Cheltenham Town boosted their survival hopes with a win over Yeovil.
Yeovil were closest to opening the scoring during a poor first half on a difficult pitch, with Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro hitting the outside of the left post with a low shot two minutes into time added on.
Tin Plavotic also had to clear off the line after a low ball in from Tom Eaves caused real problems for Cheltenham.
But it was big defender Plavotic who opened the scoring in the 48th minute with the first goal of his loan spell from Bristol City.
He nodded James Rowe’s free-kick powerfully past Artur Krysiak to give Cheltenham the lead.
The hosts doubled their advantage in the 63rd minute when Kyle Wootton was caught in the box by a high foot from Matt Butcher and referee Darren England pointed to the spot.
Billy Waters made up for missing a good chance nine minutes earlier by sending Krysiak the wrong way and netting his 14th goal of the season.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Line-ups
Cheltenham
- 1BrownBooked at 89mins
- 23Onariase
- 15Boyle
- 32Plavotic
- 2Barthram
- 27WinchesterSubstituted forStorerat 45′minutes
- 7PellBooked at 56mins
- 18Rowe
- 24O’Shaughnessy
- 19Wootton
- 8WatersBooked at 58mins
Substitutes
- 4Storer
- 11Munns
- 12Kitscha
- 14Hall
- 21Dayton
- 30Holman
- 36De Girolamo
Yeovil
- 1Krysiak
- 2Shephard
- 26WardBooked at 57mins
- 16ButcherBooked at 74mins
- 11DicksonSubstituted forLaceyat 33′minutes
- 7Dawson
- 8LawlessSubstituted forWhitfieldat 64′minutes
- 4Dolan
- 31Akpa-Akpro
- 9EavesBooked at 41minsSubstituted forSowunmiat 72′minutes
- 13ZokoBooked at 88mins
Substitutes
- 6Lacey
- 12Maddison
- 17Sowunmi
- 19Goodship
- 28Whitfield
- 32James
- 39Harrison
- Referee:
- Darren England
- Attendance:
- 3,347
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away2
- Corners
- Home4
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home16
- Away14
Live Text
Match ends, Cheltenham Town 2, Yeovil Town 0.
Full Time
Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 2, Yeovil Town 0.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Jack Barthram.
Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Storer (Cheltenham Town).
Attempt saved. Omar Sowunmi (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kyle Wootton (Cheltenham Town).
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Kevin Dawson.
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Kevin Dawson.
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Matthew Dolan.
Hand ball by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town).
Booking
Scott Brown (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Omar Sowunmi (Yeovil Town).
Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town).
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Matt Butcher.
Foul by Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town).
Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town).
Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Delay in match Kyle Wootton (Cheltenham Town) because of an injury.
Delay in match Darren Ward (Yeovil Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Jack Barthram.
Attempt saved. Tin Plavotic (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Booking
Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town).
Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Darren Ward (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Wootton (Cheltenham Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Omar Sowunmi replaces Tom Eaves.
Attempt missed. Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Ben Whitfield replaces Alex Lawless.
Goal!
Goal! Cheltenham Town 2, Yeovil Town 0. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
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