Latics were condemned to their first defeat in the Leasing.com Trophy this season as goals from Sadou Diallo, Offrande Zanzala and Jordan Clark sealed the win for Accrington Stanley at Boundary Park.

Oldham started the game brightly and nearly took the lead after just four minutes as Jonny Smith delivered a corner into the box and it was met by the head of Jamie Stott, but his powerful header was saved by Toby Savin.

Later on, Christopher Missilou was brought down outside the area and Smith tried his luck but was denied by the Accrington Stanley goalkeeper. Although, he could only palm it as far as Alex Iacovitti and his cross nearly snuck in at the back post.

Missilou continued to cause Stanley problems as he drove at their defence and beat his man, but his strike was straight at Savin.

The visitors took the lead in the 30th minute after Accrington played a free-kick short to Diallo and he blasted a strike into the top corner to give the visitors the lead.

John Coleman’s side continued to apply pressure and Jordan Clark have an effort on goal forcing Gregor Zabret into making a smart stop.

Accrington doubled their advantage when Tom Hamer brought down Lamin Kaba Sherif in the area and the referee point to the spot. Zanzala stepped up and managed to slot his penalty under Zabret.

Just before half-time, Dino Maamria’s side were reduced to ten after Dylan Fage received a straight red card for a challenge on a Stanley player.

After the restart, Zabret produced a smart save to deny Diallo from close range before the Latics defence managed to clear the danger.

Oldham came close to pulling a goal back after Mohamad Sylla intercepted a pass from a defender and gave the ball to Scott Wilson, he laid it off to Filipe Morais and his attempt on goal was tipped over the bar by Savin.

The visitors nearly found another goal as Kaba Sherif broke clean through on goal, but he couldn’t find the target from a tight angle.

Accrington did have their third goal of the game in the 86th minute as the ball was played into the box to Clark and he slotted past Zabret to seal his sides’ win.

Oldham Athletic 0-3 Accrington Stanley.

Attendance 1,107 (Away 177)

Oldham Athletic XI – Zabret, Hamer, Iacovitti, Stott, Fage, Egert, Missilou (Smith-Brown 78’), Sylla, Smith (Kokos 74’), Adams (Morais 45’), Wilson.

Subs – Allen, Wheater, Smith-Brown, Morais, Maouche, Gonzales, Kokos.

Accrington Stanley XI – Savin, Edwards, Sykes, Kaba Sherif, Clark (De Sousa 88’), Zanzala (Charles 70’), Francis-Angol, Barclay, Rodgers, Carvalho, Diallo (Finley 61’).

Subs – Evtimov, Finley, Pritchard, Maguire, De Sousa, Charles, Opokli.