Oldham Athletic 2-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

Oldham Athletic 2-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Oldham Athletic · Cheltenham Town · League Two predictions

Oldham Athletic won against Cheltenham Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

J. Thomas opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Joe Garner (45') and Kai Payne (60'). Cheltenham Town scored through J. Thomas (26', penalty).

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 15th on 32 points from 24 and Cheltenham Town 18th on 30 points from 25. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 68 points, and Cheltenham Town 18th with 52.

Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mathew Hudson of Oldham Athletic (8.1), ahead of Jordan Thomas (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Oldham Athletic win, 0 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.