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Stoke City v Oldham Athletic : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 8th Aug, 15:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Saturday afternoon at the bet365 Stadium, and it’s a League Cup clash between Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. Mark Robins and Micky Mellon will be doing all they can to ensure victory. Below you'll find predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from leading bookmakers. All is accessible using the tabs below.


Best Tip: Stoke to win

A League Cup victory in front of their own fans for Mark Robins's Stoke side win in the win / draw / win market is our prediction. Statistics suggest they have what it takes, and they should have too much for their opponents. The odds from the bookies suggest so too, and when that happens you've got a pretty compelling case. A Stoke win is the way to go, even if a tight match is possible.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Stoke are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 68% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Stoke
68%
1.40
1%
1.44
Draw
18%
5.00
5%
5.00
Oldham
14%
5.506.50
Stoke 2-0
10%
8.007.00
Stoke 2-1
10%
8.507.50
Stoke 1-0
9%
9.00
6%
7.50
Draw 1-1
9%
10.00
5%
8.50
Stoke 3-0
8%
10.009.00
Stoke 3-1
7%
11.00
8%
9.50
Draw 2-2
5%
19.0013.00
Stoke 4-0
5%
17.0013.00
Stoke 4-1
4%
19.00
10%
15.00
Oldham 2-1
4%
17.0015.00
Draw 0-0
4%
19.00
13%
15.00
Oldham 1-0
4%
19.0015.00
Stoke 3-2
4%
23.0017.00
Stoke 5-0
2%
29.0023.00
Stoke 4-2
2%
34.00
17%
26.00
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
1.53
7%
1.53
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
2.40
9%
2.38
Home 1st Goal
58%
1.401.36
Away 1st Goal
40%
2.88
4%
3.30
No 1st Goal
2%
19.00
13%
17.00
BTTS - Yes
55%
1.75
6%
1.75
BTTS - No
45%
2.00
2%
2.00
BTTS - Home Win
33%
2.88
3%
2.80
BTTS - Draw
14%
6.505.75
BTTS - Away Win
8%
10.0010.00
Home/draw
86%
1.131.11
Away/draw
32%
2.632.80
Home/away
82%
1.14
3%
1.17
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1.17
3%
1.15
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
5.00
15%
4.80
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
2.25
10%
2.30
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
1.57
6%
1.55
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
4.00
11%
4.00
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
1.22
3%
1.22
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
8.00
10%
7.50
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1.08
1%
1.07
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1.02
1%
1.01
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
19.00
27%
15.00
Home DNB
80%
1.17
1%
1.15
Away DNB
27%
5.00
11%
5.00
Stoke win to nil
35%
2.50-
Oldham win to nil
6%
11.00-
Stoke / Stoke
40%
2.05
2%
2.00
Stoke / Oldham
2%
34.0041.00
Stoke / Draw
5%
15.0015.00
Draw / Stoke
19%
4.334.50
Draw / Oldham
6%
13.0013.00
Draw / Draw
11%
7.50
7%
8.00
Oldham / Stoke
4%
19.0019.00
Oldham / Oldham
8%
12.009.50
Oldham / Draw
5%
19.0015.00
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Win / draw / win form
Stoke
games
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oldham
games
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.3 is fairly strong for Stoke City in their meeting with Oldham Athletic, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 15 consecutive League Cup games.

Stoke Oldham
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
23%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
20%
There is a 67% probability that Stoke will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Oldham scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away games
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2026/2027 season
Stoke
PG (predicted goals)
Oldham
2.3
0.9
Attack rating
STK
OLD
28%
better
view stats
Games scored13
16
Failed to score7
4
Scored first8
12
Goals scored20
32
Avg. goals scored1
1.6
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for13
18
Avg. XG for1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
STK
OLD
37%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
11
Clean sheets2
9
Conceded first11
7
Goals conceded35
21
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against17%
12%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+37%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Stoke v Oldham will show here when available.

Stoke League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
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Oldham League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027
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