Oldham Athletic vs Colchester United match preview: Even contest expected at Boundary Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

Oldham Athletic will fight against Colchester United in this League Two fixture. Everything you need to learn about the game is found here!

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic is in the worst form (0-0-3)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oldham and Colchester United.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Boundary Park. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 2 draws and 15 losses from Oldham Athletic's 23 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Oldham Athletic to get some points in this home game.

Oldham are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Bristol Rovers. Defender Carl Piergianni got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Piergianni won 8 of 9 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Oldham Athletic lost 1-2 at Bradford City's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Oldham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost eight.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Accrington Stanley are coming to town in three days.

Oldham Athletic has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Colchester United form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 1 win, 11 draws and 11 defeats.

Colchester United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mansfield Town that finished 1-1. Alan Judge got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Judge hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Northampton Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Colchester United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Colchester United, eight draws and four defeats.

Colchester United have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Oldham Athletic wins - draws - Colchester United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticD. Bahamboula
D. Bahamboula
1 goals
Colchester UnitedF. Sears
F. Sears
1 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Colchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oldham Athletic Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
4.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6
4 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.3
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 9.3
1.7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 9%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Oldham Athletic is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Oldham Athletic Last season Colchester United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
15 6   Won W   1 11
9 2   Drew D   11 18
22 15   Lost L   11 17
72 31   Scored S   12 44
81 42   Conceded C   35 61
91% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   70% 83%
83% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 67%
67% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 43%
37% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 15%
30% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
67% 65%   BTTS BTTS   39% 52%
11% 4%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 28%
30% 35%   Failed to Score F T   57% 37%
 
5.3 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.2
5.5 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.6
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.3
3.9 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.9
40% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 9
2 Bradford City 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
3 Mansfield Town 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Stevenage 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Carlisle United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
8 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
9 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
10 Barrow 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
15 Bristol Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
16 Salford City 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Colchester United 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
18 Port Vale 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
19 Scunthorpe United 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 2
20 Exeter City 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
21 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
22 Rochdale 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 1
23 Walsall 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 9
2 Bradford City 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
3 Mansfield Town 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Stevenage 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Carlisle United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
8 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
9 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
10 Barrow 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
15 Bristol Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
16 Salford City 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Colchester United 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
18 Port Vale 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
19 Scunthorpe United 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 2
20 Exeter City 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
21 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
22 Rochdale 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 1
23 Walsall 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.