The tension continues to build for the highly anticipated National League Play-offs semi-final showdown between York City and Oldham Athletic on Tuesday. Having both made it this far, and with the prize for the winners of the tie being an appearance in the final of the competition, it promises to be a thrilling encounter.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the York City v Oldham Athletic game (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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York City
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York City will be looking for another win after the 0-2 National League success versus Eastleigh.
For York City, goals were scored by Ollie Pearce (16') and Cameron John (21').
York City have been offensively very strong of late, putting 18 goals past their opponents over the course of the last 6 matches. In those meetings, York City have also seen the aggregate sum of goals that have gone against them total 5.
Oldham Athletic
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Oldham Athletic head into the game following on from a 4-0 National League Play-offs win against Halifax in their previous outing.
For Oldham Athletic, the goalscorers were Joe Garner (3'), Mark Kitching (10'), Mike Fondop-Talum (12') and Joe Pritchard (54').
In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Micky Mellon's Oldham Athletic have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 10 times therefore giving them a goals per game average of 1.67.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 29/08/2022 tells us that York City have won 1 of them & Oldham Athletic 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.
An aggregate of 12 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from The Minstermen and 7 created by The Latics. That is an average goals per game value of 2.
The last league game between these clubs was National League match day 44 on 21/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of York City 1-1 Oldham Athletic.
The match was refereed by Seb Stockbridge.
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Team News: York City
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the York City manager Adam Hinshelwood to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Ryan Fallowfield (Hamstring injury) won’t play.
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Prediction
We believe that Oldham Athletic have the firepower to put one past this York City outfit, however it might not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We’re going for a narrow 2-1 win for York City when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the 90 min. result market, backing York City is best priced at 1.73, backing the draw is 3.8 & betting on a win for Oldham Athletic can get you 4.5. They are the best market prices on offer at this very moment.
Victor Martins,
21:00 16/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
York City
Formed: 1922
Stadium: The LNER Community Stadium (8,500)
Captain: Lenell John-Lewis
Chairman: Julie-Anne & Matthew Uggla
Manager: Adam Hinshelwood
Competitions: National League position 2, National League Play-offs (Semi-Finals)
🔑 Key Man: Tyrese Sinclair
Generally played in the Right Wing position, Tyrese Sinclair was born in England. Having made his senior debut playing for Rochdale in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Forward has accumulated 7 league goals in the National League 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 45 appearances.