Match ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Preston North End 4.
OldhamOldham Athletic0PrestonPreston North End4
Preston made it five straight league wins as they moved level with second-placed MK Dons in League One in a dominant display at managerless Oldham.
Paul Gallagher's right-wing corner was powerfully headed home from eight yards by Paul Huntington early on.
On 32 minutes, ex-Oldham loanee Daniel Johnson burst into the box and rifled in a 14-yard shot to double the lead.
After the break, Joe Garner netted from close range before substitute Jermaine Beckford sealed the win.
Oldham caretaker manager Dean Holden told BBC Radio Manchester:
"Disappointing day all round. It wasn't a 4-0 game in the fact that they've battered us, it's four poor goals from us which are all sort of individual bad decisions which we have to try and put right.
"I'm absolutely gutted. Even at 2-0 I had a good feeling we'd get back into it.
"We lost our shape second-half and lads started making poor decisions."
Line-ups
Oldham
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 25Kean
- 20WilsonSubstituted forJacobsat 45'minutes
- 16Wilson
- 21KusungaSubstituted forLockwoodat 83'minutes
- 2Brown
- 6Kelly
- 8Jones
- 10Philliskirk
- 4Dieng
- 39MurphySubstituted forTurnerat 69'minutes
- 9Poleon
Substitutes
- 13Coleman
- 18Lockwood
- 23Turner
- 28Truelove
- 29Bove
- 31Tuohy
- 32Jacobs
Preston
Formation 4-5-1
- 34JohnstoneBooked at 54mins
- 4Wiseman
- 6Wright
- 23HuntingtonBooked at 3mins
- 3Laird
- 7HumphreyBooked at 76minsSubstituted forEbanks-Blakeat 79'minutes
- 12GallagherSubstituted forKilkennyat 70'minutes
- 19Welsh
- 24Johnson
- 27Robinson
- 14GarnerSubstituted forBeckfordat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Kilkenny
- 9Davies
- 10Beckford
- 15Woods
- 17Reid
- 21Stuckmann
- 40Ebanks-Blake
- Referee:
- Mark Haywood
- Attendance:
- 5,935
Match Stats
Home TeamOldhamAway TeamPreston
- Possession
- Home47%
- Away53%
- Shots
- Home4
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away6
- Corners
- Home7
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away14
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Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Preston North End 4.
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Attempt missed. Timothee Dieng (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box is too high.
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Foul by Sylvain Ebanks-Blake (Preston North End).
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Adam Lockwood (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Danny Philliskirk (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Jermaine Beckford (Preston North End).
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Adam Lockwood (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Connor Brown.
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Foul by Scott Wiseman (Preston North End).
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Michael Jones (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Dominic Poleon (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Adam Lockwood replaces Genséric Kusunga because of an injury.
Goal!
Goal! Oldham Athletic 0, Preston North End 4. Jermaine Beckford (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sylvain Ebanks-Blake.
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Foul by Jermaine Beckford (Preston North End).
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(Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Michael Jones.
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Attempt saved. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Preston North End. Sylvain Ebanks-Blake replaces Chris Humphrey.
