Oldham Athletic v Northampton Town betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

The visiting Northampton Town side should be favourites in this visit to Oldham Athletic, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Oldham Athletic and Northampton Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Oldham Athletic are 2-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to Boundary Park after sharing the points with Port Vale (placed 11th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Walsall.

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 twelve games. Oldham Athletic has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Oldham Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 attempts. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Northampton Town form and stats

Playing away, Northampton Town have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

The supporters enjoyed Northampton Town's previous game versus Cambridge United (placed 13th), a League Two 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Northampton Town won their away game at Carlisle United. The scoreline was 2-0.

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

Northampton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Northampton Town have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Oldham Athletic-Northampton Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Oldham Athletic 4 wins, Northampton Town 4 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownJ. Turnbull
J. Turnbull
4 goals
Northampton TownA. Williams
A. Williams
4 goals / 1 assists
Oldham AthleticC. Missilou
C. Missilou
3 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Oldham Athletic Northampton Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 4 8 16
3 2 0 Won W 2 3 7
6 3 2 Drew D 1 2 3
7 3 1 Lost L 1 3 6
16 9 2 Scored S 5 8 20
24 8 3 Conceded C 5 9 16
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 69%
50% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 38%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 38%
19% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 38%
44% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 25%
 
5.1 5.6 7.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 4.5
5.4 5 7.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.8 8.2 6.6
2.2 2 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 2.4
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Oldham Athletic
All EFL Trophy League One League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
08-10-19 EFL Oldham Athletic 0 - 3 Accrington Stanley
12-10-19 LT Mansfield Town 6 - 1 Oldham Athletic
19-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Macclesfield Town
22-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 2 - 0 Walsall
26-10-19 LT Port Vale 0 - 0 Oldham Athletic
02-11-19 LT Oldham Athletic 16:00 Northampton Town
09-11-19 FAC Gateshead 16:00 Oldham Athletic
13-11-19 EFL Fleetwood Town 20:45 Oldham Athletic
16-11-19 LT Stevenage 16:00 Oldham Athletic
23-11-19 LT Newport County 16:00 Oldham Athletic
Northampton Town
All EFL Trophy League One League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
08-10-19 EFL Cambridge United 0 - 1 Northampton Town
12-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 3 - 0 Northampton Town
19-10-19 LT Northampton Town 2 - 0 Salford City
22-10-19 LT Carlisle United 0 - 2 Northampton Town
26-10-19 LT Northampton Town 2 - 0 Cambridge United
02-11-19 LT Oldham Athletic 16:00 Northampton Town
09-11-19 FAC Chippenham Town 16:00 Northampton Town
16-11-19 LT Northampton Town 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
23-11-19 LT Northampton Town 16:00 Grimsby Town
07-12-19 LT Exeter City 16:00 Northampton 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 Crewe Alexandra 15 9 3 3 26 17 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 30
2 Exeter City 16 8 5 3 23 18 8 5 2 1 13 6 8 3 3 2 10 12 5 29
3 Cheltenham Town 14 8 4 2 26 12 7 5 2 0 19 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 14 28
4 Forest Green Rovers 15 8 4 3 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 28
5 Swindon Town 16 8 3 5 26 19 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 4 2 2 15 9 7 27
6 Bradford City 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 27
7 Newport County 15 7 6 2 16 11 8 5 3 0 10 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 5 27
8 Northampton Town 16 7 3 6 20 16 8 4 1 3 12 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 24
9 Colchester United 16 6 5 5 19 14 8 4 2 2 11 7 8 2 3 3 8 7 5 23
10 Plymouth Argyle 16 6 5 5 24 20 8 4 3 1 16 8 8 2 2 4 8 12 4 23
11 Port Vale 16 5 7 4 21 22 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 1 3 4 10 16 -1 22
12 Salford City 16 5 6 5 19 24 8 3 3 2 7 9 8 2 3 3 12 15 -5 21
13 Cambridge United 16 5 5 6 20 16 8 2 3 3 10 8 8 3 2 3 10 8 4 20
14 Mansfield Town 16 5 5 6 24 22 8 2 2 4 13 13 8 3 3 2 11 9 2 20
15 Macclesfield Town 15 5 5 5 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 13 -2 20
16 Leyton Orient 16 5 5 6 24 27 8 2 3 3 12 13 8 3 2 3 12 14 -3 20
17 Crawley Town 16 5 5 6 23 27 8 4 1 3 11 12 8 1 4 3 12 15 -4 20
18 Grimsby Town 15 5 4 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 11 8 0 19
19 Oldham Athletic 16 3 6 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 9 8 8 1 3 4 7 16 -8 15
20 Carlisle United 16 4 3 9 16 28 8 2 2 4 8 14 8 2 1 5 8 14 -12 15
21 Walsall 16 4 3 9 11 23 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 3 1 4 6 11 -12 15
22 Scunthorpe United 16 3 5 8 21 25 8 3 3 2 14 9 8 0 2 6 7 16 -4 14
23 Stevenage 16 2 6 8 12 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 0 4 4 4 11 -9 12
24 Morecambe 16 2 4 10 14 29 8 0 3 5 7 14 8 2 1 5 7 15 -15 10

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