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 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.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Michael Mellon
- 37'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 40'Yellow card · Joe Garner
- 41'Goal · Charlie Whitaker
- 47'Goal · Michael Mellon
- 49'Yellow card · Jake Caprice
- 61'Goal · Michael Mellon
- 68'Red card · Mike Fondop
- 87'Yellow card · Matthew Hudson
Team news
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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