National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oldham Athletic or Doncaster Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Last season, Oldham's EFL Trophy journey ended in the group stage.Two League Two home games so far for Oldham Athletic, who are yet to win here at Boundary Park. Only 0 points so far. Oldham are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Boundary Park, having lost their two previous games here.
The home team returns to Boundary Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Colchester United on their last time out; the League Two game ended 3-3. Preceding that match was a League Two defeat to Crawley Town (2-3).
Late drama in the game against Colchester United as Oldham were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Conor McAleny popped out and made it level in the 89th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Oldham Athletic, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Colchester United. Fun stuff to watch!
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Oldham, as the League Two home game vs Morecambe is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Oldham Athletic's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
Doncaster's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round.Things could have gone better for Doncaster Rovers in their League One away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two away games in a row for Doncaster Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Wigan Athletic in the League One. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Bristol Rovers.
A new game in only four days for Doncaster, the League One home match versus Shrewsbury Town. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Doncaster Rovers has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Oldham Athletic-Doncaster Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Oldham two wins, Doncaster Rovers four wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 3 goals |   M. Gomes Ajú 3 goals | C. Piergianni 1 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 358 | 191 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 323 | ||
| 117 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 105 | ||
| 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Morecambe | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 3 | Salford City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Walsall | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 21 | Barrow | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Southend United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 1 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Hull City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Gillingham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes Dons | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |