League Two duel: Close contest expected between Oldham Athletic and Cheltenham Town

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (10638 seats)

The visiting Cheltenham Town side should be favourites in this visit to Oldham Athletic, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Oldham Athletic have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

The fans are hoping that Oldham Athletic will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League Two game against Carlisle United (placed 16th). Before that, Oldham Athletic had a home game versus Morecambe which ended with a victory 3-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Oldham Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Oldham Athletic as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Oldham Athletic has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Oldham Athletic as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Accrington Stanley are visiting.

Oldham Athletic has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Oldham Athletic have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cheltenham Town, who have the most scored goals (20) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Cheltenham Town has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

There were no winners in Cheltenham Town's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Crewe Alexandra (placed 2nd). Preceding that game was the away victory against Plymouth Argyle with the score of 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cheltenham Town playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 3 Cheltenham Town wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Cheltenham Town, the EFL Trophy home match versus West Ham United U21. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cheltenham Town as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Cheltenham Town's manager M. Duff has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Oldham Athletic won 4 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Cheltenham Town has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

R. Broom
4 goals / 3 assists
G. Reilly
4 goals / 1 assists
C. Missilou
3 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Oldham Athletic Cheltenham Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 3 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 6
4 2 2 Drew D 1 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
12 6 3 Scored S 2 4 20
16 6 4 Conceded C 1 2 10
91% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 91%
64% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 40% 73%
64% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 36%
36% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 27%
55% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 45%
9% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 36%
45% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 27%
 
5.4 6.2 7.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.3 3.8 4.6
4.7 5.2 6.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 5.8 4.7
2.4 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Oldham Athletic
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic
14-09-19 LT Oldham Athletic 2 - 2 Grimsby Town
17-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic
21-09-19 LT Oldham Athletic 3 - 1 Morecambe
28-09-19 LT Carlisle United 1 - 0 Oldham Athletic
05-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Cheltenham Town
08-10-19 EFL Oldham Athletic 18:45 Accrington Stanley
12-10-19 LT Mansfield Town 14:00 Oldham Athletic
19-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Macclesfield Town
22-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 18:45 Walsall
Cheltenham Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 4 - 2 Stevenage
14-09-19 LT Salford City 0 - 2 Cheltenham Town
17-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 3 - 2 Bradford City
21-09-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 0 - 2 Cheltenham Town
28-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
05-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Cheltenham Town
08-10-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 18:45 West Ham United U21
12-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 14:00 Newport County
19-10-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Cheltenham Town
22-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 18:45 Macclesfield Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 11 6 4 1 16 10 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 3 2 0 8 4 6 22
2 Crewe Alexandra 11 7 1 3 18 13 5 3 0 2 9 8 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 22
3 Cheltenham Town 11 6 3 2 20 10 6 4 2 0 16 8 5 2 1 2 4 2 10 21
4 Forest Green Rovers 11 6 3 2 11 5 5 3 1 1 3 2 6 3 2 1 8 3 6 21
5 Swindon Town 11 6 2 3 18 13 6 3 0 3 9 9 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 20
6 Newport County 11 5 5 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 6 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 5 20
7 Grimsby Town 11 5 3 3 19 13 5 2 2 1 9 7 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 18
8 Bradford City 11 5 3 3 15 10 5 3 1 1 8 3 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 18
9 Colchester United 11 4 4 3 12 9 5 2 2 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 7 5 3 16
10 Crawley Town 11 4 4 3 18 16 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 1 3 1 9 9 2 16
11 Cambridge United 11 4 3 4 14 11 5 1 1 3 4 6 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 15
12 Plymouth Argyle 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 2 2 1 8 6 6 2 1 3 7 7 2 15
13 Northampton Town 11 4 3 4 14 12 5 2 1 2 8 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 2 15
14 Walsall 11 4 3 4 8 11 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 3 1 2 5 6 -3 15
15 Port Vale 11 3 5 3 14 17 5 3 2 0 7 4 6 0 3 3 7 13 -3 14
16 Carlisle United 11 4 2 5 13 18 6 2 2 2 6 8 5 2 0 3 7 10 -5 14
17 Macclesfield Town 11 3 4 4 11 12 6 2 3 1 7 4 5 1 1 3 4 8 -1 13
18 Salford City 11 2 5 4 12 20 6 2 2 2 5 8 5 0 3 2 7 12 -8 11
19 Mansfield Town 11 2 4 5 12 16 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 6 6 -4 10
20 Oldham Athletic 11 2 4 5 12 16 5 1 2 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 10
21 Leyton Orient 11 2 4 5 15 21 6 1 2 3 8 11 5 1 2 2 7 10 -6 10
22 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 11 21 6 0 3 3 6 10 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 7
23 Scunthorpe United 11 1 3 7 11 19 6 1 3 2 8 8 5 0 0 5 3 11 -8 6
24 Stevenage 11 0 5 6 7 15 6 0 2 4 5 9 5 0 3 2 2 6 -8 5

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