Oldham Athletic supporters put their faith in manager Unsworth to deliver victory against Maidstone United

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

These two teams have had some difficulties so far, but three points in this highly important fixture would certainly be a big help. Prepare for Oldham Athletic - Maidstone United!

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maidstone United is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Oldham's stadium, Boundary Park, has a grass surface. Maidstone United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Maidstone United when playing on grass; 13 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses from 35 matches. They have scored {54 goals} in these games and conceded 60.

The hosts Oldham Athletic saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the National League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Gateshead, was also a home game here at Boundary Park. The away team is better rested.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The total National League statistics playing at home this season for Oldham Athletic are 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Oldham Athletic hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Gateshead, Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Torquay United, Dorking Wanderers, Oldham Athletic and York City), they have won 4 of 6 matches!

The home followers saw a 2-2 draw versus Gateshead last time out and are looking for a victory here. Opportunity lost for Oldham Athletic in the Gateshead match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Ahead of that match, Oldham won a home game hosting Dagenham & Redbridge (4-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oldham Athletic handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The manager Unsworth will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gateshead in only three days.

The Oldham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Maidstone United form and stats

There's been little loot from Maidstone United's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 16 away games in the National League. Maidstone United only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws.

Two travels in a row for Maidstone United, whose coach Ramis-Hayrettin could celebrate last time after the Fa Trophy win against Eastleigh.

Before that, Maidstone travelled to Yeovil Town and returned home with a draw after the National League game finished 2-2.

Maidstone United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Maidstone United are hosting Eastleigh in the National League only three days away.

The visiting Maidstone have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. Maidstone United are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 19 goals in these matches. When Maidstone United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Gateshead, Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Torquay United, Dorking Wanderers, York City and Maidstone United.

Head 2 Head

Oddly enough, the last time Maidstone United kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opposition, twelve league games ago (Maidstone United - Oldham Athletic 0-0). Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Oldham wins - draws - Maidstone United wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maidstone UnitedJ. Barham
J. Barham
8 goals
Oldham AthleticM. Fondop-Talum
M. Fondop-Talum
7 goals
Oldham AthleticB. Tollitt
B. Tollitt
7 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Maidstone United missing players

Oldham Athletic Maidstone United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 6 Played P 6 16 31
8 7 4 Won W 1 2 5
8 3 2 Drew D 1 2 7
13 5 0 Lost L 4 12 19
39 27 14 Scored S 8 19 35
46 24 8 Conceded C 14 43 68
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 81%
59% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 65%
31% 47% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 62% 45%
21% 27% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 32%
62% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 61%
14% 13% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 6% 13%
31% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 31% 32%
 
4.3 4.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.2 5.8
4.5 4.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 6.3 5.9
2.1 2.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
8.9 8.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.6 10.1
4.1 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.9
32% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 37% 29%
 
10.8 10.1 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13 12.2
4 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.9 5.4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Maidstone United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Maidstone United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals (43) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-33) in National League
  • Maidstone United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Maidstone United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 32 23 8 1 80 29 15 11 4 0 32 7 17 12 4 1 48 22 51 77
2 Wrexham 30 22 6 2 77 27 14 13 1 0 49 13 16 9 5 2 28 14 50 72
3 Woking 31 17 7 7 55 32 15 8 4 3 29 17 16 9 3 4 26 15 23 58
4 Chesterfield 29 16 5 8 53 37 15 11 0 4 31 18 14 5 5 4 22 19 16 53
5 Barnet 29 16 5 8 56 47 14 9 2 3 23 17 15 7 3 5 33 30 9 53
6 Southend United 29 13 8 8 40 26 16 8 4 4 23 13 13 5 4 4 17 13 14 47
7 Boreham Wood 29 11 11 7 35 28 13 4 6 3 15 14 16 7 5 4 20 14 7 44
8 Bromley 30 11 11 8 44 38 16 6 8 2 24 16 14 5 3 6 20 22 6 44
9 Eastleigh 30 13 5 12 37 36 15 10 2 3 22 12 15 3 3 9 15 24 1 44
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 30 12 6 12 44 48 16 8 3 5 28 24 14 4 3 7 16 24 -4 42
11 Wealdstone 29 11 8 10 35 41 14 6 4 4 19 19 15 5 4 6 16 22 -6 41
12 Solihull Moors 31 11 7 13 46 45 15 5 4 6 23 20 16 6 3 7 23 25 1 40
13 Aldershot Town 32 11 5 16 43 50 17 5 3 9 21 25 15 6 2 7 22 25 -7 38
14 Altrincham 30 9 9 12 42 54 16 7 3 6 23 22 14 2 6 6 19 32 -12 36
15 Halifax Town 30 10 5 15 27 39 14 7 2 5 16 17 16 3 3 10 11 22 -12 35
16 Maidenhead United 30 9 6 15 33 44 14 5 4 5 16 16 16 4 2 10 17 28 -11 33
17 Yeovil Town 28 6 14 8 25 28 15 5 7 3 15 12 13 1 7 5 10 16 -3 32
18 York City 30 8 8 14 35 39 15 4 4 7 18 22 15 4 4 7 17 17 -4 32
19 Oldham Athletic 29 8 8 13 39 46 15 7 3 5 27 24 14 1 5 8 12 22 -7 32
20 Dorking Wanderers 29 8 6 15 44 69 15 6 3 6 25 33 14 2 3 9 19 36 -25 30
21 Gateshead 29 6 11 12 37 47 13 2 6 5 17 22 16 4 5 7 20 25 -10 29
22 Torquay United 29 6 8 15 32 52 15 3 6 6 24 29 14 3 2 9 8 23 -20 26
23 Scunthorpe United 30 5 8 17 35 59 16 4 3 9 23 33 14 1 5 8 12 26 -24 23
24 Maidstone United 31 5 7 19 35 68 15 3 5 7 16 25 16 2 2 12 19 43 -33 22

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.