Oldham Athletic 2-3 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 October 2017

Result

Oldham Athletic 2-3 Scunthorpe United

League One · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Oldham Athletic 2-3 Scunthorpe United: match report

Oldham Athletic lost to Scunthorpe United 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 28 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

Tom Hopper opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Peter Clarke (45+1') and Craig Davies (81'). Scunthorpe United scored through Tom Hopper (5'), Josh Morris (10') and Duane Holmes (83').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 1 yellow card; Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 17th on 18 points from 15 and Scunthorpe United 8th on 23 points from 15. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Scunthorpe United 5th with 75.

Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 3-5-2.

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

Going into the match Oldham Athletic's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Scunthorpe United's W-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Tom HopperScunthorpe United · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 0-2
  • 31'Yellow card · Ousmane FaneOldham Athletic
  • 45+1'Goal · Peter ClarkeOldham Athletic · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Matthew GilksScunthorpe United
  • 81'Goal · Craig DaviesOldham Athletic · 2-2
  • 83'Goal · Duane HolmesScunthorpe United · 2-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Rory McArdleScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Oldham Athletic 4, draws 3, Scunthorpe United 3.

Team news

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

John Robert Ruddy, Cameron Dummigan, Rob Hunt, Peter Clarke, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, Fane Ousmane, Jack Byrne, Craig Davies, Eoin Doyle, Abdelhakim Omrani

Scunthorpe United line-up (3-5-2)

Matthew Gilks, Jordan Clarke, Murray Wallace, Cameron Burgess, Rory McArdle, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Hakeeb Adelakun, Tom Hopper, Lee Novak