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In an exciting English FA Cup matchup, Cheltenham Town will host Leicester City on January 10, 2026. Both teams have shown some mixed results in their recent form, with Cheltenham Town winning 2 of their last 5 matches and Leicester City also winning 2 of their last 5 matches.
Cheltenham Town will have the home advantage in this fixture, but the bookmakers odds heavily favor Leicester City with odds of 1.53 for an away win compared to Cheltenham Town’s odds of 5.53 for a home win. Our model prediction also leans towards Leicester City, giving them a 54.7% chance of securing the victory.
Tactically, Leicester City may have an edge over Cheltenham Town with their strong attacking prowess and defensive stability. However, football is a game of uncertainties, and anything can happen on the day.
Given the recent form and the odds, Leicester City seem to be the favorites heading into this match. But in football, surprises are always possible, and Cheltenham Town will surely give their all to upset the odds and secure a positive result.
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| Cheltenham 17.1% |
Draw 22% |
Leicester 61% |
Prediction (the most likely score): 0:2
Outrights of English FA Cup Leicester: 0.61% Cheltenham: 0.61%
Betting Odds
| 1 | X | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 4.45 | 1.55 | ||
| 5.44 | 4.2 | 1.55 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1.53 | ||
| 5.59 | 4.25 | 1.55 | ||
| 5.33 | 4.2 | 1.48 |
Latest Results
| 01.01.26 Crewe Alexandra – Cheltenham Town – 4:1 29.12.25 Cheltenham Town – Swindon Town – 0:2 26.12.25 Cheltenham Town – Shrewsbury Town – 3:1 19.12.25 Barrow – Cheltenham Town – 1:2 13.12.25 Cheltenham Town – Harrogate Town – 1:1 |
01.01.26 Sheffield United – Leicester City – 3:1 29.12.25 Leicester City – Derby County – 2:1 26.12.25 Leicester City – Watford FC – 1:2 20.12.25 Queens Park Rangers – Leicester City – 4:1 13.12.25 Leicester City – Ipswich Town – 3:1 |
Facts
Latest Head To Head
| 20.07.19 Cheltenham Town – Leicester City – 1:2 |
Standings
Draw
Main
1/128-finals
| 1 | Wolves | Bye | |
| 3 | Sutton | AFC Telford | 2 : 1 |
| 4 | South Shields | Shrewsbury | 1 : 3 |
| 5 | Stevenage | Chesterfield | 0 : 1 |
| 6 | Crewe | Doncaster | 1 : 2 |
| 8 | Bye | Southampton | |
| 9 | Tottenham | Bye | |
| 12 | Bye | Aston Villa | |
| 13 | Port Vale | Maldon & Tiptree | 5 : 1 |
| 14 | Bromley | Bristol Rovers | 1 : 2 |
| 15 | Fleetwood | Barnet | 2 : 1 |
| 16 | Luton | Forest Green | 4 : 3 |
| 17 | Preston | Bye | |
| 19 | Wigan | Hemel Hempstead | 2 : 1 |
| 20 | Spennymoor | Barrow | 0 : 2 |
| 21 | Ipswich | Bye | |
| 23 | Blackpool | Scunthorpe | 1 : 0 |
| 24 | Reading | Carlisle | 2 : 3 |
| 25 | Boreham Wood | Crawley | 3 : 0 |
| 26 | Newport | Gillingham | 3 : 2 |
| 27 | Brackley Town | Notts Co | 3 : 2 |
| 28 | Burton | St. Albans | 6 : 0 |
| 29 | Wrexham | Bye | |
| 32 | Bye | Nottingham | |
| 33 | Charlton | Bye | |
| 36 | Bye | Chelsea | |
| 37 | Manchester City | Bye | |
| 39 | FC Halifax | Exeter | 0 : 2 |
| 40 | Wycombe | Plymouth | 2 : 0 |
| 41 | West Ham | Bye | |
| 44 | Bye | QPR | |
| 45 | Sheffield Wed | Bye | |
| 48 | Bye | Brentford | |
| 49 | Fulham | Bye | |
