Cheltenham Town vs Carlisle United

26 April 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee T Nield

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Jordan Thomas 33’ (pen)
Ashley Hay 45’
George Miller 90+3’

Matthew Dennis 29’
Georgie Kelly 73’

Match summary

Cheltenham Town came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Carlisle United, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Cheltenham Town led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Matthew Dennis put Carlisle United ahead in the 29th minute, Jordan Thomas equalised from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute, and Ashley Hay put Cheltenham Town in front in the 45th minute. In the second half, Georgie Kelly equalised with a header in the 73rd minute and George Miller won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 21-14 to Cheltenham Town, with 8 on target for Cheltenham Town and 4 for Carlisle United.

Match stats

21 Shots 14

8 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Cheltenham Town Carlisle United

Kick-off

29’

Matthew Dennis

0-1

Jordan Thomas
Penalty

1-1

33’

Ashley Hay

2-1

45’

Half-time2-1

73’

Georgie Kelly

2-2

George Miller

3-2

90+3’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cheltenham Town

Arkell Jude-Boyd

Carlisle United

Gabriel Breeze
Aaron Hayden
Matthew Dennis

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Carlisle United attacking Cheltenham Town attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Joe Day	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arkell Jude-Boyd	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Stubbs	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Tom Bradbury Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Haynes Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Kinsella	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tommy Backwell Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Thomas	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ethon Archer	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Liam Dulson Taken off	59′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ashley Hay Taken off	78′	1	–	5	–	–	–	–
Darragh Power Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Timothée Dieng Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
George Miller Came on as a substitute	31′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ibrahim Bakare Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–


Gabriel Breeze	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Ellis Taken off	68′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Hayden	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Terell Thomas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Harper Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sean Fusire Taken off	79′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Callum Whelan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kadeem Harris	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Stephen Wearne Taken off	68′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Matthew Dennis	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–
Georgie Kelly	90′	1	–	5	–	–	–	–
Josh Vela Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliot Embleton Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Paul Dummett Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Hugill Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cheltenham Town win 36% Avg odds 2.64

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.57

Carlisle United win 38% Avg odds 2.44

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cheltenham Town L L W D W

Carlisle United L W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Carlisle United 0-1 Cheltenham Town, 26 Oct 24 All Cheltenham Town vs Carlisle United meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.