Match Previews

Preview | Oldham Athletic v Gillingham

29th August

Oldham Athletic v Gillingham

Sky Bet League Two

Boundary Park

Saturday August 30, 2025

Kick-Off, 3pm

Team News:

Conor Masterson remains out with a calf injury. Shad Ogie, Seb Palmer-Houlden and Euan Williams have all been training. Saturday however could come too soon for the trio.

There are no new injury concerns for the Gareth Ainsworth ahead of the trip to Greater Manchester.

Jake Caprice and Harry Charsley made their return to match action, featuring in Oldham’s 5-1 defeat against Manchester City’s Under 21s in the Vertu Trophy. They could be involved on Saturday.

Manager Comments:

Micky Mellon - "We are looking forward to it. It always is a difficult game when you play teams like Gillingham. If we can take our chances we make them then we'll move on to a difference place."

Gareth Ainsworth - “I always go with the aim of bringing something back. I go for the three, we have gotten the one a couple of times, but we will be going for three points at Oldham. We know that we can beat teams in this league, but Oldham know that they can beat teams as well. We have got to be very careful.”

Previous Meetings:

Our last visit to Boundary Park came in April 2018, with Steve Lovell in charge of the Gills. It was a game in which the action occurred at the end of both halves.

Oldham took the lead in the closing moments of the opening period. Duckens Nazon received the ball 25 yards from the goal before driving into the penalty area. He held off the pressure from Bradley Garmston and sent a low driven shot into the far corner of the goal.

In the dying moments of the game, Gillingham were given a huge lifeline. The referee awarded the visitors a penalty after an off-the-ball incident, which saw Wilfried Moimbe receive his marching orders in the process. Tom Eaves stepped up to take the spot kick, slotting his attempt into the bottom right corner, just past Johnny Placide, who had guessed the right way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75HKgl5zPVE

Oldham leads the head-to-head with 24 wins to Gillingham’s 17. The fixture has also seen eight draws.

Tickets:

Additional allocation has been made available for our trip to Boundary Park. The e-tickets can be purchased directly via Oldham’s website. All physical tickets have sold out. Pay on the day is available but a price increase applies.