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Date published: November 8, 2026
Oldham Athletic
Sheffield WednesdayOldham Athletic are a side trying to find their feet in League Two, grinding out results where they can and leaning on a collective effort to stay competitive in the fourth tier. Sheffield Wednesday, by contrast, are a club that should be pushing for promotion from League One but have stuttered badly enough in recent weeks to cost their previous manager his job. That contrast in ambition, expectation and raw quality is what makes this FA Cup first round tie such an intriguing proposition. The Latics will back themselves at Boundary Park. The Owls need a statement.
Dave Challinor takes charge of Sheffield Wednesday for the very first time here, stepping into a dugout that has felt unsettled since Henrik Pedersen was shown the door. There is pressure on him to spark an immediate reaction, and while a cup tie away at a League Two side might look like a gentle opener on paper, Oldham are no pushover at home and they carry genuine motivation to cause a shock on their own patch.
This FA Cup first round tie takes place at Boundary Park, the home of Oldham Athletic in League Two. Sheffield Wednesday come into this one having been relegated from the Championship last season and are now working their way through their first campaign back in League One. For Wednesday, this competition represents a chance to build momentum at a tricky moment. For Oldham, it is an opportunity to put their name in the second round draw and remind their supporters that there is something worth getting excited about this season.
Oldham are carrying a fair few absences heading into this one, with their squad stretched in a couple of key areas. Micky Mellon will need to work around the following:
Sheffield Wednesday head into this one with an injury list that is frankly alarming for a squad of their size and resource. Dave Challinor walks into the job with limited options:
Oldham could name a very similar side to the one that won at Northampton in midweek. With two midfielders suspended, Mellon does not have a great deal of room to rotate, and the shape that ground out that 1-0 win looked solid enough to trust again. Norburn sits as the engine of this team and Calum Kavanagh and Mike Fondop lead the line with energy and physicality.
Oldham Athletic: Hudson; Sutton, Daniels, Monthe; Scott Morriss, Norburn, Pett, Robson; Chilvers; Kavanagh, Fondop
Challinor may use this cup tie to rotate some of the regulars and hand game time to fringe players. Harry Gray, Kieran Morrison and Jordi Liongola are all in contention, while Gabriel Otegbayo and Ricardo Santos compete for the defensive slot vacated by the suspended Swinkels. Barry Bannan and Yan Valery could both be rested with an eye on the league schedule.
Sheffield Wednesday: Maynard Brewer; Palmer, Santos, Weaver; Fusire, Heskey, Slattery, Morrison; Burstow, Lowe, Gray
Oldham’s season has been a mixed bag. Fourteen league games in and they have only won four of them, losing seven, which puts them down in 18th place in League Two. Fifteen goals scored in those games is a modest return and there is no doubt that the Latics have struggled for consistency. What they do have, though, is a midweek win at Northampton to point to, Norburn’s goal earning all three points on the road. That matters. Away from home, in those sort of gritty League Two fixtures, you need character, and Oldham showed they have it.
The issue for Oldham is that they have yet to put back to back wins together all season. If you are looking for a momentum narrative, it is not quite there yet. But cup football is different. The pressure is flipped on its head when you are the lower league side, and Boundary Park on a Sunday afternoon with the backing of their own fans could bring out a sharper performance than their league form suggests.
Sheffield Wednesday’s form heading into this is a concern. The winless streak stretches to four matches now, a run that has included two draws under caretaker Matt Hamshaw. The Blackpool game summed up the problems, Wednesday going ahead through Davis Keillor Dunn before having a man sent off and ultimately being pegged back by a Jerry Yates equaliser. That is exactly the sort of game you need to see out when you are trying to build confidence, and they could not do it. Challinor watched that unfold from the stands. He will know what he is walking into.
Sheffield Wednesday have historically been the stronger force when these two sides have met, which is hardly surprising given the gap in footballing pedigree over the decades. Wednesday are a club with Championship and Premier League history. Oldham have yo yoed through the lower divisions in recent years. In terms of head to head meetings, Wednesday tend to come out on top when they are both operating at a similar level, though FA Cup upsets are built on exactly this kind of fixture where form and league position go out the window.
Boundary Park does give Oldham a fighting chance. They have genuine support there and the ground has an atmosphere when the fans are up for it. A cup occasion against a bigger club could be the catalyst to get the crowd going and push the team to something a bit more than their recent league average.
Wednesday are the better squad on paper, even after their injury woes, and a new manager bounce is a real thing in football. Challinor will want to stamp his authority on this group immediately and a cup win away from home is a decent way to do it. Oldham will give this a real go, they have the motivation and the home crowd behind them, but the gap in quality between League Two and a half decent League One side tends to show up eventually. We are backing Wednesday to come through this, though not without a fight.
Yes. Oldham have enough in attack with Kavanagh and Fondop to test a Wednesday defence that has looked shaky in recent weeks, and Wednesday have the quality going forward to get on the scoresheet themselves. Both teams to score looks a solid call here given the attacking threats on each side and the fact that this Owls backline has been conceding regularly.
Over 9.5 corners is worth looking at. Sheffield Wednesday will have plenty of the ball and are likely to work the wide areas with pace and width through Morrison and Gray. Oldham tend to sit in and defend when they face stronger opposition, which invites pressure and corner opportunities. A game where the away side dominates possession usually produces corners at a decent rate.
Jamal Lowe is back from suspension and comes into this fresh. He is a dangerous player at League One level with the pace to hurt a League Two defence on the break, and with Challinor likely wanting to make an impression quickly, Lowe is exactly the type to get forward and make things happen early. He is the standout first goalscorer pick for this one.
Both sides have had red card issues recently, Oldham losing two players to straight reds last weekend and Wednesday having Swinkels sent off against Blackpool. That suggests a feisty edge to both squads and a willingness to go in hard. Over 3.5 cards feels very achievable in a cup tie with this kind of edge to it, where lower league sides often put in physical performances to try and unsettle more technical opponents.
Sheffield Wednesday to win 1 to 3 feels right here. Oldham will get something, they have shown enough character to threaten any defence at Boundary Park, but Wednesday have the depth and attacking quality to put this to bed with a couple of goals. The 1 to 3 scoreline reflects a game where Oldham nick one but cannot contain Wednesday over the full 90 minutes.
| Market | Selection |
|---|---|
| Both Teams To Score | Yes |
| First Goalscorer | Jamal Lowe |
| Total Cards | Over 3.5 |
A game that should produce goals at both ends, a card happy edge given the recent red card incidents for both clubs, and Lowe as a live first goalscorer option on his return from suspension makes this a tidy combination in the bet builder.
Oldham will give this a proper go and Boundary Park will be buzzing for the occasion. Micky Mellon sets his teams up to be hard to beat and Norburn is the kind of player who keeps things ticking and chips in with goals when it matters. The Latics are not simply going to roll over just because Sheffield Wednesday have turned up with a new manager looking to make his mark.
That said, the gap in resources is real. Even with all those injuries, Wednesday carry more threat than a mid table League Two side can usually handle over 90 minutes, and Challinor will get a reaction from a group of players who have been underperforming. We are going with Sheffield Wednesday to win this, 1 to 3, with Oldham finding the net but ultimately being unable to hold the Owls back when it matters most.
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