Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Oldham Athletic

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Prenton Park, Birkenhead · half-time 1-0

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Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Oldham Athletic: match report

Tranmere Rovers beat Oldham Athletic 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Prenton Park. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dylan Jones opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Dylan Jones (17') and Joe Ironside (82', penalty). Oldham Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 11th on 6 points from 4 and Oldham Athletic 6th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Tranmere Rovers are 11th on 19 points and Oldham Athletic are 18th on 15 points.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke McGee of Tranmere Rovers (7.8), ahead of Ryan Delaney (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tranmere Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Oldham Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Oliver NorburnOldham Athletic
  • 11'Yellow card · Jamie RobsonOldham Athletic
  • 17'Goal · Dylan JonesTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Jacob SlaterTranmere Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Luke McGeeTranmere Rovers
  • 82'Penalty goal · Joe IronsideTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Tom InceTranmere Rovers

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11Tranmere Rovers144731917+219DLWDW
18Oldham Athletic144371519-415WLDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 4, draws 3, Oldham Athletic 3.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luke McGee, Joel Senior, Nathan Smith, Jordan Turnbull, Jacob Slater, Will Vaulks, Tom Conlon, Zane Okoro, Tom Ince, Charlie Whitaker, Dylan Jones

Oldham Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathew Hudson, Gus Scott-Morriss, Donervon Daniels, Ryan Delaney, Jamie Robson, Oliver Norburn, Keenan Appiah-Forson, Favour Fawunmi, Tom Hill, Kane Drummond, Elliott Nevitt

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