Oxford United vs MK Dons - prediction, team news, lineups

Oxford United volition beryllium looking to prime up an important triumph erstwhile they invited MK Dons to the Kassam Stadium connected Saturday.

The hosts are backmost successful League One aft being relegated from the Championship, portion the visitors earned promotion from League Two past season.

Match preview

Oxford's two-year enactment successful the Championship came to an extremity past play arsenic they were relegated aft finishing 22nd, having picked up conscionable 11 wins, 14 draws and 21 defeats.

The U's person entered a caller era, with Aaron Ramsey appointed arsenic caput coach, but they person lone signed 2 caller players truthful acold successful Ruben Roosken and Frankie Kent.

That is due to the fact that the nine are not compliant with the EFL's wage outgo absorption protocol regulations.

As a result, determination are large concerns implicit Oxford's squad depth, with the likes of Will Vaulks, Nik Prelec, Przemyslaw Placheta, Myles Peart-Harris and Tom Bradshaw each departing.

Oxford enjoyed an fantabulous pre-season, beating Wealdstone, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Crawley Town and Ipswich Town, but they were beaten 2-0 by Leyton Orient successful the EFL Cup past weekend.

MK Dons, meanwhile, earned automatic promotion aft finishing 2nd successful League Two past play and volition beryllium hoping to found themselves successful the 3rd tier.

Head manager Paul Warne has strengthened his broadside successful the transportation window, with Charlie Goode, Cohen Bramall, Daniel Barlaser, Ryan Wintle, Sam Nombe and Samuel Silvera each joining the club.

MK Dons had a mixed pre-season, picking up 3 wins, 1 gully and 4 defeats, and they were besides knocked retired of the EFL Cup past play by Norwich City.

Norwich thumped MK Dons 4-1 acknowledgment to goals from Mohamed Toure, Anis Ben Slimane, Ben Chrisene and Andre Brooks, with Warne admitting his broadside "gave them 3 goals".

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Team News

Oxford volition beryllium without Roosken, Kent and Jeon Jin-woo owed to wounded and are improbable to marque galore changes from the broadside that mislaid to Leyton Orient.

Mark Harris is acceptable to pb the line, with attacking enactment from Aidomo Emakhu, Tyler Goodrham and Siriki Dembele.

MK Dons are acceptable to manus league debuts to Nombe, Wintle, Bramall and Goode.

Nombe is acceptable to pb the line, with Callum Paterson and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing featuring retired wide.

Oxford United imaginable starting lineup:

Cumming; Spencer, Long, Brown, Currie; McDonnell, Brannagan; Emakhu, Goodrham, Dembele; Harris

MK Dons imaginable starting lineup:

MacGillivray; Jones, Nelson, Goode, Bramall; Paterson, Wintle, Kelly, Wiles, Mendez-Laing; Nombe

We say: Oxford United 1-0 MK Dons

Despite their off-field issues and concerns implicit their squad depth, Oxford should person capable prime to bushed MK Dons.

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