LIVE: Oldham v Salford City — League Two 2026/27 Matchday 8

Oldham made nine changes for Tuesday’s EFL Trophy tie, and their assistant manager Gary Brabin said afterwards that the fringe players had complicated Saturday’s team sheet.

You always want a selection headache. I think in the main I think most people have played well, we are creating chances and now you want to get confidence.Gary Brabin, Oldham assistant manager, speaking to the Oldham Times, 25 September 2026

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SCORE1·481'

UND90+3'commentOldham should have had a penalty at 1-2 , Salford should have had a man sent off first half , the referee has had a big influence on the game .

MAT90+3'fulltimeFull-time, 1-4

MAT90+1'comment2 added on

MAT81'goalGarbutt sends a lovely ball in from the free kick which is headed home by Oluwo who was in a lot of space

MAT81'goal⚽ Oluwo makes it 4!

UND81'score1-4

MAT79'sub🔄 Butcher and Garbutt replace goalscorers N'Mai and Molyneux

MAT76'sub🔄 Nevitt replaces Delaney

MAT62'sub🔄 Oluwo and Grant replace Woodburn and Odoh

MAT57'goalBrilliant from Molyneux again down the right who storms down the right and plays a ball in to Wiredu, who scores from close range, goalkeeper should do better

MAT57'goal⚽ Salford get a third through Wiredu

MAT47'commentLovely lofted ball from Norburn to find Kavanagh who had made another good run, he first time volleys just wide, almost a spectacular goal

UND57'score1-3

MATHTkickoffKick-off for the second half

MATHTsub🔄 Kane Drummond replaces Chilvers

MAT45+5'halftimeHalf-time, 1-2

UND45+5'commentHe gave a yellow for a clear sending off offence by A. Odoh too , dire performance

MAT45+4'commentNorburn shoots just over

MAT45+4'commentCorner — Oldham

UND45+3'commentpractice goals on the pitch the lot

MAT45+3'commentReferee blew the halftime whistle just 3 minutes into 4 minutes of added time, players coming back out now to finish the half...

UND45+3'commentthe referee blew up 2 minutes early absolute clown

MAT42'commentShot — Salford City, Wiredu plays it into the box to N'mai who shoots straight at Hudson

MAT33'card🟨 Yellow card for Odoh on Scott-Moriss, referee and linesman had a long conversation about the colour of the card but he eventually showed a yellow card

MAT24'commentFree kick — Oldham, in a decent position after a foul by Wiredu on Norburn

MAT21'goalAppiah-Forson plays a lovely ball into the path of Kavanagh who holds in run forward. He clinically finishes into the far corner. 1-2

MAT21'goal⚽ Kavanagh brings Oldham right back in it!

UND20'commentOldham back after ridiculous gk error

MAT19'goalA long ball sent forward by Aimson should've been dealt with by Hudson but he doesnt deal with it and parries it straight to N'mai from distance, who lobs the Oldham goalkeeper, great finish

UND20'score1-2

MAT19'goal⚽ N'mai makes it two!

UND18'score0-2

MAT15'goalCorner — Salford City, Molyneux with a nicely weighted ball slipped through for Woodburn, who's shot is parried behind by Hudson

MAT5'goalLuke Molyneux's cross isn't dealt with by Oldham and it goes all the way in! 0-1

UND5'commentA cross found its way in

MAT5'goal⚽ Salford strike early through Luke Molyneux

UND4'score0-1

MAT17:30kickoffKick-off at Boundary Park

MAT17:27commentSalford have been ahead on the scoresheet for just 13.5% of their League Two matches this season, the second-lowest percentage ahead of only Northampton (5.6%).

MAT17:27commentOldham have lost each of their last four Greater Manchester derbies played in the Football League, they’ve never lost five in succession before.

MAT17:27commentSalford City have won each of their last four league games against Oldham Athletic, with both of their last two away from home seeing them win 2-1.

MAT17:27commentOldham Athletic have only won one of their eight previous League Two games against Salford (D1 L6), a 2-1 victory in January 2021.

MAT17:25commentSALFORD TEAM NEWS: 3 changes from the win against Swindon. Luke Molyneux, Will Aimson and Abraham Odoh come in for Ollie Turton who drops out of the squad, Adebola Oluwo who drops to the bench and Elliot Bonds who is on international duty. Nathan Asiimwe and Kallum Cesay are also on international duty, whilst Michael Rose is still injured. Matt Butcher and Kyrell Malcolm replace Asiimwe and Ryan Graydon on the bench who is also absent

UND17:16commentGood afternoon

MAT17:15commentOLDHAM TEAM NEWS: Kai Payne, Favour Fawunmi and Kane Drummond all drop out for Calum Kavanagh, Noah Chilvers and Lewis Temple. Josh Hawkes and Oliver Hammond drop out the squad altogether, replaced on the bench by Elliott Nevitt and Will Sutton.

MAT17:09commentSalford Bench: Lee Burge, Matt Butcher, Luke Garbutt, Jorge Grant, Kyrell Malcolm, Adebola Oluwo, Daniel Udoh

MAT17:07commentOldham Bench: Kane Drummond, Favour Fawunmi, Elliott Nevitt, Kai Payne, Tom Pett, Will Sutton, Aston Wilson

MAT17:05commentStarting Line-ups

MAT16:41score0-0

What the model says

League Two has one model rather than two. There is no separate match-result model deployed for this division, so the home, draw and away figures below are read straight off the Poisson goals grid rather than produced independently of it — which is also why we do not print a predicted scoreline for a League Two match.

