Cheltenham will be no pushovers, they are rarely hammered and come to us determined to finally end a slide that started when they played us in January and continued with Macclesfield yesterday. The Robins keep things tight and have won 8 and lost 8 by a single goal margin and won 3 and lost 6 by 2 goals; but this is one we know we can and must win.
Put shackles on Thomas and Goulding, which Green and Hone can do and let Howell and Kilby deal with Joshu Lowe and Frankie Artus and we will. That said, like ourselves, the form of our foe is better away than at home.
The Robins have drawn one and lost 5 of their last 6 games since beating Bury 3-2 away. Indeed they have only won one (Stockport 2-1) of the preceeding ten (4 draws & 5 defeats) since the Imps ended a hot streak on 25th January that actually had Robins fans tweeting about the playoffs.
Let's take a statistical look at the form of the foe.
Home Record 21st position
P 22 W 6 D 6 L 10 F 24 A 31 GD -2 PTS 24
Away Record 15th position
P 21 W 6 D 6 L 9 F 29 A 44 GD -15 PTS 24
Overall Position 18th in League 2
P 43 W 12 D 12 L 19 F 53 A 75 GD -22 PTS 48
Seasonal Highs & Lows
Biggest Home Win 4-0 Bradford City
Biggest Away Win Aldershot Town 0-2, Accrington Stanley 2-4, Macclesfield Town 0-2
Heaviest Home Defeat 0-3 Hereford United, 0-3 Chesterfield
Heaviest Away Defeat Crewe Alexandra 1-8
Highest Score Rotherham United 6-4
Ker-ching
Highest Gate 4349 Oxford United
Lowest Gate 2191 Stockport County
Average Attendance 2920
Total Turnstile Clicks 64257
Heroes & Villains
Goal makers
19 Wesley Thomas
10 Jeff Goulding
6 Joshua Low
3 Brian Smikle, Frankie Artus, Danny Andrew
Assists
6 Brian Smikle, Danny Andrew
5 Jeff Goulding, Joshua Low,
4 Keith Lowe 4
3 Wesley Thomas
Keeper Corner
Scott P Brown
Games 48 Saves 233 Clean sheets 7
Card Collectors
yellows - 41
6 Danny Andrews, Michael Pook
4 Jeff Goulding, Wesley Thomas
Reds -1
1 Andy Gallinagh