Northampton Town vs Oldham Athletic prediction

Match preview

Hard to call. The model spreads it 40% for Northampton Town, 32% for the draw and 28% for Oldham Athletic.

At home this season Northampton Town average 1.33 points and 0.7 goals per game, conceding 0.5. Away from home Oldham Athletic take 0.33 points per game, scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.8. Shots on target, which drive our ratings, read 3.3 per game for Northampton Town at home and 3.5 for Oldham Athletic on the road.

Northampton Town sit 20th in the table, but their underlying numbers rank 8th in the league, so the model rates them higher than their position suggests.

Oldham Athletic sit 21st in the table, but their underlying numbers rank 7th in the league, so the model rates them higher than their position suggests.

The model expects 1.05 goals from Northampton Town and 0.82 from Oldham Athletic; 1-0 is the most likely scoreline at 16%, over 2.5 goals 29% and both teams to score 36%.

Northampton Town won both of the last league meetings between the two.

Most likely scores

• 1-016%
• 0-015%
• 1-113%
• 0-113%
• 2-08%

Northampton Town form

• Dat Accrington Stanley1-12026-10-31
• Wvs Colchester United2-02026-10-24
• Lvs Tranmere Rovers0-12026-10-20
• Wat Grimsby Town2-02026-10-17
• Dat York City1-12026-10-10

Oldham Athletic form

• Lvs Crawley Town0-12026-10-31
• Dat Barnet1-12026-10-24
• Lat Walsall0-32026-10-20
• Wvs Cheltenham Town4-12026-10-17
• Dvs Accrington Stanley0-02026-10-10