Football betting preview: Oldham Athletic vs Walsall

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic \"six-pointer\" with the home team placed 21st and the visitors in 19th place.

It's no vacation for neither Oldham Athletic nor Walsall as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Oldham Athletic's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Macclesfield Town (placed 9th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mansfield Town (1-6).

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 eleven matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 4 Lost 5.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oldham Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Port Vale in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Oldham Athletic has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Oldham Athletic have conceded 8 goals.

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Walsall form and stats

Playing away, Walsall, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in League Two, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season. Recent form does not give Walsall much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Oldham Athletic will be a tough nut to crack.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Cheltenham Town with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-3 defeat away at Leyton Orient before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Walsall, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Walsall return home for a League Two game against Mansfield Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Walsall when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Walsall in these games.

Head 2 Head

Oldham Athletic-Walsall H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Oldham Athletic 3 wins, Walsall 4 wins, 3 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticC. Missilou
C. Missilou
3 goals
WalsallJ. Clarke
J. Clarke
3 goals
Oldham AthleticJ. Branger
J. Branger
2 goals / 1 assists

Oldham Athletic missing players

Walsall missing players

Oldham Athletic Walsall
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 7 14
2 1 1 Won W 1 3 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 3 0 Lost L 0 3 7
14 7 3 Scored S 1 6 10
24 8 1 Conceded C 0 9 19
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
64% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 50%
57% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 43%
36% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
57% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 36%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 36%
43% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 43%
 
4.9 5.6 4 Corners For (avg) C F 8 6.4 6
4.9 5.3 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.4 4.9
2.5 2.1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 1.9
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0

Oldham Athletic
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
28-09-19 LT Carlisle United 1 - 0 Oldham Athletic
05-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town
08-10-19 EFL Oldham Athletic 0 - 3 Accrington Stanley
12-10-19 LT Mansfield Town 6 - 1 Oldham Athletic
19-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Macclesfield Town
22-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 20:45 Walsall
26-10-19 LT Port Vale 16:00 Oldham Athletic
02-11-19 LT Oldham Athletic 16:00 Northampton Town
12-11-19 EFL Fleetwood Town 20:45 Oldham Athletic
16-11-19 LT Stevenage 16:00 Oldham Athletic
Walsall
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
28-09-19 LT Crawley Town 2 - 3 Walsall
01-10-19 EFL Walsall 1 - 0 Southampton U21
05-10-19 LT Walsall 0 - 3 Salford City
12-10-19 LT Leyton Orient 3 - 1 Walsall
19-10-19 LT Walsall 1 - 2 Cheltenham Town
22-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 20:45 Walsall
26-10-19 LT Walsall 16:00 Mansfield Town
02-11-19 LT Swindon Town 16:00 Walsall
12-11-19 EFL Walsall 20:00 Forest Green Rovers
16-11-19 LT Walsall 16:00 Cambridge United

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

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