League Two game guide and statistics: Oldham Athletic meet Salford City

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

Oldham Athletic are looking to brush off the league table ahead of this fixture against Salford City. Here's all you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (37) at home in League Two

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic's results here at Boundary Park in the League Two have been very modest with 5 victories, 3 draws and 13 defeats. Oldham Athletic has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Sheridan and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 225 minutes without scoring a league goal. Keillor-Dunn was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Sheridan led his Oldham to a defeat away at Forest Green Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Boundary Park. Rogers had a busy but productive day in the Forest Green Rovers match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Adams (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.24/10. Adams hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against Northampton Town that was lost 0-2.

The Oldham Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 21 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Oldham defense is not exactly impregnable. 37 goals conceded from 21 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Salford City form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Salford City have produced an overall stat of 8-4-9 so far.

Salford City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Barrow (placed 21st) in their previous match. As mentioned above, Salford drew the match against Barrow. Manager Bowyer brought on Henderson to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Attacker Smith got a player rating of 7.7 in the game. "Man of the match" Smith dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Bristol Rovers's place.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Salford City have scored 23 goals in 21 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (20 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Salford City - Oldham 2-0 was the outcome when these two sides last did battle, earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Oldham Athletic victories, one draw and three Salford City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
13 goals
Salford CityB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
10 goals
Salford CityM. Lund
M. Lund
6 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Salford City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oldham Athletic Salford City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
9 5 1 Won W 3 8 18
10 3 2 Drew D 1 4 12
24 13 3 Lost L 2 9 13
42 25 4 Scored S 9 23 54
68 37 7 Conceded C 5 20 39
86% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
70% 81% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 74%
53% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 37%
23% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 9%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
47% 52% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 47%
28% 24% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 40%
40% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 23%
 
4.8 4.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.3
5.9 5.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.1 4.7
1.9 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
10.8 11.4 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.3 11.7
3.2 3.7 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4.1
31% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 30% 31%
 
13.5 12.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.8 12.2
4 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oldham Athletic have the most conceded goals (37) at home 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 Forest Green Rovers 42 23 13 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 34 82
2 Exeter City 42 21 14 7 60 38 20 12 6 2 33 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 22 77
3 Port Vale 43 21 12 10 65 42 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 10 6 5 31 22 23 75
4 Northampton Town 43 21 10 12 52 34 22 13 4 5 31 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 18 73
5 Bristol Rovers 43 21 10 12 60 46 21 13 3 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 73
6 Sutton United 42 20 10 12 63 48 21 13 5 3 34 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 15 70
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 19 12 12 50 38 22 15 3 4 34 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 12 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 20 9 13 59 48 20 13 3 4 34 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 11 69
9 Salford City 43 18 12 13 54 39 22 10 8 4 31 19 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 66
10 Newport County 43 18 12 13 64 53 21 9 6 6 39 27 22 9 6 7 25 26 11 66
11 Swindon Town 42 18 11 13 67 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 21 11 4 6 36 29 15 65
12 Crawley Town 42 17 9 16 53 56 22 9 6 7 28 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -3 60
13 Leyton Orient 43 13 16 14 58 42 21 9 5 7 34 17 22 4 11 7 24 25 16 55
14 Hartlepool United 43 14 11 18 43 58 21 9 7 5 24 21 22 5 4 13 19 37 -15 53
15 Rochdale 43 11 17 15 46 53 22 7 11 4 25 19 21 4 6 11 21 34 -7 50
16 Walsall 43 13 11 19 43 55 21 9 5 7 28 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -12 50
17 Carlisle United 43 13 11 19 37 56 22 7 7 8 17 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -19 50
18 Bradford City 43 11 16 16 45 53 21 4 10 7 25 28 22 7 6 9 20 25 -8 49
19 Colchester United 43 12 12 19 42 57 22 6 8 8 23 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -15 48
20 Harrogate Town 43 12 11 20 58 72 21 5 7 9 29 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -14 47
21 Barrow 42 9 14 19 40 50 21 4 9 8 23 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -10 41
22 Stevenage 42 9 14 19 38 62 21 7 6 8 23 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -24 41
23 Oldham Athletic 43 9 10 24 42 68 21 5 3 13 25 37 22 4 7 11 17 31 -26 37
24 Scunthorpe United 43 4 13 26 27 80 22 3 6 13 14 35 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 25

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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 42 23 13 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 34 82
2 Exeter City 42 21 14 7 60 38 20 12 6 2 33 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 22 77
3 Port Vale 43 21 12 10 65 42 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 10 6 5 31 22 23 75
4 Northampton Town 43 21 10 12 52 34 22 13 4 5 31 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 18 73
5 Bristol Rovers 43 21 10 12 60 46 21 13 3 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 73
6 Sutton United 42 20 10 12 63 48 21 13 5 3 34 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 15 70
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 19 12 12 50 38 22 15 3 4 34 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 12 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 20 9 13 59 48 20 13 3 4 34 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 11 69
9 Salford City 43 18 12 13 54 39 22 10 8 4 31 19 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 66
10 Newport County 43 18 12 13 64 53 21 9 6 6 39 27 22 9 6 7 25 26 11 66
11 Swindon Town 42 18 11 13 67 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 21 11 4 6 36 29 15 65
12 Crawley Town 42 17 9 16 53 56 22 9 6 7 28 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -3 60
13 Leyton Orient 43 13 16 14 58 42 21 9 5 7 34 17 22 4 11 7 24 25 16 55
14 Hartlepool United 43 14 11 18 43 58 21 9 7 5 24 21 22 5 4 13 19 37 -15 53
15 Rochdale 43 11 17 15 46 53 22 7 11 4 25 19 21 4 6 11 21 34 -7 50
16 Walsall 43 13 11 19 43 55 21 9 5 7 28 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -12 50
17 Carlisle United 43 13 11 19 37 56 22 7 7 8 17 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -19 50
18 Bradford City 43 11 16 16 45 53 21 4 10 7 25 28 22 7 6 9 20 25 -8 49
19 Colchester United 43 12 12 19 42 57 22 6 8 8 23 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -15 48
20 Harrogate Town 43 12 11 20 58 72 21 5 7 9 29 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -14 47
21 Barrow 42 9 14 19 40 50 21 4 9 8 23 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -10 41
22 Stevenage 42 9 14 19 38 62 21 7 6 8 23 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -24 41
23 Oldham Athletic 43 9 10 24 42 68 21 5 3 13 25 37 22 4 7 11 17 31 -26 37
24 Scunthorpe United 43 4 13 26 27 80 22 3 6 13 14 35 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 25

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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.