| 52 | Bye | Middlesbrough | |
| 53 | Everton | Bye | |
| 56 | Bye | Sunderland | |
| 57 | Liverpool | Bye | |
| 59 | Peterborough | Cardiff | 1 : 0 |
| 60 | Barnsley | York City | 3 : 2 |
| 61 | Burnley | Bye | |
| 64 | Bye | Millwall | |
| 65 | Norwich | Bye | |
| 67 | AFC Wimbledon | Gateshead | 0 : 2 |
| 68 | Eastleigh | Walsall | 0 : 3 |
| 69 | Portsmouth | Bye | |
| 72 | Bye | Arsenal | |
| 73 | Derby | Bye | |
| 76 | Bye | Leeds | |
| 77 | Swansea | Bye | |
| 80 | Bye | West Brom | |
| 81 | Salford | Lincoln | 2 : 1 |
| 82 | Tamworth | Leyton Orient | 0 : 1 |
| 83 | Rotherham | Swindon | 1 : 2 |
| 84 | Bolton | Huddersfield | 2 : 1 |
| 85 | Grimsby | Ebbsfleet | 3 : 1 |
| 86 | Wealdstone | Southend | 1 : 0 |
| 87 | Chelmsford | Braintree | 4 : 1 |
| 88 | Weston-super-Mare | Aldershot | 2 : 1 |
| 89 | Hull | Bye | |
| 92 | Bye | Blackburn | |
| 93 | Newcastle | Bye | |
| 96 | Bye | Bournemouth | |
| 97 | Colchester | MK Dons | 2 : 3 |
| 98 | Oldham | Northampton | 3 : 1 |
| 100 | Bye | Oxford Utd | |
| 101 | Cheltenham | Bradford City | 1 : 0 |
| 102 | Buxton | Chatham | 2 : 1 |
| 104 | Bye | Leicester | |
| 105 | Tranmere | Stockport County | 1 : 3 |
| 106 | Cambridge Utd | Chester | 3 : 0 |
| 108 | Bye | Birmingham | |
| 109 | Bristol City | Bye | |
| 112 | Bye | Watford | |
| 113 | Stoke | Bye | |
| 116 | Bye | Coventry | |
| 117 | Slough | Altrincham | 2 : 1 |
| 118 | Macclesfield | AFC Totton | 6 : 3 |
| 120 | Bye | Crystal Palace | |
| 121 | Manchester Utd | Bye | |
| 124 | Bye | Brighton | |
| 125 | Sheffield Utd | Bye | |
| 127 | Gainsborough | Accrington | 1 : 2 |
| 128 | Mansfield | Harrogate | 3 : 2 |
1/64-finals
| 1 | Wolves | Bye | |
| 2 | Sutton | Shrewsbury | 1 : 2 |
| 3 | Chesterfield | Doncaster | 1 : 2 |
| 4 | Bye | Southampton | |
| 5 | Tottenham | Bye | |
| 6 | Bye | Aston Villa | |
| 7 | Port Vale | Bristol Rovers | 1 : 0 |
| 8 | Fleetwood | Luton | 3 : 2 |
| 9 | Preston | Bye | |
| 10 | Wigan | Barrow | 3 : 2 |
| 11 | Ipswich | Bye | |
| 12 | Blackpool | Carlisle | 4 : 1 |
| 13 | Boreham Wood | Newport | 3 : 0 |
| 14 | Brackley Town | Burton | 1 : 3 |
| 15 | Wrexham | Bye | |
| 16 | Bye | Nottingham | |
| 17 | Charlton | Bye | |
| 18 | Bye | Chelsea | |
| 19 | Manchester City | Bye | |
| 20 | Exeter | Wycombe | 4 : 0 |
| 21 | West Ham | Bye | |
| 22 | Bye | QPR | |
| 23 | Sheffield Wed | Bye | |
| 24 | Bye | Brentford | |
| 25 | Fulham | Bye | |
| 26 | Bye | Middlesbrough | |
| 27 | Everton | Bye | |
| 28 | Bye | Sunderland | |
| 29 | Liverpool | Bye | |
| 30 | Peterborough | Barnsley | 0 : 1 |
| 31 | Burnley | Bye | |
| 32 | Bye | Millwall | |
| 33 | Norwich | Bye | |
| 34 | Gateshead | Walsall | 0 : 2 |
| 35 | Portsmouth | Bye | |
| 36 | Bye | Arsenal | |
| 37 | Derby | Bye | |
| 38 | Bye | Leeds | |
| 39 | Swansea | Bye | |
| 40 | Bye | West Brom | |
| 41 | Salford | Leyton Orient | 4 : 0 |
| 42 | Swindon | Bolton | 4 : 0 |
| 43 | Grimsby | Wealdstone | 4 : 0 |
| 44 | Chelmsford | Weston-super-Mare | 0 : 2 |
| 45 | Hull | Bye | |
| 46 | Bye | Blackburn | |
| 47 | Newcastle | Bye | |
| 48 | Bye | Bournemouth | |
| 49 | MK Dons | Oldham | 3 : 1 |
| 50 | Bye | Oxford Utd | |
| 51 | Cheltenham | Buxton | 6 : 2 |
| 52 | Bye | Leicester | |
| 53 | Stockport County | Cambridge Utd | 0 : 1 |
