Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Will Goodwin. Foul by Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle). Caleb Taylor (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Matt Butcher replaces Callum Wright. Nigel Lonwijk replaces Bali Mumba. Offside, Plymouth Argyle. Callum Wright tries a through ball, but Sam Cosgrove is caught offside. Callum Wright (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Cosgrove following a fast break.
Cheltenham Town vs Morecambe on 25 Oct 22 - Match CentreMorecambe suffered a narrow defeat on the road on Tuesday evening, in a 1-0 loss to Cheltenham Town. Ben Williams' first-half strike was the difference, despite the Shrimps creating a number of opportunties on goal, but just not able to break the hosts down. The first real opportunity of the game fell to Morecambe on just three minutes, as Liam Shaw did well to win possession high up the pitch. Some good build-up play between Shaw and Jensen Weir allowed the Celtic loanee the space to shoot at goal from just outside the area, but his effort went high over the Cheltenham goal.
Plymouth Argyle v Cheltenham TownLast updated on 3 hours ago. From the section League OneLine-upsPlymouthFormation 3-4-2-11Cooper5Wilson6Scarr3Gillesphey17MumbaSubstituted forLonwijkat 87'minutes4Houghton28Matete29WrightSubstituted forEdwardsat 73'minutes26WrightSubstituted forButcherat 87'minutes18AzazSubstituted forWaineat 65'minutes9HardieSubstituted forCosgroveat 73'minutesSubstitutes7Butcher8Edwards10Mayor16Cosgrove21Lonwijk23Waine25BurtonCheltenhamFormation 3-4-1-21Southwood2Long14Taylor5Raglan32Broom23BondsBooked at 79minsSubstituted forNortonat 81'minutes28Perry15FerrySubstituted forWilliamsat 81'minutes36Olayinka10May9GoodwinSubstitutes3Williams4Bradbury7Brown19Lloyd20MacDonald26Barkers30NortonReferee:Steve MartinAttendance:16, 097Live TextMatch ends, Plymouth Argyle 4, Cheltenham Town 2.
Morecambe were looking the better of the two sides in the early parts of the game, with the majority of play being in the Cheltenham half. The hosts caught the Shrimps out though with a counter-attack on ten minutes in a two v one situation. Charlie Brown played in Dan Nlundulu, and with the goal gaping, the forward hit the side netting. Despite their early threat, Morecambe continued to impress, with Liam Gibson trying his luck from distance with a curling effort, but it was well saved by Luke Southwood.
As such, the Shrimps could count themselves unfortunate to go a goal down ten minutes before half-time. Ryan Jackson, who was looking impressive with his pace on the right for Cheltenham, found the room to drive a cross into the back post and find the oncoming Ben Williams, who was able to sweep the ball home and give the hosts the lead. With that goal, Cheltenham grew in confidence and were able to nullify the threats posed by Morecambe, with the first 45 minutes ending with the Shrimps a goal behind. Half-time: Cheltenham Town 1-0 Morecambe. The Shrimps made two changes at half-time.
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 4, Cheltenham Town 2. Attempt missed. Jay Matete (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Joe Edwards (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by James Olayinka (Cheltenham Town). Attempt blocked. Matt Butcher (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Edwards. Sam Cosgrove (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town). Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Cosgrove.
Arthur Gnahoua and Dylan Connolly came on, with Derek Adams changing the system for the second half. Cole Stockton had the ball in the back of the net on 49 minutes, with Liam Shaw playing a good pass to the forward to put him in on goal, but Stockton strayed just offside, with the linesman flagging for a free-kick. As the half wore on, Morecambe were pushing hard for the all-important leveller. Caleb Watts was introduced to provide a spark in the attacking-third, but neither side were able to break each other down.