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, Scunthorpe United in 16th and Oldham Athletic in 12th place.
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (47) in League Two
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Scunthorpe United have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Scunthorpe after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Scunthorpe goalkeeper Mark Howard is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 302 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
Scunthorpe are returning here after visiting Colchester United in a League Two game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Alfie Beestin scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Port Vale in a game that was won 2-0.
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 Scunthorpe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn four and lost eight.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bradford City are coming to town in three days.
Scunthorpe has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Oldham Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (47) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 6-4-3 so far.
Davis Keillor-Dunn and Dylan Bahamboula scored in Oldham's previous match, the home game against Salford City that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Cheltenham Town's place.
Davis Keillor-Dunn came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Salford City last time out, making the manager H. Kewell feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Salford City, was very satisfying as Davis Keillor-Dunn scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Oldham in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Oldham Athletic, four draws and five defeats.
Oldham are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Oldham Athletic have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Oldham Athletic - Scunthorpe 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Scunthorpe won five, Oldham Athletic won three and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 10 goals |   A. Eisa 6 goals | R. Loft 6 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
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| Scunthorpe United | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 28 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 42 |
| 34 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 58% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 89% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 23% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| 15% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 74% |
| 27% | 31% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 38% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 36% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 41% |
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (1) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (47) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (18) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most points from losing position (22) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals (21) away in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals in the second half (27) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 41 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 41 |
| 7 | Newport County | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | Salford City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 36 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 11 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 17 | Bradford City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 31 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -4 | 30 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 22 | Barrow | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -25 | 21 |
| 24 | Southend United | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -27 | 20 |