National League match prediction: Little separates Wealdstone and Oldham Athletic in quality

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 17.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Middlesex Stadium

Carrying a 13 point edge in the league table, Wealdstone club members hope to see their adored players earn max points from this match vs Oldham Athletic.

Insights:
  • Wealdstone have the most points from losing position (17) in National League

Oldham Athletic could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Fa Trophy game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Gateshead. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Wealdstone form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Wealdstone at their home stadium (The Middlesex Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Wealdstone, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Wealdstone's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Eastleigh (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Chelmsford City in the Fa Trophy. This is expected to be a close game, with Wealdstone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wealdstone as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Wealdstone has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The manager Maynard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Halifax Town in only four days.

Wealdstone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Wealdstone's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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).

Two away games in a row for Oldham Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Gateshead in the Fa Trophy.

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-1 at Dorking Wanderers.

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.

Possible goal fest! This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

A quick return to home after this game, as Oldham are hosting Southend United in the National League only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oldham Athletic as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Oldham Athletic's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged history featuring both these contenders is the Oldham Athletic - Wealdstone 1-2 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticB. Tollitt
B. Tollitt
7 goals
WealdstoneO. Olomola
O. Olomola
6 goals
Oldham AthleticM. Fondop-Talum
M. Fondop-Talum
6 goals

Wealdstone missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Wealdstone Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 6 13 24
10 5 2 Won W 1 1 6
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 6
8 3 0 Lost L 4 8 12
32 17 7 Scored S 9 11 30
36 17 4 Conceded C 9 21 40
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
68% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 69% 83%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 62%
32% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 29%
20% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 15% 21%
64% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 83% 54% 62%
24% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 12%
24% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 46% 33%
 
4.7 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 4.5
4.6 5.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.9
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.6 9.8 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 8.9
3.2 3.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4 4
40% 42% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 21% 31%
 
9.9 8.5 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.1 10.8
4.4 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.1 4.3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Wealdstone have the most points from losing position (17) 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 Notts County 27 18 8 1 69 25 13 9 4 0 27 6 14 9 4 1 42 19 44 62
2 Wrexham 25 18 5 2 64 21 12 12 0 0 44 10 13 6 5 2 20 11 43 59
3 Woking 26 16 4 6 47 25 13 8 2 3 26 14 13 8 2 3 21 11 22 52
4 Chesterfield 23 15 4 4 49 27 12 10 0 2 28 13 11 5 4 2 21 14 22 49
5 Barnet 24 12 5 7 44 41 13 8 2 3 20 17 11 4 3 4 24 24 3 41
6 Southend United 25 10 8 7 33 21 13 6 4 3 18 9 12 4 4 4 15 12 12 38
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 24 11 5 8 39 38 13 7 3 3 26 20 11 4 2 5 13 18 1 38
8 Bromley 25 10 7 8 37 32 13 6 5 2 20 12 12 4 2 6 17 20 5 37
9 Wealdstone 25 10 7 8 32 36 12 5 4 3 17 17 13 5 3 5 15 19 -4 37
10 Eastleigh 26 10 5 11 32 33 13 9 2 2 21 10 13 1 3 9 11 23 -1 35
11 Boreham Wood 24 8 9 7 28 25 11 3 5 3 13 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 3 33
12 Solihull Moors 24 9 6 9 36 34 12 5 4 3 21 14 12 4 2 6 15 20 2 33
13 Altrincham 25 8 9 8 37 45 12 6 3 3 18 14 13 2 6 5 19 31 -8 33
14 York City 26 8 8 10 32 30 13 4 4 5 15 17 13 4 4 5 17 13 2 32
15 Halifax Town 25 9 5 11 24 32 12 7 2 3 15 13 13 2 3 8 9 19 -8 32
16 Dorking Wanderers 27 8 6 13 44 64 14 6 3 5 25 30 13 2 3 8 19 34 -20 30
17 Maidenhead United 26 8 5 13 27 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 13 3 1 9 12 23 -10 29
18 Yeovil Town 25 5 12 8 21 26 13 5 5 3 13 10 12 0 7 5 8 16 -5 27
19 Aldershot Town 25 8 2 15 32 44 13 4 1 8 17 22 12 4 1 7 15 22 -12 26
20 Oldham Athletic 24 6 6 12 30 40 11 5 2 4 19 19 13 1 4 8 11 21 -10 24
21 Gateshead 25 4 10 11 31 41 12 2 6 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 14 22 -10 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 27 5 6 16 31 59 13 3 5 5 14 19 14 2 1 11 17 40 -28 21
24 Scunthorpe United 27 4 7 16 32 55 14 4 2 8 21 29 13 0 5 8 11 26 -23 19

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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.