Timeline
- 1' Charlie Mccann
- 23' Dylan Jones
- 32' Jake Evans Yellow Card
- 39' Dylan Jones
- 45'+1' Jordan Turnbull Yellow Card
- 45'+3' Charlie Whitaker
- 45' Nathan Smith for Jordan Turnbull
- 60' Tom Conlon Yellow Card
- 68' George Nurse for Jordan Shipley
- 68' George Miller for Ryan Broom
- 78' Jonathan Tomkinson Yellow Card
- 80' Jake Bickerstaff for Andreas Weimann
- 89' Lee O'Connor for Dylan Jones
Match stats
41.1%
Possession
58.9%
17
Shots
10
9
On target
2
7
Fouls
8
2
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0
2
Offsides
8
1
Saves
6
242
Accurate passes
413
Lineups
Tranmere Rovers
4-4-1-1
1
McGee
3
Slater
4
Turnbull
16
Faulkner
2
Senior
7
Whitaker
11
Conlon
6
Vaulks
29
Jones
9
Ironside
10
Ince
Cheltenham Town
4-2-3-1
23
Stanway
26
Shipley
6
Wilson
25
Sweeney
3
Tomkinson
17
McWilliams
7
Stevenson
14
Broom
8
Mccann
19
Evans
18
Weimann
Tranmere Rovers
4-4-1-1
- 1 Luke McGee G
- 4 Jordan Turnbull ▼ CD-L
- 16 Bobby Faulkner CD-R
- 3 Jacob Slater LB
- 2 Joel Senior RB
- 11 Tom Conlon CM-L
- 6 Will Vaulks CM-R
- 7 Charlie Whitaker LM
- 29 Dylan Jones ▼ RM
- 9 Joe Ironside F
- 10 Tom Ince RCF
Came on
- 5 Nathan Smith ▲ SUB
- 22 Lee O'Connor ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
- 30 George Nevett SUB
- 20 Charlie Veevers SUB
- 13 Coniah Boyce-Clarke SUB
- 44 Ryan Watson SUB
- 24 David Kamara SUB
Cheltenham Town
4-2-3-1
- 23 Wyll Stanway G
- 6 James Wilson CD-L
- 25 Pierce Sweeney CD-R
- 26 Jordan Shipley ▼ LB
- 3 Jonathan Tomkinson RB
- 8 Charlie Mccann AM
- 17 Shaun McWilliams LM
- 7 Ben Stevenson RM
- 18 Andreas Weimann ▼ F
- 14 Ryan Broom ▼ AM-L
- 19 Jake Evans AM-R
Came on
- 10 George Miller ▲ SUB
- 21 George Nurse ▲ SUB
- 11 Jake Bickerstaff ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 31 Mamadou Diallo SUB
- 33 Freddie Willcox SUB
- 1 Joe Day SUB
- 9 Kirsten Otchere SUB
Commentary
- 89' Lee O'Connor (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 89'
- 80' Jake Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 80'
- 78' Jonathan Tomkinson (Cheltenham Town) Yellow Card at 78'
- 68' George Miller (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 68'
- 68' George Nurse (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 68'
- 60' Tom Conlon (Tranmere Rovers) Yellow Card at 60'
- 45' Nathan Smith (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 45'
- 45'+3' Charlie Whitaker (Tranmere Rovers) Goal at 45'+3'
- 45'+1' Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers) Yellow Card at 45'+1'
- 39' Dylan Jones (Tranmere Rovers) Goal at 39'
- 32' Jake Evans (Cheltenham Town) Yellow Card at 32'
- 23' Dylan Jones (Tranmere Rovers) Goal at 23'
Recent form
Tranmere Rovers
D
W
L
D
L
- L at Chesterfield 4-2 EFL League Two
- D Rochdale 1-1 EFL League Two
- L Barnet 2-1 EFL League Two
- W at Northampton Town 1-0 EFL League Two
- D at Crawley Town 1-1 EFL League Two
Cheltenham Town
W
W
L
W
L
- L Salford City 2-0 EFL League Two
- W Tottenham Hotspur U21 2-2 EFL Trophy
- L at Oldham Athletic 4-1 EFL League Two
- W Fleetwood Town 4-2 EFL League Two
- W Newport County 1-0 EFL League Two
Head to head
TRN leads series 3-2
- 21 Apr 2026 Cheltenham Town 1–3 Tranmere Rovers 2025-26 English League Two
- 15 Nov 2025 Tranmere Rovers 3–2 Cheltenham Town 2025-26 English League Two
- 28 Mar 2025 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Cheltenham Town 2024-25 English League Two
- 22 Nov 2024 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Tranmere Rovers 2024-25 English League Two
- 2 Apr 2021 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Tranmere Rovers 2020-21 English League Two
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