Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Oldham Athletic: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 March 2026
Result
Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Oldham Athletic
League Two · Saturday 7 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Oldham Athletic: match report
Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Oldham Athletic 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Mike Fondop opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from Zech Obiero (90+5'). Oldham Athletic scored through Mike Fondop (20'), Calum Kavanagh (45+3') and Jack Stevens (75', penalty).
Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Oldham Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 19th on 35 points from 35 and Oldham Athletic 14th on 46 points from 33. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 41 points, and Oldham Athletic 10th with 68.
Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mike Fondop of Oldham Athletic (7.6), ahead of Jack Stevens (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tranmere Rovers wins, 3 draws and 2 for Oldham Athletic.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Mike Fondop
- 38'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 38'Yellow card
- 42'Yellow card · Jack Stevens
- 45+3'Goal · Calum Kavanagh
- 72'Yellow card · Joe Murphy
- 75'Penalty goal · Jack Stevens
- 90+5'Goal · Zech Obiero
Head-to-head
Team news
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Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-5-1)
Joe Murphy, Jason Lowe, Nathan Smith, Stephan Negru, Patrick Brough, James Plant, N. Kenneh, Lewis Warrington, Zech Obiero, Omari Patrick, Joe Ironside
Oldham Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Mathew Hudson, Will Sutton, Donervon Daniels, Manny Monthe, Jamie Robson, Kane Drummond, Tom Pett, Ryan Woods, Jack Stevens, Mike Fondop, Calum Kavanagh