FM Preview: York City v Cheltenham Town 22 Sep 2012

Last updated : 21 September 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the York City v Cheltenham Town fixture

Cheltenham Town travel to take on York City at Bootham Crescent on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Its been a kind fixture in the past, resulting in a win each time for the Robins.

The last time the two teams met at York City was back in April 2004, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a League Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2003/2004 Sat 17 Apr York City 0-2 Cheltenham T. League Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 01 Nov Cheltenham T. 1 - 1 York City League Division Three
2001/2002 Sat 09 Mar Cheltenham T. 4 - 0 York City League Division Three
2001/2002 Sat 15 Dec York City 1 - 3 Cheltenham T. League Division Three
2000/2001 Tue 20 Mar Cheltenham T. 1 - 1 York City League Division Three
2000/2001 Sat 19 Aug York City 0 - 2 Cheltenham T. League Division Three
1999/2000 Sat 15 Apr Cheltenham T. 0 - 1 York City League Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

York City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.

The away form of Cheltenham Town however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Robins's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.

York City see themselves just below half way in the npower League Two, showing a record of 9 points from their 7 games played so far,

Cheltenham Town's 11 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
York City 6 3 2 1 11 8 11
Cheltenham Town 6 2 2 2 7 10 8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Robins's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with York City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
York City Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Cheltenham Town Undefeated in last 5 away games.

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