Oldham Athletic v Tranmere Rovers betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 07.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

Oldham Athletic are depending on their home crowd to assist them to do well in this match versus Tranmere Rovers. Who will win at Boundary Park?

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the FA Cup. That game, against Leyton Orient, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Tranmere Rovers.

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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 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Oldham, who won 1-0 against Sunderland.

Prior to that, an away loss at Salford City in the League Two.

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 14 matches with the results: Won six, drawn zero and lost eight.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Forest Green Rovers in only four days. This game is also played here at Boundary Park.

The Oldham Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. 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. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

There's been little loot from Tranmere Rovers's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the League Two. Tranmere Rovers only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Tranmere, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Leyton Orient (placed 8th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Leyton Orient was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Bradford City in the League Two.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Tranmere in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Tranmere Rovers, six draws and two defeats.

Tranmere Rovers have another game away in just four nights, a League Two fixture versus Exeter City. A hard diary for them!

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Tranmere as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Oldham wins - draws - Tranmere Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
4 goals
Oldham AthleticC. Piergianni
C. Piergianni
3 goals
OldhamD. Bahamboula
D. Bahamboula
3 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Oldham Athletic Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 5 5
12 6 2 Lost L 1 3 6
16 10 1 Scored S 1 5 15
30 16 4 Conceded C 1 8 14
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
68% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 44%
63% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 22%
21% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 11%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 22%
26% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 44%
42% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 50%
 
4.8 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.6
4.9 4.3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.1 5.8
1.9 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.4 10.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.7 11.7
2.9 2.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.5
29% 38% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 24%
 
12.2 12.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.7 13.7
3.2 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • 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 (7) at home in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest scored goals (5) away in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 18 12 4 2 34 14 9 6 1 2 16 9 9 6 3 0 18 5 20 40
2 Northampton Town 19 10 4 5 25 15 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 3 3 3 9 8 10 34
3 Exeter City 19 8 9 2 31 21 9 5 4 0 16 8 10 3 5 2 15 13 10 33
4 Swindon Town 18 9 6 3 28 18 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 7 2 0 18 7 10 33
5 Port Vale 19 9 5 5 32 20 10 5 3 2 16 8 9 4 2 3 16 12 12 32
6 Sutton United 19 10 2 7 28 22 9 6 0 3 16 9 10 4 2 4 12 13 6 32
7 Harrogate Town 19 8 6 5 33 24 9 3 4 2 16 12 10 5 2 3 17 12 9 30
8 Leyton Orient 19 6 10 3 32 17 9 5 3 1 19 4 10 1 7 2 13 13 15 28
9 Newport County 19 7 7 5 30 23 8 3 3 2 15 8 11 4 4 3 15 15 7 28
10 Tranmere Rovers 18 7 5 6 15 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 9 1 5 3 5 8 1 26
11 Salford City 19 6 6 7 22 19 11 4 5 2 13 7 8 2 1 5 9 12 3 24
12 Bradford City 19 5 9 5 25 23 9 3 5 1 15 11 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 24
13 Rochdale 19 5 9 5 24 24 10 2 5 3 11 12 9 3 4 2 13 12 0 24
14 Walsall 19 6 6 7 21 23 9 3 3 3 12 13 10 3 3 4 9 10 -2 24
15 Mansfield Town 19 6 5 8 21 25 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 2 2 5 7 13 -4 23
16 Bristol Rovers 19 6 5 8 22 29 9 4 1 4 12 14 10 2 4 4 10 15 -7 23
17 Hartlepool United 19 7 2 10 20 30 9 6 1 2 14 10 10 1 1 8 6 20 -10 23
18 Colchester United 18 5 6 7 16 22 10 3 3 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 6 10 -6 21
19 Crawley Town 18 6 3 9 20 28 10 3 3 4 12 16 8 3 0 5 8 12 -8 21
20 Barrow 19 4 7 8 20 24 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 2 3 5 9 12 -4 19
21 Stevenage 18 4 6 8 15 30 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 2 6 6 20 -15 18
22 Carlisle United 19 3 7 9 13 28 10 2 5 3 6 9 9 1 2 6 7 19 -15 16
23 Oldham Athletic 19 4 3 12 16 30 9 2 1 6 10 16 10 2 2 6 6 14 -14 15
24 Scunthorpe United 19 2 8 9 15 35 10 2 4 4 8 15 9 0 4 5 7 20 -20 14

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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.