Oldham:
One of my friends at university, Chris Howarth, is an Oldham fan, and he reliably informs me that his team are incapable of scoring goals this season, so let's hope they don't choose this game to start finding the net... Their last game was a 1-0 loss at Shrewsbury, where former Latics loanee Freddie Ladapo scored the only goal of the game.
They currently sit 22nd, and recently reappointed former Notts County boss John Sheridan as their manager, following Steve Robinson's short stint at the helm. Sheridan has wasted no time in making changes to their squad, allowing central midfielders Carl Winchester and Mark Klok to leave the club. He's also brought in target man Michael Ngoo, as well as bringing Aaron Amadi-Holloway and Anthony Gerrard back for their second spells at Boundary Park.
Chris has also informed that their goalkeeper, Connor Ripley, is one of the main reasons why they don't lose every game by more than a goal or two. However, Grant McCann's first game in caretaker charge of the team last season was a huge 5-1 win at Oldham, and he will be hoping for a repeat performance. Lee Angol netted twice on that day, as did Souleymane Coulibaly, with Erhun Oztumer scoring the other goal.
Posh:
Following Saturday's win at Swindon, Posh will certainly be looking to make it two wins on the spin on Tuesday night. Dominic Ball made his debut, and was solid throughout the game, dealing with everything that came his way. Michael Bostwick's re-introduction to the midfield was also a big positive for Posh, and I would expect him to stay in that position at the base of the diamond.
I imagine it'll be an unchanged side from Saturday's win, unless there's any injuries or transfers that we don't know about yet. All in all, I'm expecting us to win, and in truth, win well against a team who look as though they're fighting an up hill battle to stay in League One beyond this season.
The only area of the team I would possibly expect changes is up front. McCann opted to bring Paul Taylor on up front over recent signing Junior Morias, on Saturday, so if I had to predict any changes, I'd probably expect to see Taylor starting in place of Nichols. However, I'm a believer in the phrase 'if it's not broken, don't fix it', and I think we'll start with the team that started at Swindon on Saturday.
My predicted line up (click image to enlarge):
Prediction: Oldham 0-3 Posh
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