From the First Whistle - Oldham v Brentford

[Stevie_J]

 

Latics entertain Brentford at Boundary Park tomorrow afternoon. Young deadball specialist David Mellor may be fit after taking a knock in last week's win at Leyton Orient but, in any event, he is set to be relegated to the bench thanks to the return of Bradley "Neymar Hairstyle" Diallo from suspension. Neymar Hairstyle impressed in his full debut against Huddersfield, creating Shefki Kuqi's first Latics goal, before a rush of blood to the hairstyle saw him red-carded late on.

 

Otherwise, manager Paul Dickov seems likely to stick with a winning side, in spite of Zander Diamond, Filipe Morais and Matt Smith vying for his attention with decent substitute performances at Orient, Smith bagging the third goal in a 3-1 win.

 

Shefki Kuqi, who is doing a fine job of establishing himself a cult-hero with the Latics faithful, just four games into his Boundary Park career, will be searching for his fourth goal for the club.

 

Toumani Diagouraga hopes to start for Brentford for the first time this season and Bees' manager Uwe Rösler may also welcome back winger Sam Saunders from injury.

 

Clayton Donaldson, a summer target of Dickov's, who is disappointingly expected to be sporting a less ridiculous barnet than pictured below, is a threat in the Brentford attack.

 

 

Brentford have a very strong away record so far this term, having won their last three on the road, so Dickov's men will do well to overcome the London side.

 

Brentford's away record: W3 D0 L1

 

Latics squad: Cisak, M'voto, Wesolowski, Diamond, Clarke, Morais, Reid, Simpson, Adeyemi, Diallo, Smith, Tarkowski, Taylor, Lee, Millar, Winchester, Gerrard, Mellor, Kuqi.

 

Predicted starting line-up:

Cisak

 

Lee Clarke M'Voto Diallo

 

Simpson Wesolowski Adeyemi Taylor

 

Kuqi Reid

 

 

Scoreline prediction:

Latics 1-1 Brentford