EFL Cup

EFL Cup | Third Round

Sep 21, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

Brentford Community Stadium

Brentford
7 - 0
Oldham

Forss (3' pen., 16', 44', 60'), Wissa (38', 87'), Diarra (43' og.)

FT(HT: 5-0)

Clarke (79')

Reaction

Brentford's Marcus Forss celebrates scoring their fifth goal against Oldham in the EFL Cup on September 21, 2021

Brentford boss Thomas Frank gives four-goal Marcus Forss '10 out of 10'

Finnish striker Forss starred as Brentford battered the lowly Latics 7-0 in a Carabao Cup mismatch.

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The Match

Match Report

The 22-year-old from Finland filled his boots against the hapless Latics, who lie rock-bottom of the English Football League and played like it.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's EFL Cup clash between Brentford and Oldham Athletic, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brentford win with a probability of 54.04%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Oldham Athletic had a probability of 22.29%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.77%) and 2-0 (9.51%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.23%), while for a Oldham Athletic win it was 0-1 (6.46%). The actual scoreline of 7-0 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Brentford would win this match.

Result
Brentford	Draw	Oldham Athletic
54.04%	23.66%	22.29%

Both teams to score 52.93%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.24%

47.75%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.05%

69.94%

Brentford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.42%

17.58%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.86%

48.14%

Oldham Athletic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.22%

35.78%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.44%

72.56%

Score Analysis

Brentford 54.04%

Oldham Athletic 22.29%

Draw 23.66%

Brentford	Draw	Oldham Athletic
1-0 @ 10.93% 2-1 @ 9.77% 2-0 @ 9.51% 3-1 @ 5.66% 3-0 @ 5.51% 3-2 @ 2.91% 4-1 @ 2.46% 4-0 @ 2.39% 4-2 @ 1.26% Other @ 3.64% Total : 54.04%	1-1 @ 11.23% 0-0 @ 6.29% 2-2 @ 5.02% 3-3 @ 1% Other @ 0.12% Total : 23.66%	0-1 @ 6.46% 1-2 @ 5.78% 0-2 @ 3.32% 1-3 @ 1.98% 2-3 @ 1.72% 0-3 @ 1.14% Other @ 1.9% Total : 22.29%