Evenly matched teams: Oldham Athletic vs Salford City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sun 29.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

Season ticket holders at Boundary Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Oldham Athletic languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Salford City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic have played 11 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Oldham Athletic are returning here after visiting Morecambe in a League Two game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Oldham Athletic won a home game hosting Crawley Town (2-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Oldham Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 6 Lost 4.

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. Scunthorpe United are visiting.

The Oldham Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Salford City form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Salford City playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Salford City won their last game, 3-1 versus Crewe Alexandra played at home. A 1-1 draw at Bradford City's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Salford City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Salford City, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Salford City has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Grimsby Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Salford City have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Salford City have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Salford CityA. Rooney
A. Rooney
6 goals
Oldham AthleticC. Missilou
C. Missilou
3 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Segbé Azankpo
D. Segbé Azankpo
3 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Salford City missing players

Oldham Athletic Salford City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
6 3 2 Won W 1 3 7
8 5 1 Drew D 2 4 8
8 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
24 14 6 Scored S 6 15 27
31 12 3 Conceded C 5 18 32
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 78%
50% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 43%
27% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 30%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
55% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 52%
18% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 22%
36% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 30%
 
5.1 5.7 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 3.5 3.5
5.1 5 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 6.8 5.9
2 1.7 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
269 162 52 Total Shots T S 40 111 259
82 49 18 Shots on Target S O 15 39 88
29% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 31%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salford City 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 Swindon Town 23 14 4 5 43 24 12 8 1 3 20 11 11 6 3 2 23 13 19 46
2 Exeter City 23 12 7 4 32 25 12 7 4 1 20 11 11 5 3 3 12 14 7 43
3 Crewe Alexandra 22 11 5 6 39 27 11 5 3 3 19 12 11 6 2 3 20 15 12 38
4 Colchester United 22 10 7 5 32 20 10 6 2 2 15 7 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 37
5 Bradford City 22 10 7 5 28 19 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 3 5 3 11 11 9 37
6 Forest Green Rovers 23 10 7 6 26 18 11 4 4 3 10 10 12 6 3 3 16 8 8 37
7 Cheltenham Town 22 9 9 4 33 18 11 5 4 2 22 13 11 4 5 2 11 5 15 36
8 Plymouth Argyle 21 10 5 6 31 22 10 6 3 1 21 9 11 4 2 5 10 13 9 35
9 Northampton Town 23 10 5 8 32 27 11 7 1 3 19 8 12 3 4 5 13 19 5 35
10 Port Vale 23 7 10 6 28 29 11 5 5 1 14 9 12 2 5 5 14 20 -1 31
11 Salford City 23 7 8 8 27 32 12 4 4 4 12 14 11 3 4 4 15 18 -5 29
12 Scunthorpe United 23 7 7 9 30 30 12 4 5 3 18 14 11 3 2 6 12 16 0 28
13 Cambridge United 23 7 7 9 27 27 11 4 3 4 15 12 12 3 4 5 12 15 0 28
14 Newport County 21 7 7 7 19 19 11 5 4 2 12 9 10 2 3 5 7 10 0 28
15 Walsall 23 7 6 10 21 30 11 2 4 5 8 14 12 5 2 5 13 16 -9 27
16 Crawley Town 23 6 8 9 30 33 12 5 3 4 16 14 11 1 5 5 14 19 -3 26
17 Oldham Athletic 22 6 8 8 24 31 11 3 5 3 14 12 11 3 3 5 10 19 -7 26
18 Leyton Orient 23 6 7 10 31 40 12 2 4 6 15 22 11 4 3 4 16 18 -9 25
19 Mansfield Town 23 5 9 9 30 33 12 2 4 6 18 22 11 3 5 3 12 11 -3 24
20 Grimsby Town 21 5 7 9 21 27 10 2 3 5 9 16 11 3 4 4 12 11 -6 22
21 Carlisle United 23 5 7 11 20 35 12 3 5 4 10 15 11 2 2 7 10 20 -15 22
22 Macclesfield Town 21 5 10 6 20 23 10 3 6 1 11 7 11 2 4 5 9 16 -3 19
23 Morecambe 23 4 6 13 20 42 12 2 4 6 12 18 11 2 2 7 8 24 -22 18
24 Stevenage 22 2 11 9 14 27 11 2 4 5 9 15 11 0 7 4 5 12 -13 17

Read more about League Two

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.