Orient and Oldham shared the points after battling out a 2-2 draw in East London at Brisbane Road in their lower half table clash in SkyBet League Two.
The sides sat 17th and 18th in the division but realistically are pretty much safe from the drop as they have a pretty big buffer to bottom side Stevenage, but obviously both sides would have liked the three points to take them further up the standings.
The hosts began well and were ahead after thirteen minutes when Ousseynou Cisse headed an effort towards goal following a corner, and the ball rebounded off the unfortunate Tom Hamer and past his keeper Gary Woods for an own goal.
Any good feelings amongst the home fans were quickly squashed though as Oldham bounced back in style, firstly levelling a minute later when Carl Piergianni sent a ball across goal after a corner kick and saw Zak Dearnley stab home from close range, and then in the 18th minute the visitors edged ahead when another set play saw David Wheater flick on for Dearnley who netted from close range again, and the hosts were suddenly behind.
All of the hosts good work in the opening fifteen minutes had been undone by two set plays, and it was now the visiting support who was jumping around cheering and saw some of the home crowd fearing the worst and shouting their displeasure at their side.
The visitors almost curled themselves further in front near the end of the half too and the whistle for the break was met by some boos from the home section’s of the stadium, but the visitors were well chuffed with their efforts so far and would have been very happy with their half time lead.
Half Time Leyton Orient 1 Oldham Athletic 2
Orient needed a response early in the second period and duly got this when nine minutes after the break they levelled when Josh Wright delivered a set-piece to the far post and Connor Wilkinson nodded the ball back across goal for Danny Johnson to bundle home from close range.
The crowd were up now, and Orient were in the ascendency but despite applying some pressure they could not find a way through, with their best effort a header going over from inside the six-yard box.
Neither keeper were really tested throughout the contest, but that changed towards the end of the contest though as despite all of Orient’s attacking play in the second period, Oldham very nearly pinched the points but saw Lawrence Vigouroux palm away a decent effort from Danny Rowe.
The game did end all square though which doesn’t do much for either side who slip a place each to 18th and 19th respectively but 17 and 16 points above the drop zone with a handful of games to play, so they should both be pretty safe now truth be told.
Full Time Leyton Orient 2 Oldham Athletic 2
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