Match Report
3 points for Oldham Athletic (3rd), 2 for Liverpool U21 (4th): a 1-point gap. On recent form Liverpool U21 sat only 54th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Oldham Athletic were scoring 1.67 and conceding 3.33, Liverpool U21 1.67 and 3, against a competition average of 1.56 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Oldham Athletic — four in succession.
The match was played at Boundary Park in Oldham (capacity 13,512). It was 2-2 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-2 full-time score.