Oldham Athletic 1-3 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Sunday 26 December 2021

Result

Oldham Athletic 1-3 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Sunday 26 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Oldham Athletic 1-3 Scunthorpe United: match report

Oldham Athletic were beaten by Scunthorpe United 1-3 in the League Two on Sunday 26 December 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Benny Couto opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Oldham Athletic's goal came from Benny Couto (11'). Scunthorpe United scored through Ryan Loft (51'), Myles Hippolyte (74') and Ryan Loft (77').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received no yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 23rd on 16 points from 21 and Scunthorpe United 24th on 16 points from 21. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 38 points, and Scunthorpe United 24th with 26.

Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Loft of Scunthorpe United (9.1), ahead of Benny Couto (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Oldham Athletic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Scunthorpe United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · H. HackneyScunthorpe United
  • 11'Goal · Benny CoutoOldham Athletic · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Ryan LoftScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Tom PughScunthorpe United
  • 74'Goal · Myles HippolyteScunthorpe United · 1-2
  • 77'Goal · Ryan LoftScunthorpe United · 1-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Oldham Athletic 0, draws 1, Scunthorpe United 1.

Team news

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

Jayson Leutwiler, Nicky Adams, Raphaël Diarra, Carl Piergianni, Benny Couto, Callum Whelan, Ousseynou Cissé, Dylan Bahamboula, Harry Vaughan, Jack Stobbs, Hallam Hope

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-1-3-2)

Rory Watson, Devarn Green, Manny Onariase, George Taft, Mason O'Malley, Jai Rowe, Myles Hippolyte, Tom Pugh, Hayden Hackney, Harry Bunn, Aaron Jarvis