FootyMAD's Oldham Athletic match preview

History of the Walsall v Oldham Athletic fixture

Walsall prepare to entertain Oldham Athletic at Banks's Stadium on Tuesday evening,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Banks's Stadium was less than a year ago, in May 2009, with Oldham Ath. inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Saddlers in a League One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sat 02 May	Walsall	1-2	Oldham Ath.	LGE1
2008/2009	Tue 25 Nov	Oldham Ath.	3 - 2	Walsall	LGE1
2007/2008	Sat 29 Dec	Oldham Ath.	0 - 2	Walsall	LGE1
2007/2008	Sat 22 Sep	Walsall	0 - 3	Oldham Ath.	LGE1
2005/2006	Sat 18 Feb	Walsall	0 - 2	Oldham Ath.	LGE1
2005/2006	Tue 06 Dec	Oldham Ath.	2 - 1	Walsall	LGE1
2004/2005	Sat 26 Mar	Walsall	0 - 1	Oldham Ath.	LGE1

Recent respective form guides

Walsall are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Saddlers in those games, with 4 conceded.

Oldham Ath. have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Latics's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 4 goals for and 3 against.

Walsall's 24 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Oldham Ath. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 21 points from their 17 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Walsall	6	4	1	1	11	5	13
Oldham Ath.	6	1	1	4	5	9	4

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Oldham Ath. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Saddlers in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Walsall	Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches.
Oldham Ath.	No win in the 4 most recent games.