Oldham Athletic 2-3 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020
Result
Oldham Athletic 2-3 Walsall
League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Oldham Athletic 2-3 Walsall: match report
Oldham Athletic lost to Walsall 2-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 15 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.
Josh Gordon opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Dylan Fage (55') and Carl Piergianni (68'). Walsall scored through Josh Gordon (23', penalty), an own goal by Carl Piergianni (52') and Elijah Adebayo (73').
Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 15th on 23 points from 17 and Walsall 11th on 24 points from 17. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Walsall 19th with 53.
Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Walsall in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dylan Bahamboula of Oldham Athletic (8.1), ahead of Carl Piergianni (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Oldham Athletic wins, 3 draws and 4 for Walsall.
Key events
- 23'Penalty goal · Josh Gordon
- 25'Yellow card · Carl Piergianni
- 52'Own goal · Carl Piergianni
- 55'Goal · Dylan Fage
- 68'Goal · Carl Piergianni
- 73'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ben Garrity
- 90+4'Yellow card · J. Clarke
Head-to-head
Team news
Oldham Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ian Lawlor, Dylan Fage, Harry Clarke, Carl Piergianni, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Brice Ntambwe, Dylan Bahamboula, Ben Garrity, A. McCalmont, Conor McAleny, Bobby Grant
Walsall line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jack Rose, Cameron Norman, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, Zak Jules, Alfie Bates, Josh Gordon, Rory Holden, L. Kinsella, Wesley McDonald, Elijah Adebayo