Sunday brings all the drama of the huge National League Play-offs Final featuring Oldham Athletic and Southend United. Which side will get over the line? Let’s hope it’s a good final.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Oldham Athletic v Southend United are shown on this page including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
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Oldham Athletic
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Oldham Athletic are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-3 National League Play-offs victory against York City.
For Oldham Athletic, the goals were scored by Joe Garner (23'), Vimal Yoganathan (49') and Joe Pritchard (51').
Their latest results reveal that not much more can be done by the Oldham Athletic rearguard. Oldham Athletic have been mean at the back, with the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous 6 games standing at 3. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be continued here, of course.
Southend United
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In their last fixture, Southend United drew 2-2 in the National League Play-offs match with Forest Green Rovers.
For Southend United, the goals were scored by Ben Goodliffe (54') and Jack Bridge (116'). Ryan Inniss (62') and Emmanuel Osadebe (94') scored for Forest Green Rovers. The match went to penalties and was won 4-2 by Southend United.
Kevin Maher's Southend United have turned their attacks into goals a total of 13 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that same period comes to 5.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/08/2022 shows us that Oldham Athletic have won 1 of these & Southend United 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.
A sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 for The Latics and 8 netted by The Shrimpers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.
The last league match between the two was National League match day 40 on 29/03/2025 when it finished Southend United 1-0 Oldham Athletic.
The match was refereed by Kirsty Dowle.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Southend United and Oldham Athletic could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.
Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 0-0 draw at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match in the 90 min. result market, victory for Oldham Athletic is available for 2.45, backing the draw is 3.2 & staking on the winner to be Southend United gets you 3. Those are the top bets being offered as of now.
Victor Martins,
20:00 30/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Oldham Athletic
Formed: 1895
Stadium: Boundary Park (13,512)
Captain: Tom Conlon
Chairman: Frank Rothwell
Manager: Micky Mellon
Competitions: National League position 5, National League Play-offs (Final)
⭐ Key Player: James Norwood
Customarily playing in the Striker position, James Norwood was born in England. Having made his senior debut playing for Exeter City in the 2009 - 2010 season, the accomplished Forward has got 8 league goals in this National League 2024 - 2025 season to date in 25 appearances.