Oldham Athletic vs Fleetwood Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Two League Two sides already acquainted with each different this play conscionable again connected Tuesday evening erstwhile Oldham Athletic invited Fleetwood Town to Boundary Park arsenic they footwear disconnected their EFL Trophy campaigns.

Both teams person been drawn into Northern Group G alongside Barnsley and Leeds United Under-21s, with the Latics looking to halt a tally of 3 successive league defeats and the Cod Army aiming to bounce backmost from their archetypal nonaccomplishment of 2026-27 astatine Barnet.

Match preview

Oldham whitethorn person hoped for a smoother commencement to their 2nd successive League Two run aft returning to the EFL past season, but 4 defeats from their opening 7 matches person near Micky Mellon's broadside successful 16th spot successful the League Two table with 7 points.

The Latics had collected those 7 points from their archetypal 4 league games, including location victories implicit Port Vale and Swindon Town, yet their encouraging opening has fixed mode to a four-match series of 1 gully and 3 defeats without a win.

That downturn has included 3 consecutive league losses against Tranmere Rovers, Chesterfield and Rochdale, with Saturday's 2-0 reverse astatine their Greater Manchester rivals extending a inclination that has seen each 5 of Oldham's competitory defeats this play travel successful matches wherever they person conceded aggregate goals.

More interestingly, the Latics' existent winless tally started with a 1-1 gully astatine Fleetwood, with each of the past 3 meetings betwixt the clubs ending successful the aforesaid scoreline, portion Oldham are without a triumph successful this fixture successful six games since their location occurrence successful League One successful 2017.

However, returning to Boundary Park should inactive supply optimism for Mellon's men, who, contempt losing their astir caller lucifer astatine the ground, person won 2 of their 3 games played determination this season, knowing that triumph present would heighten their chances of avoiding a 2nd successive group-stage exit pursuing past term's disappointment.

Meanwhile, the contention has already offered Fleetwood a much productive caller travel than Oldham, with the Lancashire-based nine reaching the circular of 16 past play earlier losing astatine Doncaster Rovers, their deepest tally successful the tourney since a last-eight exit successful 2017-18.

That being said, the Cod Army get astatine Boundary Park pursuing a 3-1 nonaccomplishment astatine Barnet, wherever Will Davies's 36th-minute equaliser proved futile arsenic Matt Lawlor's broadside conceded 2 much goals aft the interval, with the effect leaving the squad 11th successful the League Two array portion bringing an extremity to their nine-game unbeaten commencement to the season.

That setback came lone 3 days aft Fleetwood had produced 1 of the biggest results successful their history, edging Championship broadside Sheffield United 1-0 to scope the historical 4th circular of the Carabao Cup, wherever they volition face reigning Premier League champions Arsenal.

Tuesday's contention offers a glimmer of optimism for the Cod Army, who recorded a 5-2 triumph successful their past EFL Trophy gathering with Oldham astatine Highbury Stadium successful 2019, 3 years aft losing astatine the aforesaid crushed successful the precise aforesaid competition.
 

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Team News

Oldham stay without semipermanent absentee Jack Stevens, portion Mellon could usage the accidental to freshen up his side.

Kai Payne, Josh Hawkes and Lewis Temple are among those who could payment from rotation, portion Aston Wilson whitethorn beryllium considered betwixt the posts aft Mathew Hudson has started the bulk of the games this campaign.

Mellon besides has attacking decisions to marque aft Oldham failed to people successful 2 of their past 3 matches, with Elliott Nevitt and Mike Fondop among the options who could beryllium fixed different accidental to supply a cutting edge.

Meanwhile, Kane Thompson-Sommers continues his betterment from surgery, portion Andy Cannon remains doubtful aft missing each of the past 4 matches for Fleetwood.

Lawlor whitethorn besides callback Ched Evans to the lineup aft his engagement disconnected the seat connected Saturday, portion Aaron Loupalo-Bi, Adam Murphy and Crispin McLean could besides beryllium fixed an accidental to marque an impression.

Meanwhile, Ronan Coughlan could commencement back-to-back games successful attack, having scored the precocious equaliser against Oldham earlier this month.
 

Oldham Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Hudson; Scott-Morriss, Daniels, Delaney, Robson; Fawunmi, Norburn, Appiah-Forson, Hawkes; Kavanagh, Fondop

Fleetwood Town imaginable starting lineup:

Lynch; Rooney, Bennett, Potter; Neal; Murphy, Helm, McLean, Andrew; Evans, Coughlan

We say: Oldham Athletic 1-1 Fleetwood Town

Neither broadside has been capable to summation the precocious manus successful their caller meetings, portion some are apt to rotate aft play defeats, truthful different intimately fought contention could make astatine Boundary Park earlier the EFL Trophy's punishment format determines who takes the other point.

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