Soccer betting preview: Oldham Athletic welcomes Tranmere Rovers in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 01.December
Match begins: 19:00 (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 Tranmere Rovers will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oldham and Tranmere Rovers.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

With 1 League Two win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Oldham Athletic, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Oldham Athletic are returning here after visiting Bradford City in a FA Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. C. McAleny and D. Rowe scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Barrow and winning 4-3.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won five, drawn six and lost six.

Oldham are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Cambridge United awaits in four days.

Oldham has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Oldham defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Tranmere Rovers hope to make it five in this match. Tranmere love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Tranmere have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Scott Davies. It's been 195 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

The supporters enjoyed Tranmere Rovers's previous game versus Brackley Town, a FA Cup 1-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Carlisle United.

K. Woolery came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Brackley Town last time out, making the manager M. Jackson feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Tranmere Rovers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Tranmere, five draws and one defeat.

A new game in only four days for Tranmere, the League Two home match versus Walsall. Busy days.

Tranmere find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Tranmere have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oldham three wins, three draws and Tranmere Rovers four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tranmere RoversJ. Vaughan
J. Vaughan
7 goals
OldhamC. McAleny
C. McAleny
6 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Rowe
D. Rowe
4 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Oldham Athletic Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 7 14
5 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 3
7 5 3 Lost L 0 2 5
21 8 5 Scored S 0 7 17
27 13 8 Conceded C 0 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 71% 86%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 50%
71% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 36%
29% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 29%
29% 29% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
71% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 14%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 50%
29% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.3 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4 10 9.3
3.7 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.7 2.5
40% 33% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 49%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 13 9 2 2 21 11 7 6 1 0 11 5 6 3 1 2 10 6 10 29
2 Cheltenham Town 14 8 2 4 22 12 8 4 2 2 11 7 6 4 0 2 11 5 10 26
3 Cambridge United 13 7 4 2 26 10 7 4 3 0 12 5 6 3 1 2 14 5 16 25
4 Forest Green Rovers 14 7 4 3 19 13 6 3 2 1 8 6 8 4 2 2 11 7 6 25
5 Exeter City 14 6 6 2 26 17 7 5 0 2 15 7 7 1 6 0 11 10 9 24
6 Leyton Orient 15 7 3 5 24 17 7 3 2 2 13 8 8 4 1 3 11 9 7 24
7 Carlisle United 14 7 2 5 19 15 6 5 0 1 13 7 8 2 2 4 6 8 4 23
8 Salford City 13 6 4 3 21 11 8 4 4 0 15 6 5 2 0 3 6 5 10 22
9 Bolton Wanderers 15 6 4 5 17 18 8 3 2 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 9 12 -1 22
10 Tranmere Rovers 14 6 3 5 17 15 7 4 0 3 10 5 7 2 3 2 7 10 2 21
11 Colchester United 13 5 5 3 20 20 6 5 1 0 13 6 7 0 4 3 7 14 0 20
12 Harrogate Town 14 5 4 5 15 14 6 1 3 2 5 6 8 4 1 3 10 8 1 19
13 Port Vale 15 6 1 8 18 18 8 3 1 4 10 10 7 3 0 4 8 8 0 19
14 Morecambe 14 5 4 5 17 25 6 1 3 2 6 11 8 4 1 3 11 14 -8 19
15 Crawley Town 14 5 3 6 19 18 7 4 1 2 13 7 7 1 2 4 6 11 1 18
16 Walsall 14 3 8 3 13 16 7 3 2 2 5 5 7 0 6 1 8 11 -3 17
17 Oldham Athletic 14 5 2 7 21 27 7 1 1 5 8 13 7 4 1 2 13 14 -6 17
18 Grimsby Town 12 4 3 5 11 18 4 1 1 2 3 7 8 3 2 3 8 11 -7 15
19 Barrow 14 2 7 5 20 22 8 1 6 1 14 14 6 1 1 4 6 8 -2 13
20 Bradford City 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 2 3 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 5 9 -4 13
21 Stevenage 14 2 5 7 10 15 7 2 1 4 6 7 7 0 4 3 4 8 -5 11
22 Mansfield Town 14 1 8 5 13 19 8 0 4 4 6 12 6 1 4 1 7 7 -6 11
23 Scunthorpe United 12 3 2 7 8 19 6 1 2 3 4 12 6 2 0 4 4 7 -11 11
24 Southend United 14 1 2 11 6 29 7 0 1 6 4 15 7 1 1 5 2 14 -23 5

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.