League Two: Oldham vs Crewe – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League Two round 16 match between Oldham and Crewe and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

When Crewe come to Boundary Park for the League Two match on Saturday, Oldham will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Oldham are placed 14th with 19 points after 15 matches. Crewe occupy a position as eightth in the league on 25 points.

Team form: Oldham vs Crewe

Oldham Form

Their last three matches saw Oldham drawing 2-2 with Shrewsbury, before taking out Northampton by 3-1, and Harrogate Town by 0-1. Oldham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League Two matches at the Boundary Park. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded six goals.

Crewe Form

The results have been up and down for Crewe, who beat Grimsby by 3-2. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-2 against Doncaster, before claiming a victory in a 3-1 game against Shrewsbury. Crewe claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the League Two. The scoreline from these matches reads eight goals conceded and eight scored.

Betting facts for Oldham and Crewe

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Oldham and Crewe. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Oldham vs Crewe

Michael Mellon is the most prolific League Two marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Crewe look to Emre Tezgel, hoping he can add to his current total of three League Two goals in his latest games.

Popular markets: Oldham vs Crewe

Full-time result

Oldham claimed two wins, drew four and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Crewe won four, drew one and lost five of their last 10 games away. Crewe conceded a goal in their last 12 matches.

Both teams to score

Oldham scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Crewe scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Oldham probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Saturday, as Crewe managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Oldham have scored in 6 consecutive league meetings with Crewe.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Oldham, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Crewe, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.7 times goals per game themselves. Crewe conceded a goal in their last 12 matches.