The home fans bank on a win in this match, and the home advantage should be put to good use against a stumbling visitor. Aldershot Town are in 14th spot while the guesting Oldham Athletic panic at 20th.
- Aldershot Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in National League
It's no vacation for neither Aldershot nor Oldham Athletic 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.
Aldershot Town form and stats
With 4 National League wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Aldershot Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. With Aldershot Town having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager McNeilly.
Aldershot Town are returning here after visiting Maidstone United and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Effiong scored the goal(s). Effiong was absolutely essential when Aldershot beat Maidstone United 3-0, scoring three goals.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Bromley that finished 2-2.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 Aldershot Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 7.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Aldershot Town as they have a new game in only three days, a National League match thankfully also at home. Boreham Wood are visiting.
Aldershot are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aldershot Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oldham Athletic so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Oldham Athletic's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs York City (placed 15th). It looked so good for Oldham Athletic vs York City, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 0-0 draw. As mentioned above, Oldham drew the match against York City. Manager Unsworth brought on Abraham to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A defeat, in the Fa Trophy away at Gateshead, earlier. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oldham Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 0 Oldham Athletic wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Oldham Athletic have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other already this season, with the result Oldham Athletic - Aldershot 2-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Effiong 13 goals |  J. Amaluzor 7 goals |  B. Tollitt 7 goals |
Aldershot Town missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Aldershot Town | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 39 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 47 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 40 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 86% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 80% |
| 64% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 54% | 60% |
| 29% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 28% |
| 18% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 54% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 54% | 60% |
| 21% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 29% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 46% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | 4 |
| 34% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 21% | 30% |
| 12.1 | 11 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- Aldershot Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aldershot Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in National League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wrexham | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 47 | 65 |
| 2 | Notts County | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 44 | 62 |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Woking | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 52 |
| 5 | Barnet | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 41 |
| 6 | Bromley | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 8 | Southend United | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 38 |
| 9 | Wealdstone | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 10 | Altrincham | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 48 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 32 | -8 | 36 |
| 11 | Eastleigh | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Boreham Wood | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 13 | Solihull Moors | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 14 | Aldershot Town | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 39 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -8 | 33 |
| 15 | York City | 27 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 | Halifax Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 32 |
| 17 | Dorking Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 64 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 34 | -20 | 30 |
| 18 | Maidenhead United | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 29 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 27 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 21 | Gateshead | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
| 23 | Maidstone United | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 40 | -32 | 21 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -23 | 19 |
