Preview: Oldham Athletic Vs. Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers are bottom of the league and look almost certain to go down, their nearest rivals Notts County are nine points ahead and 12 points from safety. They haven’t won away from home this season at all drawing ten of the nineteen matches so far. Wycombe have been somewhat of a bogey side for Oldham in recent years however and Tony Adams side will be playing for pride and with little nerves. Despite being so far behind they have become hard to beat since Tony Adams took charge, their season is all but over and Oldham’s is far from finishing yet so Oldham will need to be professional and grind this result out.

Previous Match

The last time the two teams met the Latics went on to record one of their best ever scorelines away from Boundary Park. It took just 14 seconds for Oldham to go infront, the Wycombe defence seemed to just part away giving Paul Murray a strike from distance. On 16 minutes Danny Hall scored his first senior goal from a corner that Wycombe failed to clear on the line. 21 minutes gone Scott Vernon hit the post and the ball fell to Calvin Zola who simply tapped home. Wycombe pulled one back just after half time following a mix-up between Hall and Pogliacomi, former Latics trialist Andy Bell poked the chance in. Chris Killen restored the three goal advantage from the penalty spot, scoring on his comeback from injury. A minute later Andy Bell made it 4-2 scoring a superb solo goal. Paul Murray put the icing on the cake on 85 minutes when he wrongfooted the keeper to side foot the simplest of goals to end the game 5-2 to Oldham.

Lineups

Wycombe Wanderers: Williams, Rodgers, Johnson, Branston, Brown, Bulman, Ryan, Simpson, Currie, Bell, Holligan
Subs: Dell, McSporran, Cook, Harris, Gott

Oldham Athletic: Pogliacomi, Clegg, Hudson, Hall, Holden, Eyre, Murray, J.Sheridan, Eyres, Zola, Vernon
Subs: D.Sheridan, O’Halloran, Killen, Collin, Cooksey

Team News

Danny Boshell will be out maybe for the rest of the season after he was forced off against Bristol City, he injured his knee ligaments in a challenge at the weekend. He joins the usual suspects Matty Appleby (hip), David Beherall (broken ribs), Daniel Hall (knee), Chris Killen (hamstring). Gareth Owen should be available despite coming off at Bristol with back trouble and has also signed for another month on loan from Stoke City. Oldham went signing crazy before the transfer deadline passed. Goalkeeper Steve Corry has joined after a spell in the army. Also joining the team are central midfielder Mark Bonner (Cardiff City), striker Dean Crowe (Luton Town) and returning to the club just minutes before the transfer deadline Jermaine Johnson (Bolton Wanderers). Brian Talbot has stated he isn’t likely to change a winning team so don’t expect many changes.

Oldham Athletic Squad: Pogliacomi, Holden, Clegg, Haining, Griffin, Eyre, Murray, Sheridan, Cooksey, Vernon, Wilkinson, Westwood, Owen, Bonner, Crowe, Johnson, Zola, Eyres

Wycombe Wanderers have lost Jermaine McSporran to Walsall before the transfer deadline. They also lost another striker Gavin Holligan to Havant & Waterlooville. Wycombe’s injury list includes Andy Thompson, Keith Ryan and Frank Talia. Defender Scott Marshall is struggling to make it for tomorrow’s game, recently injured he has just come back to training.

Wycombe Wanderers Squad: Williams, Gott, Senda, Vinnicombe, Johnson, Rogers, Currie, Faulconbridge, Bulman, Harris, Dixon, Mapes, Simpemba, Philo, Simpson, Marshall, Brown, Reilly, Hole, Bloomfield, Tyson, McClurg, Nethercott, Cook

Tomorrows match will be promoting the fans of the future. Ladies will be able to gain reduced admission to the match (£10 adults, £5 girls under 16). 1000 teddy bears will also be given out to female fans that attend the game. The BIG experiment also takes place and the Rochdale Road End will be open to season ticket holders from the Chaddy End although they can still sit in the Chaddy End if they so wish. Other activities happening tomorrow include dancing mum’s from the Blue Crew, a mascot race featuring Chaddy the Owl, Roary the Revolution Lion and others. There is the chance to win a bottle of beer through “Golden Score.” Finally there is a chance to see the new home kit for next season at half time. It sounds like a game not to be missed so get down to BP and support the lads.