On Tuesday Feb 8th, in week 32, Cheltenham Town plays host to Sunderland in a clash of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 16th placed Cheltenham Town, recorded a 2-2 draw against AFC Wimbledon. Ayoub Assal struck first for AFC Wimbledon in the 8th minute on a feed from Jack Rudoni, then Alfie May tied it up for Cheltenham Town in the 31st minute . Cheltenham Town looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Sunderland recorded a 0-6 blowout loss against Bolton Wanderers. Dion Charles struck first for Bolton Wanderers in the 19th minute, then Oladapo Afolayan added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Kieran Lee At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sunderland couldn’t manage to score, and Bolton Wanderers took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Sunderland should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Stadium Of Light, Sunderland won by a score of 5 to 0. Bailey Wright struck first for Sunderland in the 11th minute on a feed from Aiden McGeady, then Ross Stewart added another in the 28th minute on a feed from Carl Winchester In the end, Cheltenham Town couldn’t muster any offence and Sunderland ran away with the shutout win.
Ross Stewart has been the most prolific scorer on Sunderland in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Cheltenham Town’s most prolific scorer has been Alfie May. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.