Match preview League Two: Oldham Athletic - Grimsby Town at Boundary Park

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (10638 seats)

Oldham Athletic and Grimsby Town has both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the League Two.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

When playing at home, Oldham Athletic have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 18 games.

In their previous game, the manager P. Wild led his Oldham Athletic to a defeat in the League Two match away at Lincoln City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Boundary Park. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cambridge United the opponent.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Oldham Athletic as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Tranmere Rovers are visiting.

Oldham Athletic have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Boundary Park with 31 goals in 18 matches. 24 goals have been conceded.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Grimsby Town so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 5-3-11 (win-draw-lose). Grimsby Town has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Grimsby Town's last game was the home draw against Bury (0-0). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Northampton Town.

The attacking power of Grimsby Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored in 19 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Grimsby Town have conceded 29 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Grimsby Town - Oldham Athletic 0-3 earlier this season. Oldham Athletic-Grimsby Town H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: Oldham Athletic 1 win, Grimsby Town 0 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

W. Thomas
11 goals
C. Lang
8 goals / 1 assists
C. O'Grady
6 goals / 2 assists

Oldham Athletic missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Oldham Athletic Grimsby Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 20 39
86% 94% Over 0.5 85% 92%
81% 83% Over 1.5 55% 62%
51% 56% Over 2.5 35% 41%
30% 39% Over 3.5 15% 18%
19% 22% Over 4.5 10% 8%
59% 72% Both teams to score 25% 36%
30% 17% Clean Sheet 50% 33%
24% 17% Failed To Score 40% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 39 22 13 4 69 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 20 11 6 3 36 18 33 79
2 Bury 38 20 11 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 20 8 6 6 26 23 30 71
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 20 9 10 64 40 20 13 4 3 33 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 24 69
4 Mansfield Town 39 17 15 7 56 33 20 12 5 3 32 13 19 5 10 4 24 20 23 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 10 10 56 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 19 6 6 7 29 32 14 64
6 Forest Green Rovers 39 16 13 10 57 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 20 10 5 5 34 22 18 61
7 Exeter City 38 17 10 11 51 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 19 7 7 5 22 19 14 61
8 Carlisle United 39 17 7 15 59 51 20 9 3 8 34 27 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 58
9 Colchester United 39 16 9 14 57 48 20 10 4 6 36 21 19 6 5 8 21 27 9 57
10 Swindon Town 38 14 12 12 47 46 20 7 8 5 26 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 1 54
11 Stevenage 39 15 9 15 45 49 19 10 2 7 22 19 20 5 7 8 23 30 -4 54
12 Crewe Alexandra 39 15 8 16 48 49 19 12 2 5 35 19 20 3 6 11 13 30 -1 53
13 Northampton Town 39 12 16 11 49 50 19 6 10 3 23 21 20 6 6 8 26 29 -1 52
14 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
15 Grimsby Town 39 14 7 18 40 48 20 9 4 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 49
16 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
17 Cheltenham Town 39 13 9 17 49 57 20 9 5 6 30 26 19 4 4 11 19 31 -8 48
18 Crawley Town 39 12 7 20 40 58 20 9 4 7 29 27 19 3 3 13 11 31 -18 43
19 Morecambe 39 11 9 19 44 62 19 6 3 10 26 29 20 5 6 9 18 33 -18 42
20 Cambridge United 38 11 9 18 34 56 19 7 6 6 20 20 19 4 3 12 14 36 -22 42
21 Port Vale 39 10 11 18 33 45 20 6 3 11 22 31 19 4 8 7 11 14 -12 41
22 Yeovil Town 39 9 9 21 36 56 19 4 7 8 18 29 20 5 2 13 18 27 -20 36
23 Macclesfield Town 38 8 10 20 40 64 19 4 8 7 21 31 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 34
24 Notts County 39 7 12 20 38 72 20 4 8 8 18 29 19 3 4 12 20 43 -34 33

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