Oldham Athletic 4-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026
Result
Oldham Athletic 4-1 Cheltenham Town
League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Boundary Park, Oldham · half-time 3-1
Oldham Athletic 4-1 Cheltenham Town: match report
Oldham Athletic defeated Cheltenham Town 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Boundary Park. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Calum Kavanagh opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Calum Kavanagh (19'), Jamie Robson (25'), Favour Fawunmi (41') and Jamie Robson (81'). Cheltenham Town scored through Freddy Willcox (45+1').
Discipline: Oldham Athletic received no yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 21st on 8 points from 9 and Cheltenham Town 8th on 15 points from 10. In the current table Oldham Athletic are 18th on 15 points and Cheltenham Town are 5th on 21 points.
Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Favour Fawunmi of Oldham Athletic (9.6), ahead of Jamie Robson (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Oldham Athletic wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliams
- 19'Goal · Calum Kavanagh
- 24'Yellow card · Charlie McCann
- 25'Goal · Jamie Robson
- 41'Goal · Favour Fawunmi
- 45+1'Goal · Freddy Willcox
- 81'Goal · Jamie Robson
Form and table
- Oldham AthleticLast five: L L L L D
- Cheltenham TownLast five: W D W L L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 21 | LLWWL |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 15 | WLDLW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Oldham Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mathew Hudson, Will Sutton, Donervon Daniels, Manny Monthe, Jamie Robson, Oliver Norburn, Keenan Appiah-Forson, Kane Drummond, Tom Pett, Favour Fawunmi, Calum Kavanagh
Cheltenham Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wyll Stanway, Shaun McWilliams, James Wilson, Pierce Sweeney, George Nurse, Charlie McCann, Freddy Willcox, Jake Benjamin Evans, Andreas Weimann, Jordan Shipley, George Miller
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