Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Oldham Athletic in 15th and Walsall in 11th place.
- Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (30) in League Two
- Walsall 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 Athletic and Walsall.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Oldham Athletic's struggle is real here at Boundary Park with only 7 points collected from 9 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6.
Oldham's last game was hosting Bradford City (placed 22nd) and winning 3-1. Ahead of that match, Oldham lost 1-2 at home to Sunderland.
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 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn six and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oldham as they are travelling to their away game against Newport County in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Oldham has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Oldham have conceded 15 from these games.
Walsall form and stats
The visitors are W1-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
The supporters enjoyed Walsall's previous game versus Bolton Wanderers (placed 16th), a League Two 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that result Walsall won their away game at Tranmere Rovers. The scoreline was 3-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Walsall playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were six Walsall wins, six draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Walsall are hosting Port Vale in the League Two only four days away.
Walsall have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Walsall's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Oldham, three draws and three wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 7 goals |   E. Adebayo 7 goals | D. Rowe 4 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Walsall missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 30 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 76% |
| 71% | 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 18% |
| 24% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 9.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 11 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 41% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | 28% |
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (30) 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.
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall 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 | Newport County | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 16 |
| 21 | Barrow | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -22 | 9 |
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