Oxford United vs Stockport County - prediction, team news, lineups

Oxford United big Stockport County astatine the Kassam Stadium successful a League One fixture connected Tuesday, a crippled moved from October 3 aft planetary call-ups forced a postponement.

A triumph would assistance second-placed Stockport to 26 points connected the League One table, 1 wide of Huddersfield Town's 25, portion seventh-placed Oxford, who person played 2 less league games than the visitors, would ascent to 22 points and beryllium 1 down them.

Match preview

Aaron Ramsey was appointed caput manager connected June 23 aft Oxford, relegated from the Championship past season, sacked Matt Bloomfield, and the broadside person mislaid erstwhile successful 10 league games, a 3-1 decision astatine Huddersfield Town connected September 1.

The different 9 league games person brought 5 wins and 4 draws, worthy 19 points and seventh place, with 18 goals scored, 10 conceded and rearranged fixtures against Reading and Doncaster Rovers inactive to beryllium played.

Oxford bushed Notts County 2-1 connected October 10, drew 1-1 astatine Mansfield Town connected October 15 contempt finishing with 9 men, edged Wigan Athletic 2-1 connected October 20 done Kai Andrews's 76th-minute victor and held Bradford City 0-0 connected Saturday.

Finishing is the recurring flaw, with Ramsey conceding his broadside were "not objective enough" aft a Wigan crippled successful which they had 24 attempts and 7 connected target, and Gatlin O'Donkor past missed 3 presentable chances against Bradford.

Peter Kioso and O'Donkor were some sent disconnected precocious astatine Mansfield and missed the Wigan crippled done suspension, truthful O'Donkor's archetypal league commencement of the play against Bradford meant Mark Harris, who has 4 league goals, was near retired of the starting line-up.

Bradford had the amended of the 2nd fractional and Jamie Cumming denied Callum Connolly and Kayden Jackson, which gave Oxford their archetypal cleanable expanse aft 4 league games without one.

Jimmy McNulty replaced Dave Challinor connected June 5 aft Stockport reached the League One play-off final, and the caller caput coach's broadside person scored 24 goals successful 12 league games, level with leaders Huddersfield Town.

Stockport person won seven, drawn 2 and mislaid 3 of those 12 league games, which puts them 2nd connected 23 points, 2 down Huddersfield, aft they concisely went apical with a 2-0 triumph astatine Doncaster Rovers connected October 20.

They are unbeaten successful 7 games successful each competitions, a tally that includes a 1-0 triumph implicit Peterborough United, a 3-1 triumph implicit Barnsley connected October 10 and a 1-0 triumph implicit Bromley connected October 17.

Saturday's 1-1 gully astatine Notts County ended a five-match winning tally successful each competitions, with Scott Robertson's first-half onslaught cancelled retired by Adama Sidibeh's 81st-minute equaliser from the bench.

Kyle Wootton leads the part with 9 league goals, Jack Diamond has 4 and Harry Wood three, portion Lewis Bate has supplied 4 assists from midfield.

The defence is little unafraid than the attack, with 12 goals conceded successful 12 league games, including 4 successful a 4-3 location decision to Leicester City connected September 12, though Stockport person not mislaid successful their past 4 league games connected the road.

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Team News

Oxford stay without midfielder Jamie McDonnell, whose hamstring wounded is expected to support him retired for the remainder of the calendar year, and defender Ruben Roosken, who has not played astatine each this season.

Jeon Jin-woo is backmost successful grooming aft a backmost occupation that has kept him retired since pre-season.

Kioso and O'Donkor person served their one-match suspensions, and Aidomo Emakhu is disposable again aft coming disconnected the seat against Wigan pursuing a musculus injury.

Ramsey could callback Harris and Louie Sibley, which would determination O'Donkor backmost to the seat aft his Bradford start.

Stockport are adjacent to afloat strength, with defender Kyron Gordon the lone wounded interest for the travel to Oxford.

Sidibeh was the 1 medium-term absentee McNulty identified successful mid-September, and his extremity astatine Notts County was his archetypal of the season.

McNulty named the aforesaid starting XI astatine Notts County arsenic astatine Doncaster Rovers 4 days earlier, truthful helium indispensable determine whether to rotate successful a 4th crippled successful 11 days, with Mikael Mandron and Benony Breki Andresson among the forwards disposable from the bench.

Oxford United imaginable starting lineup:

Cumming; Spencer, Helik, Brown, Currie; Brannagan, Andrews, Dembele, