Oldham vs Accrington Stanley Predictions

Latics can add to Stanley struggles

Oldham can bounce back from their heavy 4-1 defeat to Salford when they host Accrington on Saturday. Micky Mellon’s side will be confident of getting a result at Boundary Park and should be backed to win.

Accrington are four places above Oldham in the table, but both teams have lost more games than they’ve won this season. Accrington are 17th with three wins and four losses, while Oldham are 21st having won twice and lost five times. In the 21 games between teams in the bottom half of the table, 12 (57%) have been home wins.

Accrington have lost just one of their last six League Two games, while Oldham are without a win in five of their last seven. The visitors’ last four games have ended in defeat.

Oldham will be upbeat about their prospects of finding the net, having scored an average of 1.75 goals a game in their four League Two games against other bottom-half teams this season.

Accrington have struggled defensively in recent games, conceding on each of their last nine League Two road trips. No team has shipped more goals in the division this season than the 14 goals Accrington have conceded.

Their recent results do not inspire confidence. They have not won any of their last 11 League Two away games, losing seven of the last nine. They have yet to win any of their four away games this season.

A narrow 1-0 victory for Oldham looks the most likely outcome in the correct-score market, with Accrington having played three League Two games in a row with fewer than three goals.

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Edited by Mark Langdon