Oldham Athletic 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 December 2025

Result

Oldham Athletic 3-1 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 20 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Oldham Athletic · Tranmere Rovers · League Two predictions

Oldham Athletic 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Oldham Athletic defeated Tranmere Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Michael Mellon opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Michael Mellon (31'), Michael Mellon (47') and Michael Mellon (61'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Charlie Whitaker (41').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 16th on 24 points from 20 and Tranmere Rovers 15th on 26 points from 20. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 68 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 41.

Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Mellon of Oldham Athletic (9.6), ahead of Charlie Whitaker (7.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Michael MellonOldham Athletic · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullTranmere Rovers
  • 40'Yellow card · Joe GarnerOldham Athletic
  • 41'Goal · Charlie WhitakerTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 47'Goal · Michael MellonOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Jake CapriceOldham Athletic
  • 61'Goal · Michael MellonOldham Athletic · 3-1
  • 68'Red card · Mike FondopOldham Athletic
  • 87'Yellow card · Matthew HudsonOldham Athletic

Team news

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  • Josh WilliamsTranmere Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Mathew Hudson, Reagan Ogle, Donervon Daniels, Manny Monthe, Jake Leake, Ryan Woods, Tom Pett, Kai Payne, Jack Stevens, Michael Mellon, Joe Garner

Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Murphy, Aaron McGowan, Nathan Smith, Jordan Turnbull, Jayden Joseph, Billy Blacker, Richard Smallwood, Ethan Bristow, Charlie Whitaker, Kristian Dennis, Joe Ironside