Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Town are winless in 5 League Two games (D2, L3), drawing 1-1 at Shrewsbury, losing 0-2 at home to Notts County and 2-0 at Bromley.
- David Artell has done a remarkable job at Blundell Park to create a tactical system where his team are able to play through the thirds with possession, using full backs to overlap and central players to overload the flanks.
- Latics sit one place above the Mariners in 14th, separated only by goal difference.
Oldham Athletic
- Oldham Athletic have won two of their last five League Two matches (W2, D1, L2), losing 0-1 at home to Walsall, drawing 2-2 away at Crawley Town and beating Tranmere Rovers 3-1 at home.
- The Latics will look to play through the flanks with their wing-backs, to serve up long balls to a target man and look to hit the hosts on the break and from set pieces.
Key Players
- Mellon has been in a hot streak recently and looks Oldham’s most likely goal scorer at this stage in the season with seven goals in 15 League Two appearances, including four in his last five.
- Charles Vernam is Grimsby Town’s top scorer with six in 21 games, but he is a more consistent threat.
Betting Insights
- Both Teams to Score has a solid chance at 1.7, but we’re passing on that for the draw at 3.45 as the hosts are not in great shape on home field and Oldham are solid on the road.
- Grimsby Town are 1.97 favorites with the bookies and that seems very low for a team that has won only four of 10 home games in the fourth tier (D1, L5).
- Oldham have a very respectable record of three wins, four draws and only three defeats from ten away trips in League Two, conceding just 0.8 goals per game on average.
Prediction
This looks very evenly matched, so we’re taking Oldham at 3.7 to at least get a point from Friday’s game.
