A midweek trip to Cheltenham awaits Fern Burrage-Male’s Gwalia United with a clash with local National League rivals Cheltenham Town at Kayte Lane. Both teams will be looking for points from a fixture where there is geographical as well as league table proximity with Cheltenham sitting only two places above the Welsh team. With Gwalia’s fixture against Ipswich Town on the weekend being cancelled, and Cheltenham losing away to Watford, both teams go into the clash with a record of a draw and two losses from the previous three games.
Gwalia’s former Cheltenham player Jessie Taylor previewed the game by stating:
“It’s going to be a challenging game, I know a few players at Cheltenham who are very strong and they are a very attacking team. We have prepared well so we just have to go out there and play our best.”
Gwalia will hope that recent performances will translate into results, having faced three of the top six teams in their starting five games and shown competitiveness for large parts of the game but coming out on the wrong side of the results.
It promises to be an intriguing clash at Cheltenham.
Mae taith ganol wythnos i Cheltenham yn aros i Fern Burrage-Male’s Gwalia United gyda gem â chystadleuwyr lleol y Gynghrair Genedlaethol, Cheltenham Town yn Kayte Lane. Bydd y ddau dîm yn chwilio am bwyntiau o gêm lle mae agosrwydd daearyddol yn ogystal â thablau cynghrair gyda Cheltenham yn eistedd dau le yn unig uwchben y tîm o Gymru. Gyda gêm Gwalia yn erbyn Ipswich Town ar y penwythnos wedi’i chanslo, a Cheltenham yn colli oddi cartref i Watford, mae’r ddau dîm yn mynd i’r ornest gyda record o gêm gyfartal a dwy golled o’r tair gêm flaenorol.
Rhoddodd cyn-chwaraewr Gwalia o Cheltenham, Jessie Taylor, ragolwg o’r gêm drwy nodi:
“Mae’n mynd i fod yn gêm heriol, dwi’n nabod ambell chwaraewr yn Cheltenham sy’n gryf iawn ac maen nhw’n dîm ymosodol iawn. Rydyn ni wedi paratoi’n dda felly mae’n rhaid i ni fynd allan yna a chwarae ein gorau.”
Bydd Gwalia’n gobeithio y bydd perfformiadau diweddar yn trosi’n ganlyniadau, ar ôl wynebu tri o’r chwe thîm gorau yn eu pum gêm gychwynnol a dangos cystadleurwydd am rannau helaeth o’r gêm ond dod allan ar ochr anghywir y canlyniadau.
Mae’n argoeli i fod yn wrthdaro diddorol yn Cheltenham.
