LATICS have eight games still to play, but how does their run-in compare to their League Two relegation rivals?
John Sheridan’s men are currently three points from safety as they bid to maintain their Football League status.
The Oldham Times has compiled a list of each side’s remaining fixtures and a prediction for how they will fare in the coming weeks.
The predictions are based on football statistics website FiveThirtyEight’s predicted league table, which is calculated using a wide range of data from the season so far.
Scunthorpe
Current position: 24th
Remaining fixtures: Forest Green, Mansfield, Leyton Orient, Stevenage, Bradford, Hartlepool, Bristol Rovers
Predicted points tally: 4
Latics
Current position: 23rd
Remaining fixtures: Leyton Orient, Stevenage, Port Vale, Northampton, Forest Green, Salford, Tranmere, Crawley
Predicted points tally: 8
Stevenage
Current position: 22nd
Remaining fixtures: Latics, Colchester, Rochdale, Scunthorpe, Tranmere, Mansfield, Carlisle, Salford
Predicted points tally: 9
Barrow
Current position: 21st
Remaining fixtures: Port Vale, Crawley, Forest Green, Salford, Sutton, Swindon, Northampton
Predicted points tally: 7
Rochdale
Current position: 20th
Remaining fixtures: Carlisle, Swindon, Walsall, Stevenage, Hartlepool, Exeter, Bristol Rovers, Newport
Predicted points tally: 10
Colchester
Current position: 19th
Remaining fixtures: Harrogate, Stevenage, Exeter, Bradford, Newport, Walsall, Hartlepool
Predicted points tally: 9
Predicted final table
1. Forest Green
2. Exeter
3. Mansfield
4. Northampton
5. Port Vale
6. Bristol Rovers
7. Tranmere
8. Swindon
9. Newport
10. Salford
11. Sutton
12. Crawley
13. Hartlepool
14. Leyton Orient
15. Bradford
16. Walsall
17. Carlisle
18. Harrogate
19. Colchester
20. Rochdale
21. Barrow
22. Stevenage
23. Latics
24. Scunthorpe
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