On the 14th of January, in this week 27 match, Cheltenham Town will host Derby County in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 18th placed Cheltenham Town is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Morecambe. Jensen Weir struck first for Morecambe in the 20th minute on a feed from Keiran Phillips, but Alfie May got the equalizer for Cheltenham Town in the 39th minute. Cheltenham Town is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Derby County is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Barnsley. James Collins struck first for Derby County in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick, then Tom Barkhuizen added another in the 60th minute In the end, Barnsley couldn’t muster any offence and Derby County ran away with the shutout win. Derby County looks to continue their winning ways, having 6 wins in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
David McGoldrick has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Derby County. Cheltenham Town’s top weapon lately has been Alfie May, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.