The grid has this close to even: 37.1% Oldham, 28.4% the draw, 34.5% Salford, on scoring rates of 1.27 and 1.21. What it is more confident about is the margin. It puts 68.5% on the match finishing within a single goal, 55.0% on fewer than three goals in total, and 51.0% on both sides scoring — a tight, low-scoring afternoon rather than a particular result.

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Match commentary timeline

Auto-generated from live commentary. 49 entries between kickoff and full-time.

4′ score 0-1

5′ goal ⚽ Salford strike early through Luke Molyneux

5′ comment A cross found its way in

5′ goal Luke Molyneux’s cross isn’t dealt with by Oldham and it goes all the way in! 0-1

15′ goal Corner — Salford City, Molyneux with a nicely weighted ball slipped through for Woodburn, who’s shot is parried behind by Hudson

18′ score 0-2

19′ goal ⚽ N’mai makes it two!

19′ goal A long ball sent forward by Aimson should’ve been dealt with by Hudson but he doesnt deal with it and parries it straight to N’mai from distance, who lobs the Oldham goalkeeper, great finish

20′ score 1-2

20′ comment Oldham back after ridiculous gk error

21′ goal ⚽ Kavanagh brings Oldham right back in it!

21′ goal Appiah-Forson plays a lovely ball into the path of Kavanagh who holds in run forward. He clinically finishes into the far corner. 1-2

24′ comment Free kick — Oldham, in a decent position after a foul by Wiredu on Norburn

33′ card 🟨 Yellow card for Odoh on Scott-Moriss, referee and linesman had a long conversation about the colour of the card but he eventually showed a yellow card

42′ comment Shot — Salford City, Wiredu plays it into the box to N’mai who shoots straight at Hudson

HT sub 🔄 Kane Drummond replaces Chilvers

HT kickoff Kick-off for the second half

45+3′ comment the referee blew up 2 minutes early absolute clown

45+3′ comment Referee blew the halftime whistle just 3 minutes into 4 minutes of added time, players coming back out now to finish the half…

45+3′ comment practice goals on the pitch the lot

45+4′ comment Corner — Oldham

45+4′ comment Norburn shoots just over

45+5′ comment He gave a yellow for a clear sending off offence by A. Odoh too , dire performance

45+5′ halftime Half-time, 1-2

47′ comment Lovely lofted ball from Norburn to find Kavanagh who had made another good run, he first time volleys just wide, almost a spectacular goal

57′ score 1-3

57′ goal ⚽ Salford get a third through Wiredu

57′ goal Brilliant from Molyneux again down the right who storms down the right and plays a ball in to Wiredu, who scores from close range, goalkeeper should do better

62′ sub 🔄 Oluwo and Grant replace Woodburn and Odoh

76′ sub 🔄 Nevitt replaces Delaney

79′ sub 🔄 Butcher and Garbutt replace goalscorers N’Mai and Molyneux

81′ score 1-4

81′ goal ⚽ Oluwo makes it 4!

81′ goal Garbutt sends a lovely ball in from the free kick which is headed home by Oluwo who was in a lot of space

90+1′ comment 2 added on

90+3′ fulltime Full-time, 1-4

90+3′ comment Oldham should have had a penalty at 1-2 , Salford should have had a man sent off first half , the referee has had a big influence on the game .

score 0-0

comment Starting Line-ups

comment Oldham Bench: Kane Drummond, Favour Fawunmi, Elliott Nevitt, Kai Payne, Tom Pett, Will Sutton, Aston Wilson

comment Salford Bench: Lee Burge, Matt Butcher, Luke Garbutt, Jorge Grant, Kyrell Malcolm, Adebola Oluwo, Daniel Udoh

comment OLDHAM TEAM NEWS: Kai Payne, Favour Fawunmi and Kane Drummond all drop out for Calum Kavanagh, Noah Chilvers and Lewis Temple. Josh Hawkes and Oliver Hammond drop out the squad altogether, replaced on the bench by Elliott Nevitt and Will Sutton.

comment Good afternoon

comment SALFORD TEAM NEWS: 3 changes from the win against Swindon. Luke Molyneux, Will Aimson and Abraham Odoh come in for Ollie Turton who drops out of the squad, Adebola Oluwo who drops to the bench and Elliot Bonds who is on international duty. Nathan Asiimwe and Kallum Cesay are also on international duty, whilst Michael Rose is still injured. Matt Butcher and Kyrell Malcolm replace Asiimwe and Ryan Graydon on the bench who is also absent

comment Oldham Athletic have only won one of their eight previous League Two games against Salford (D1 L6), a 2-1 victory in January 2021.

comment Salford City have won each of their last four league games against Oldham Athletic, with both of their last two away from home seeing them win 2-1.

comment Oldham have lost each of their last four Greater Manchester derbies played in the Football League, they’ve never lost five in succession before.

comment Salford have been ahead on the scoresheet for just 13.5% of their League Two matches this season, the second-lowest percentage ahead of only Northampton (5.6%).

kickoff Kick-off at Boundary Park