League Two match preview: Oldham Athletic versus Exeter City

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 23.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

Struggling Oldham Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Exeter City in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (61) in League Two
  • Exeter City have the most scored goals (58) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Oldham nor Exeter City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic's struggle is real here at Boundary Park with only 14 points collected from 18 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-2-12.

An away draw last time out for Oldham, facing Bradford City in a game that ended 0-0. Before that, Oldham Athletic played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Scunthorpe United.

There will be little rest for Oldham after this match as they are travelling to Leyton Orient for a League Two game in only four days.

Oldham Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Oldham Athletic have conceded 33 from these games.

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Exeter City form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Exeter City, who have the most scored goals (58) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 5-8-4 so far.

There might be some fixture complaints from Exeter as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Tranmere Rovers (1-2). A 0-1 loss hosting Cheltenham Town before that.

After this away game Exeter return home for a League Two game against Salford City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Exeter City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 25 goals have been scored. 23 goals have been conceded by Exeter in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Exeter City - Oldham 1-2. Oldham Athletic-Exeter City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Oldham one win, Exeter City five wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
15 goals
Oldham AthleticC. McAleny
C. McAleny
12 goals
Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
12 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oldham Athletic Exeter City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 17 34
11 4 2 Won W 3 5 14
9 2 0 Drew D 2 8 11
16 12 4 Lost L 0 4 9
52 23 9 Scored S 10 25 58
61 33 13 Conceded C 4 23 40
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
81% 78% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 79%
61% 61% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 53%
36% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 35% 35%
28% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 15%
67% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 59%
11% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 24% 26%
33% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 24% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.8 0.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.7 11.3 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 10.2 11.4
3.8 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.5
38% 38% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City have the most scored goals (58) in League Two
  • Exeter City have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest points (14) at home in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (33) at home in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (61) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most points from losing position (25) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in League Two

  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 36 19 8 9 48 33 18 9 4 5 26 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 65
2 Cambridge United 37 19 7 11 55 34 19 10 5 4 24 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 21 64
3 Forest Green Rovers 35 17 10 8 49 37 17 8 6 3 26 19 18 9 4 5 23 18 12 61
4 Tranmere Rovers 35 18 7 10 48 39 18 10 1 7 27 20 17 8 6 3 21 19 9 61
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 17 9 10 47 43 19 9 4 6 23 20 17 8 5 4 24 23 4 60
6 Morecambe 36 17 8 11 51 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 19 8 4 7 25 28 2 59
7 Newport County 36 16 9 11 46 37 17 9 4 4 19 16 19 7 5 7 27 21 9 57
8 Exeter City 34 14 11 9 58 40 17 9 3 5 33 17 17 5 8 4 25 23 18 53
9 Salford City 35 13 12 10 41 29 18 8 10 0 28 12 17 5 2 10 13 17 12 51
10 Crawley Town 35 14 9 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 26 16 17 5 4 8 21 28 3 51
11 Carlisle United 33 14 6 13 46 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 5 48
12 Bradford City 34 13 9 12 38 38 17 7 6 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 48
13 Harrogate Town 36 14 6 16 40 41 17 6 4 7 15 16 19 8 2 9 25 25 -1 48
14 Leyton Orient 35 13 8 14 39 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 17 6 2 9 15 22 0 47
15 Stevenage 37 10 16 11 31 32 18 7 6 5 20 13 19 3 10 6 11 19 -1 46
16 Mansfield Town 36 9 15 12 44 48 18 4 8 6 25 27 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 42
17 Oldham Athletic 36 11 9 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 18 7 7 4 29 28 -9 42
18 Scunthorpe United 35 12 6 17 36 45 18 6 4 8 20 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 42
19 Port Vale 37 11 8 18 46 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 18 5 3 10 23 30 -5 41
20 Walsall 35 8 15 12 38 45 18 5 5 8 17 22 17 3 10 4 21 23 -7 39
21 Barrow 34 10 8 16 41 43 17 5 7 5 25 23 17 5 1 11 16 20 -2 38
22 Colchester United 36 8 14 14 33 49 17 7 5 5 23 20 19 1 9 9 10 29 -16 38
23 Southend United 36 7 10 19 22 50 18 4 3 11 13 25 18 3 7 8 9 25 -28 31
24 Grimsby Town 35 6 10 19 26 54 18 3 6 9 12 24 17 3 4 10 14 30 -28 28

Oldham Athletic:
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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 Cheltenham Town 36 19 8 9 48 33 18 9 4 5 26 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 65
2 Cambridge United 37 19 7 11 55 34 19 10 5 4 24 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 21 64
3 Forest Green Rovers 35 17 10 8 49 37 17 8 6 3 26 19 18 9 4 5 23 18 12 61
4 Tranmere Rovers 35 18 7 10 48 39 18 10 1 7 27 20 17 8 6 3 21 19 9 61
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 17 9 10 47 43 19 9 4 6 23 20 17 8 5 4 24 23 4 60
6 Morecambe 36 17 8 11 51 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 19 8 4 7 25 28 2 59
7 Newport County 36 16 9 11 46 37 17 9 4 4 19 16 19 7 5 7 27 21 9 57
8 Exeter City 34 14 11 9 58 40 17 9 3 5 33 17 17 5 8 4 25 23 18 53
9 Salford City 35 13 12 10 41 29 18 8 10 0 28 12 17 5 2 10 13 17 12 51
10 Crawley Town 35 14 9 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 26 16 17 5 4 8 21 28 3 51
11 Carlisle United 33 14 6 13 46 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 5 48
12 Bradford City 34 13 9 12 38 38 17 7 6 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 48
13 Harrogate Town 36 14 6 16 40 41 17 6 4 7 15 16 19 8 2 9 25 25 -1 48
14 Leyton Orient 35 13 8 14 39 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 17 6 2 9 15 22 0 47
15 Stevenage 37 10 16 11 31 32 18 7 6 5 20 13 19 3 10 6 11 19 -1 46
16 Mansfield Town 36 9 15 12 44 48 18 4 8 6 25 27 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 42
17 Oldham Athletic 36 11 9 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 18 7 7 4 29 28 -9 42
18 Scunthorpe United 35 12 6 17 36 45 18 6 4 8 20 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 42
19 Port Vale 37 11 8 18 46 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 18 5 3 10 23 30 -5 41
20 Walsall 35 8 15 12 38 45 18 5 5 8 17 22 17 3 10 4 21 23 -7 39
21 Barrow 34 10 8 16 41 43 17 5 7 5 25 23 17 5 1 11 16 20 -2 38
22 Colchester United 36 8 14 14 33 49 17 7 5 5 23 20 19 1 9 9 10 29 -16 38
23 Southend United 36 7 10 19 22 50 18 4 3 11 13 25 18 3 7 8 9 25 -28 31
24 Grimsby Town 35 6 10 19 26 54 18 3 6 9 12 24 17 3 4 10 14 30 -28 28

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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.