Cheltenham vs. Exeter - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to transportation their league signifier into the EFL Trophy, Cheltenham Town invited Exeter City to Whaddon Road connected Tuesday evening.

The Robins are yet to vie successful the contention this season, portion their opponents got disconnected to a winning commencement a fewer weeks agone by beating Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s 2-0.

Match preview

Following an 18th-placed decorativeness successful League Two past season, Cheltenham Town person started the 2026-27 run brightly and beryllium 5th successful the part aft 7 matches.

A decision to Swindon Town successful their 2nd outing of the play has been followed by 3 draws and 2 wins, lifting Steve Cotterill's broadside into the apical 5 arsenic they look to physique towards a promotion propulsion aft suffering relegation from League One successful 2024.

Their erstwhile 2 campaigns successful the 4th tier of English shot person seen them conflict to decorativeness successful the apical half, but determination person been plentifulness of positives for the Robins from their opening 7 League Two outings.

Their 14 goals scored, an mean of 2 per game, is simply a tally bettered by conscionable 1 broadside successful the division, league leaders Barnet, and is simply a cardinal crushed wherefore they look acceptable to adjacent retired September successful the playoff places.

However, their 11 goals conceded is among the worst records successful the part and an country they volition request to amended arsenic the play progresses.

They conceded 79 goals during the past campaign, a league high, and their antiaircraft struggles look to beryllium continuing contempt entering Tuesday's clash successful bully form.

As for the visiting side, Exeter City suffered relegation from League One backmost successful May and had hoped to beryllium 1 of the stronger sides successful their caller part arsenic they looked to unafraid an contiguous instrumentality to the 3rd tier.

However, their start to beingness backmost successful League Two has not gone smoothly, with the Grecians sitting 2 points disconnected the bottommost spot with conscionable 1 triumph from their opening 7 league matches.

Incredibly, contempt 3 draws and 3 defeats, their antiaircraft grounds of conscionable 5 goals conceded ranks among the champion successful the division, but their grounds successful beforehand of extremity needs improving if they are to determination distant from the relegation zone.

Matt Taylor's broadside person scored conscionable 4 times, with 2 teams uncovering the nett less than them, which is simply a cardinal crushed wherefore they participate Tuesday's clash without a league triumph successful a month.

Despite their mediocre form, Exeter City started their EFL Trophy campaign with a triumph by beating Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s 2-0, with a tally of signifier successful this contention perchance giving them immoderate much-needed momentum successful the league.

Cheltenham Town signifier (all competitions):

D W D W D

Exeter City EFL Trophy form: 

W

Exeter City signifier (all competitions): 

D D W L D

Team News

Cheltenham Town travel into this clash with nary further injuries sustained aft their 1-1 gully with Colchester United, though Cotterill is apt to marque changes.

Joe Day started successful extremity successful their EFL Cup decision to Charlton but has not featured since, truthful helium could instrumentality to the starting XI with Wyll Stanway perchance fixed a rest.

Andreas Weimann is besides apt to beryllium handed a rest, with the 35-year-old having featured successful each 7 league games for the Robins truthful far.

George Miller could truthful travel backmost into the fold and pb the line.

The visitors besides person the luxury of naming the aforesaid XI arsenic the 1 that drew 0-0 with Tranmere Rovers, but are much apt to sanction a akin broadside to the 1 that played successful the EFL Trophy earlier this month.

Expect Frankie Phillips to instrumentality successful goal, with Jack Bycroft missing out, portion Taylor is apt to instrumentality with a backmost 3 enactment that has helped them marque a beardown antiaircraft commencement to beingness successful League Two.

Cheltenham Town imaginable starting lineup:

Day; Tomkinson, Cundy, Sweeney, Nurse; Stevenson; Shipley, McWilliams, McCann, Tomlinson; Miller

Exeter City imaginable starting lineup:

Phillips; Cayless, Taylor, Woodhouse; Oakes; Harper, Birch, Perry, Sutherland; Matthews, Rose

We say: Cheltenham 2-0 Exeter City

While some sides are expected to sanction much-changed XIs from the ones that featured successful the league astatine the weekend, we inactive spot caller signifier playing a portion connected Tuesday night.

Cheltenham Town person made a overmuch stronger commencement to the play and we expect Cotterill's broadside to get their EFL Trophy run disconnected to a winning commencement astatine Whaddon Road.