League One
March 16, 2013
Oldham Athletic
0 - 1
AFC Bournemouth
League One
15:00 +00:00, March 16, 2013
Boundary Park, England
Referee: Keith Hill
Pitman kickstarts Cherries challenge
Scoring Summary
| Oldham Athletic | AFC Bournemouth |
|---|---|
| Jose Baxter (pen miss 71') | Brett Pitman (22') |
Teams
| Oldham Athletic | AFC Bournemouth |
|---|---|
| 13 Dean Bouzanis | 21 Ryan Allsopp |
| 5 Jean Yves Mvoto Owono | 3 Steve Cook |
| 3 Jonathan Grounds | 2 Simon Francis |
| 2 Connor Brown | 5 Daniel Seaborne |
| 7 Lee Croft | 7 Marc Pugh |
| 4 James Wesolowski | 12 Wes Fogden |
| 15 Jordan Obita | 11 Charlie Daniels |
| 6 James Tarkowski | 8 Harry Arter |
| 9 Chris Iwelumo | 32 Eunan O'Kane |
| 18 Lee Barnard | 40 Brett Pitman |
| 20 Jose Baxter | 22 Lewis Grabban |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Alex Cisak | Shwan Jalal 1 |
| 26 Carl Winchester | Tommy Elphick 13 |
| 10 Robbie Simpson | Richard Hughes 26 |
| 14 Matt Smith | Shaun MacDonald 16 |
| 11 Cristian Montano | Josh McQuoid 17 |
| 21 Kirk Millar | Matt Ritchie 30 |
| 19 Daniel Taylor | Matthew Tubbs 18 |
| Substitutions | |
| Kirk Millar for Lee Croft (60) | Richard Hughes for Lewis Grabban (72) |
| Cristian Montano for Jordan Obita (66) | Matt Ritchie for Charlie Daniels (73) |
| Robbie Simpson for Chris Iwelumo (68) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| James Tarkowski (43) | Harry Arter (63) |
| Brett Pitman (74) | |
| Simon Francis (75) | |
| Josh McQuoid (88) | |
| · Squads: Oldham Athletic | AFC Bournemouth | |
Brett Pitman boosted Bournemouth's promotion hopes by firing them to a 1-0 win at struggling Oldham.
Pitman's 12th goal of the season settled a scrappy game which saw Oldham, who remain in the npower League One drop zone, squander a second-half penalty.
The crucial strike came after 22 minutes when a sharp move down the left ended with Lewis Grabban crossing to Pitman for a six-yard finish.
Pitman forced a smart save from Oldham goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis, while Grabban also went close to doubling the visitors' lead.
Oldham's first real effort came on the hour-mark as Jordan Obita's angled shot was tipped around the post by Bournemouth goalkeeper Ryan Allsop.
But the Latics wasted a golden chance after 70 minutes when they won a penalty for Grabban's handball - Jose Baxter dinked his spot-kick down the middle and Allsop clawed it out despite diving to his right.
Baxter almost made amends, but Allsop beat away his 25-yard free-kick to earn Bournemouth back-to-back victories.