaron Collins, Callum Paterson.

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

Minute by minute

  1. 32'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons. C. Nelson (Milton Keynes Dons) scores, assisted by L. Kelly.
  2. 37'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-2 Milton Keynes Dons. C. Paterson (Milton Keynes Dons) scores.
  3. 45+2'Goal! Cheltenham Town 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons. J. Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town) scores.
  4. 45'Half-time. Cheltenham Town 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons.
  5. 64'Goal! Cheltenham Town 1-3 Milton Keynes Dons. M. Ekpiteta (Milton Keynes Dons) scores.
  6. 87'Goal! Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons. I. Hutchinson (Cheltenham Town) scores, assisted by C. Deeming.
  7. 90'Full-time. Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons.
Full commentary (53 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Cheltenham Town vs Milton Keynes Dons.
  2. 2'Attempt missed. A. Nemane (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  3. 2'Attempt saved. B. Wiles (Milton Keynes Dons), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  4. 13'Attempt blocked. J. Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  5. 13'Attempt saved. A. Collins (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  6. 19'Yellow card for L. Offord (Milton Keynes Dons) for foul.
  7. 20'Attempt missed. A. Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  8. 25'Attempt missed. M. Ekpiteta (Milton Keynes Dons), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
  9. 29'Attempt blocked. I. Hutchinson (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.09.
  10. 30'Attempt blocked. A. Gilbey (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  11. 30'Attempt missed. J. Wilson (Cheltenham Town), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
  12. 31'Attempt blocked. M. Ekpiteta (Milton Keynes Dons), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
  13. 32'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons. C. Nelson (Milton Keynes Dons) scores, assisted by L. Kelly.
  14. 33'Attempt blocked. I. Hutchinson (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  15. 34'Attempt missed. C. Paterson (Milton Keynes Dons), left-footed shot. xG 0.15.
  16. 35'Attempt missed. L. Kelly (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  17. 37'Goal! Cheltenham Town 0-2 Milton Keynes Dons. C. Paterson (Milton Keynes Dons) scores.
  18. 42'Attempt saved. C. Nelson (Milton Keynes Dons), header from a corner. xG 0.16.
  19. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  20. 45+2'Goal! Cheltenham Town 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons. J. Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town) scores.
  21. 45'Half-time. Cheltenham Town 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons.
  22. 46'The second half is under way.
  23. 52'Attempt saved. C. Paterson (Milton Keynes Dons), left-footed shot. xG 0.18.
  24. 52'Attempt blocked. J. Tomlinson (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  25. 55'Attempt blocked. J. Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.13.
  26. 59'Attempt blocked. B. Stevenson (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  27. 60'Substitution, Milton Keynes Dons: G. Jones comes on for A. Nemane.
  28. 60'Substitution, Milton Keynes Dons: R. Hepburn-Murphy comes on for A. Collins.
  29. 61'Substitution, Milton Keynes Dons: J. Mellish comes on for J. Tomlinson.
  30. 62'Attempt missed. I. Hutchinson (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.11.
  31. 64'Goal! Cheltenham Town 1-3 Milton Keynes Dons. M. Ekpiteta (Milton Keynes Dons) scores.
  32. 64'Attempt saved. R. Hepburn-Murphy (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.62.
  33. 64'Attempt blocked. C. Paterson (Milton Keynes Dons), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.11.
  34. 67'Attempt blocked. J. Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  35. 68'Attempt missed. A. Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.01.
  36. 72'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: G. Miller comes on for J. Davison.
  37. 72'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: J. Martin comes on for A. Jude-Boyd.
  38. 73'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: C. Deeming comes on for L. Young.
  39. 73'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: H. Ashfield comes on for J. Bickerstaff.
  40. 78'Attempt missed. C. Deeming (Cheltenham Town), header. xG 0.14.
  41. 79'Attempt blocked. H. Ashfield (Cheltenham Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  42. 81'Substitution, Cheltenham Town: G. Nurse comes on for J. Thomas.
  43. 81'Yellow card for A. Gilbey (Milton Keynes Dons) for foul.
  44. 84'Substitution, Milton Keynes Dons: J. Sanders comes on for M. Ekpiteta.
  45. 85'Yellow card for J. Mellish (Milton Keynes Dons) for time wasting.
  46. 87'Goal! Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons. I. Hutchinson (Cheltenham Town) scores, assisted by C. Deeming.
  47. 89'Yellow card for L. Kelly (Milton Keynes Dons) for time wasting.
  48. 90'Attempt missed. G. Miller (Cheltenham Town), header. xG 0.07.
  49. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  50. 90+1'Attempt saved. B. Wiles (Milton Keynes Dons), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  51. 90+5'Yellow card for G. Nurse (Cheltenham Town) for foul.
  52. 90+6'Attempt blocked. B. Wiles (Milton Keynes Dons), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  53. 90'Full-time. Cheltenham Town 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons.
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