In this week 26 match, on Tuesday Jan 24th, Cheltenham Town will host Sheffield Wednesday in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Cheltenham Town sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Derby County. Caleb Taylor struck first for Cheltenham Town in the 2nd minute, then Conor Hourihane got the equalizer for Derby County in the 8th minute on a feed from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Finally they completed the comback in the 11th minute on a goal by Max Bird to cap off a wild match. Cheltenham Town is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Sheffield Wednesday, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wycombe Wanderers. Will Vaulks scored the first goal for Sheffield Wednesday in the 13th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wycombe Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Sheffield Wednesday took the shutout win. Sheffield Wednesday is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Cheltenham Town and Sheffield Wednesday last played eachother at the Hillsborough Stadium on the 8th of October. Sheffield Wednesday won by a score of 3 to 0. Josh Windass struck first for Sheffield Wednesday in the 3rd minute, then Barry Bannan added another in the 83rd minute In the end, Cheltenham Town was frustrated by Sheffield Wednesday’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sheffield Wednesday ended the match with the shutout victory.
Josh Windass has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored six goals for Sheffield Wednesday. Cheltenham Town’s top weapon lately has been Alfie May, who has three goals in the last five matches.