Here we look into some Bank Holiday Monday National League football. The 5th division of English football is always a very entertaining league where goals are plentiful and games / seasons are exceptionally competitive.
Today we look at Oldham welcoming Gateshead to Boundary Park. Amazingly, the visitors go into this game as favourites – which is very much deserved given their start to the campaign, but also shows the level of improvement amongst the their ranks.
Gateshead sit 2nd in the league after 4 games. They’ve won 3 and drawn the other, scoring 5, 2, 1 and 3 (11 goals) in the process. They were a great side for goals last season. In their final 19 games of the season, they only failed to score in 2 of these – scoring 2+ on 11 occasions.
They did however show defensive vulnerabilities on the road, conceding in 12/14 final away games of the season. Oldham will be looking to make the most of this, they also have made a decent start to the season. They’ve scored in all 4 games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1. Oldham have failed to score in just 2 of their last 21 home league games.
All of the above stats are set-up perfectly for goals. These 2 sides met 5 times last year, with 5/5 ending in BTTS and 5/5 seeing 3+ goals.
2023: Oldham 1-2 Gateshead
2023: Gateshead 2-2 Oldham
2023: Gateshead 2-1 Oldham
2023: Oldham 2-2 Gateshead
2023: Gateshead 3-1 Oldham
TIP: Both Teams to Score @ 1.70 (Bet365)
