Northampton Town FC W 1, Oldham Athletic AFC W 3

OLDHAM, England (Interstat) — Michael Mellon delivered a stunning individual performance, scoring a first-half hat trick to power Oldham Athletic AFC to a 3-1 upset victory over Northampton Town W in the Women’s FA Cup on Saturday at Boundary Park. The result defied pregame projections, as Interstat’s game simulator had forecast a 1-0 win for Northampton Town W, and its ELO system gave the visitors a 60.1 percent probability of advancing. Any notion of a favorite was shattered within the opening minutes. Mellon, a forward, opened the scoring just three minutes into the match and doubled Oldham’s lead a mere… Read more...