This fixture involves two contenders residing in the lower parts of the League Two, Oldham Athletic having 21st place and Walsall sitting at 18th. A good chance for one of the squads to improve their situation.
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Walsall have yet to win a game away.
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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Oldham Athletic have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Boundary Park.
Oldham are confident in defense, having played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Oldham Athletic last time playing, versus Stevenage. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Davis Keillor-Dunn (2) and Dylan Bahamboula scoring for the victors. Davis Keillor-Dunn, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.63 (out of 10). Keillor-Dunn scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Mansfield Town that finished 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Oldham Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Oldham as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Oldham Athletic has won seven of these, drawn one and lost nine.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oldham Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Carlisle United in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Oldham here at Boundary Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Oldham Athletic have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Walsall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Walsall has drawn their two previous away games.
Walsall has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Leyton Orient for a League Two game that ended a draw (0-0). Joss Labadie got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Salford City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Walsall, seven draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Walsall, the League Two home match versus Barrow. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Walsall as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Walsall have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Oldham, four draws and three wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 4 goals |   D. Bahamboula 3 goals |  D. Keillor-Dunn 3 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Walsall missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 28% | 36% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 42% |
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Walsall have yet to win a 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Hartlepool United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Barrow | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Salford City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 7 |
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