| 54 | Bye | Birmingham | |
| 55 | Bristol City | Bye | |
| 56 | Bye | Watford | |
| 57 | Stoke | Bye | |
| 58 | Bye | Coventry | |
| 59 | Slough | Macclesfield | 1 : 3 |
| 60 | Bye | Crystal Palace | |
| 61 | Manchester Utd | Bye | |
| 62 | Bye | Brighton | |
| 63 | Sheffield Utd | Bye | |
| 64 | Accrington | Mansfield | 2 : 3 |
1/32-finals
| 1 | Wolves | Shrewsbury | |
| 2 | Doncaster | Southampton | |
| 3 | Tottenham | Aston Villa | |
| 4 | Port Vale | Fleetwood | |
| 5 | Preston | Wigan | |
| 6 | Ipswich | Blackpool | |
| 7 | Boreham Wood | Burton | |
| 8 | Wrexham | Nottingham | |
| 9 | Charlton | Chelsea | |
| 10 | Manchester City | Exeter | |
| 11 | West Ham | QPR | |
| 12 | Sheffield Wed | Brentford | |
| 13 | Fulham | Middlesbrough | |
| 14 | Everton | Sunderland | |
| 15 | Liverpool | Barnsley | |
| 16 | Burnley | Millwall | |
| 17 | Norwich | Walsall | |
| 18 | Portsmouth | Arsenal | |
| 19 | Derby | Leeds | |
| 20 | Swansea | West Brom | |
| 21 | Salford | Swindon | |
| 22 | Grimsby | Weston-super-Mare | |
| 23 | Hull | Blackburn | |
| 24 | Newcastle | Bournemouth | |
| 25 | MK Dons | Oxford Utd | |
| 26 | Cheltenham | Leicester | |
| 27 | Cambridge Utd | Birmingham | |
| 28 | Bristol City | Watford | |
| 29 | Stoke | Coventry | |
| 30 | Macclesfield | Crystal Palace | |
| 31 | Manchester Utd | Brighton | |
| 32 | Sheffield Utd | Mansfield |
English FA Cup Outrights
1. Manchester City: 5.55 (10.96%)
2. Liverpool: 6.05 (10.05%)
3. Arsenal: 6.45 (9.43%)
4. Chelsea: 9.1 (6.68%)
5. Newcastle Utd: 11 (5.53%)
6. Tottenham: 17 (3.58%)
7. Manchester United: 17 (3.58%)
8. Aston Villa: 17 (3.58%)
9. Brighton: 21 (2.9%)
10. Bournemouth: 26 (2.34%)
11. Nottingham: 34 (1.79%)
12. Crystal Palace: 34 (1.79%)
13. Everton: 34 (1.79%)
14. West Ham: 41 (1.48%)
15. Fulham: 41 (1.48%)
16. Brentford: 41 (1.48%)
17. Sunderland: 65 (0.94%)
18. Wolves: 65 (0.94%)
19. Leeds: 65 (0.94%)
20. Burnley: 80 (0.76%)
21. Ipswich: 100 (0.61%)
22. Norwich: 100 (0.61%)
23. Wrexham: 100 (0.61%)
24. Blackburn: 100 (0.61%)
25. Hull City: 100 (0.61%)
26. West Brom: 100 (0.61%)
27. Stoke City: 100 (0.61%)
28. Swansea: 100 (0.61%)
29. Charlton: 100 (0.61%)
30. Preston: 100 (0.61%)
31. QPR: 100 (0.61%)
32. Millwall: 100 (0.61%)
33. Watford: 100 (0.61%)
34. Derby: 100 (0.61%)
35. Oxford Utd: 100 (0.61%)
36. Middlesbrough: 100 (0.61%)
37. Sheffield Wed: 100 (0.61%)
38. Coventry: 100 (0.61%)
39. Southampton: 100 (0.61%)
40. Sheffield Utd: 100 (0.61%)
41. Birmingham: 100 (0.61%)
42. Bristol City: 100 (0.61%)
43. Portsmouth: 100 (0.61%)
44. Leicester: 100 (0.61%)
45. Wigan: 100 (0.61%)
46. Hartlepool: 100 (0.61%)
47. Shrewsbury: 100 (0.61%)
48. Salford: 100 (0.61%)
49. Grimsby: 100 (0.61%)
50. Swindon: 100 (0.61%)
51. Port Vale: 100 (0.61%)
52. Exeter: 100 (0.61%)
53. Fleetwood Town: 100 (0.61%)
54. Doncaster: 100 (0.61%)
55. Cheltenham: 100 (0.61%)
56. Walsall: 100 (0.61%)
57. Barnsley: 100 (0.61%)
58. Milton Keynes Dons: 100 (0.61%)
59. Blackpool: 100 (0.61%)
60. Burton: 100 (0.61%)
61. Cambridge Utd: 100 (0.61%)
62. Mansfield: 100 (0.61%)
63. Macclesfield: 100 (0.61%)
64. Forest Green: 100 (0.61%)
65. Weston-super-Mare: 100 (0.61%)
66. Boreham Wood: 100 (0.61%)
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