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Saturday 16 August 2025 · 15:00 · HT 3-0 · Referee Jacob Miles

Milton Keynes Dons v Cheltenham Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Milton Keynes Dons's last 1 home game and Cheltenham Town's last 1 away game in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 0 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 0 of 2, with 8.0 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Milton Keynes Dons v Cheltenham Town, full match

54%

Possession

46%

2.67

Expected goals (xG)

0.50

16

Shots

9

8

Shots on target

2

3

Corners

1

10

Fouls

13

1

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

5'

Yellow card

Jacob Mazionis CHE

9'

Goal

Jack Sanders MIL

15'

Goal

Alex Gilbey MIL

25'

Goal

Callum Paterson MIL

42'

Yellow card

Arkell Jude-Boyd CHE

60'

Goal

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy MIL

71'

Yellow card

Jake Bickerstaff CHE

74'

Yellow card

Will Collar MIL

80'

Goal

Aaron Nemane MIL

83'

Yellow card

Ethon Archer CHE

At a glance

Milton Keynes Dons

2nd in the table

W

D

Cheltenham Town

18th in the table

L

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Milton Keynes Dons's last 1 home game and Cheltenham Town's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

0%

0/2 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

1/2 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

1/2 games · League 55%

Milton Keynes Dons clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Cheltenham Town clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Cheltenham Town fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

0.5

League 2.6

Corners

8.0

League 9.8

Cards

3.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Milton Keynes Dons

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Craig McGillivray

DEFENDERS

2

32

MIDFIELDERS

8

Alex Gilbey

Liam Kelly

Will Collar

FORWARDS

13

Callum Paterson

29

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy

Nathaniel Méndez-Laing

SUBSTITUTES

Connal Trueman

21

Marvin Ekpiteta

Nathan Thompson

Connor Lemonheigh-Evans

Aaron Nemane

Scott Hogan

Jonathan Leko

Cheltenham Town

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joe Day

DEFENDERS

6

19

MIDFIELDERS

14

Ryan Broom

Luke Young

Ethon Archer

FORWARDS

10

George Miller

Jordan Thomas

SUBSTITUTES

31

33

11

Referee: Jacob Miles

6 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.8

Red cards per game

0.50

Fouls per game

23.0

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

MIL

CHE

Match

League

Goals per match

1.0

1.5

1.3

2.4

Over 0.5

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

92%

Over 1.5

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

77%

Over 2.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

42%

Over 3.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

19%

Over 4.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

8%

Bet

MIL

CHE

Match

League

Yes

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

50%

Yes and win

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

35%

Yes and draw

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

19%

Yes and loss

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

15%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

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Bet

MIL

CHE

Match

League

Corners per match

8.0

6.5

7.3

9.1

Over 7.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

58%

Over 8.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

46%

Over 9.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

31%

Over 10.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

19%

Over 11.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

19%

Over 12.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

15%

Referee Jacob Miles: 5.0 cards and 23.0 fouls per game in 6 games this season

Bet

MIL

CHE

Match

League

Cards per match

4.5

5.0

4.8

4.0

Over 2.5

100%

2/2

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

73%

Over 3.5

100%

2/2

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

62%

Over 4.5

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

27%

Over 5.5

0%

0/2

50%

1/2

25%

1/4

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Callum Paterson

1 start · 1.0 per 90

0%

0/1

100%

1/1

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

Alex Gilbey

2 starts · 0.5 per 90

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

Arkell Jude-Boyd

1 start

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Milton Keynes Dons

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

Barrow AFC

(A)

2-0

W

2 Aug

Oldham Athletic

(H)

0-0

D

Cheltenham Town

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

Chesterfield

(H)

0-2

L

2 Aug

Cambridge United

(A)

0-1

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Milton Keynes Dons and Cheltenham Town haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League Two table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Bromley

46

24

15

7

71

46

+25

87

W

L

D

L

W

2

MK Dons

46

24

14

8

86

45

+41

86

D

W

D

3

Cambridge Utd

46

22

16

8

66

33

+33

82

D

W

L

D

W

4

Salford

46

25

6

15

61

51

+10

81

D

W

D

L

5

Notts County

46

24

8

14

74

52

+22

80

D

W

L

W

6

Chesterfield

46

21

16

9

71

56

+15

79

W

D

W

D

7

Grimsby

46

22

12

74

50

+24

78

D

W

L

8

Barnet

46

21

13

12

70

53

+17

76

W

9

Swindon

46

22

9

15

70

59

+11

75

L

D

L

W

10

Oldham

46

18

14

60

44

+16

68

W

L

11

Crewe

46

19

10

17

64

58

+6

67

D

L

W

12

Colchester

46

18

12

16

62

49

+13

66

W

L

W

13

Walsall

46

18

11

17

56

0

65

L

W

L

14

Bristol Rovers

46

19

5

22

56

65

-9

62

D

W

15

Fleetwood

46

15

16

15

57

58

-1

61

D

W

L

16

Accrington

46

14

11

21

47

58

-11

53

L

D

L

17

Gillingham

46

13

14

19

53

72

-19

53

W

L

D

18

Cheltenham

46

14

10

22

53

79

-26

52

L

W

19

Shrewsbury

46

13

10

23

42

69

-27

49

L

D

W

L

20

Newport

46

12

7

27

48

77

-29

43

W

L

W

L

21

Tranmere

46

10

11

25

54

79

-25

41

D

L

W

L

D

22

Crawley

46

8

16

22

44

68

-24

40

D

L

23

Harrogate Town

46

10

9

27

39

68

-29

39

L

W

L

24

Barrow AFC

46

9

28

45

78

-33

36

L

W

L

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Milton Keynes Dons v Cheltenham Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Milton Keynes Dons

Cheltenham Town

Referee: Jacob Miles

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Milton Keynes Dons

Cheltenham Town

Head to head

League Two table