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Predictions and Tips
Sunday brings all the drama of the fantastic National League Play-offs Final between Oldham Athletic and Southend United. Which team will be leaving with the honours? Let’s hope it’s deserving of a final.
Our Oldham Athletic v Southend United tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide

Oldham Athletic
WDLWWW 📈
Oldham Athletic, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 0-3 National League Play-offs success versus York City.
For Oldham Athletic, the scorers were 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
DWWDWD 📈
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. After a tense 4-2 penalty shootout, Southend United were victorious.
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.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 20/08/2022 shows us that Oldham Athletic have won 1 of them & Southend United 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
In all, 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 of them for The Latics and 8 netted by The Shrimpers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was National League match day 40 on 29/03/2025 when it ended Southend United 1-0 Oldham Athletic.
The match was refereed by Kirsty Dowle.
🔮 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.
Victor Martins, 13:00 01/06/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ 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.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 102 | DDWWW |
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46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 96 | WWDWW |
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46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 83 | LDWWD |
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46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 74 | WDWWL |
5 |
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46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 73 | LWDLW |
6 |
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46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 70 | LWLWL |
7 |
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46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 68 | LDWWD |
8 |
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46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 67 | WLLLD |
9 |
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46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 64 | LLWLD |
10 |
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46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 64 | WLLWD |
11 |
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46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | -3 | 60 | DLWLD |
12 |
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46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 60 | LDLWD |
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46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 59 | LDWDL |
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46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | -6 | 58 | WWLLD |
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46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | -7 | 58 | WDWDD |
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46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | -14 | 57 | LDLLW |
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46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 56 | LDDLW |
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46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 56 | WDLLL |
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46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 55 | WWLWL |
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46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | -20 | 53 | DLDLW |
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46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 52 | DWDWD |
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46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 52 | WDDWW |
23 |
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46 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -35 | 40 | LLDLL |
24 |
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46 | 3 | 13 | 30 | -60 | 22 | WLLLL |
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Mike Fondop-Talum | 18 |
James Norwood | 8 |
Josh Lundstram | 5 |
Charlie Raglan | 5 |
Joe Garner | 4 |
Gus Scott-Morriss | 17 |
Aribim Pepple | 7 |
Macauley Bonne | 5 |
Oli Coker | 5 |
Charley Kendall | 5 |
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