Oldham vs Cheltenham Prediction & Betting Tips

Form lines pointing in opposite directions

Cheltenham's recent league results have been a fair mix but mostly encouraging, with wins over York, Swindon and Rotherham alongside draws against Colchester, Grimsby and Barnet, and just the one loss at Crawley. Oldham's home form has been the bigger concern. In their last four home league matches they've lost to Port Vale, Chesterfield and Swindon, drawing only with Fleetwood, and managing just two goals across those four games.

Oldham: 20 completed matches; Cheltenham: 20 completed matches.

Oldham

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

65% 13 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

32

Difference

-7

Cheltenham

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

33

Difference

-1

Oldham's struggles are concentrated at home, which matters given the venue here.

Comparative Team Statistics: Oldham vs Cheltenham

Recent meetings have favoured the home side

Home advantage has held up in most of the recent meetings between these two. Oldham won 2-1 at home back in January, but Cheltenham hit back with a 3-0 win at home the previous September. Further back, in 2021 and 2020, the home side won again both times, and there's only been one draw across the eight recorded meetings, all the way back in 2019.

It's a pattern worth noting, though current form has shifted a fair bit since those results.

Two very different starts to the season

Cheltenham sit fifth in League Two after seven games, with three wins, three draws and only one defeat. They've scored 14 and conceded 11, which is a solid return this early on. Oldham are down in 16th, with just two wins from seven games and only seven points to show for it. Their goal difference is negative too, having scored eight and let in nine.

Cheltenham go into this with a much healthier league position than their hosts.

Key men to watch

Cheltenham's C. McCann has been the standout, with six goals in seven appearances, while A. Weimann and J. Evans have chipped in three apiece. For Oldham, C. Kavanagh is doing most of the attacking work, with three goals and three assists in seven games, clearly their main outlet. On discipline, Oldham's O. Norburn and Cheltenham's J. Tomkinson and S. McWilliams have all picked up four yellow cards this season, and Oldham's G. Scott-Morriss has already been sent off once.

Oldham:

Best scorers:

C. Kavanagh - 4

Best assist providers:

C. Kavanagh - 3

Penalty cards:

G. Scott-Morriss x 1

O. Norburn x 4

Cheltenham:

Best scorers:

C. McCann - 7

A. Weimann - 4

J. Evans - 3

Best assist providers:

A. Weimann - 2

J. Evans - 2

R. Broom - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Tomkinson x 4

S. McWilliams x 4

Goals could be hard to come by for the hosts

Oldham's recent home matches have been low-scoring at their end of the pitch, with just two goals in their last four there. Cheltenham, by contrast, have found the net fairly regularly even in games they haven't won. That imbalance suggests Cheltenham should get sight of chances, though Oldham's own recent history of winning this exact fixture at home makes it hard to call with much confidence.