Both Oldham Athletic and Port Vale are thirsting for points in this fixture, despite the guesting team carrying a 17 point lead so far.
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Port Vale have scored more than double the goals of Oldham Athletic.
These are full days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the FA Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ipswich Town, was also a home game here at Boundary Park. The away team is better rested.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Oldham Athletic have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Boundary Park. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Oldham Athletic, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Oldham fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at Boundary Park: A 1-2 defeat against Ipswich Town.
A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Exeter City.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oldham Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Northampton Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Oldham aren't scoring a lot here at Boundary Park in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Oldham defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Oldham hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Salford City, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Crawley Town and Stevenage), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Port Vale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Port played 1-1 against Bradford City in their previous match. Daniel Jones, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Jones hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Liverpool U21 in the EFL Trophy.After this away game Port return home for a League Two game against Walsall. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Port's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Port Vale in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oldham one win, seven draws and Port Vale two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Proctor 6 goals |  J. Wilson 4 goals |   D. Bahamboula 3 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 24 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 38% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.5 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 26% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | 36% |
| 11.8 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest points (4) at home in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (14) at home in League Two
- Port Vale have scored more than double the goals of Oldham Athletic.
- Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Walsall | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 16 | Barrow | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | Salford City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -16 | 14 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 12 |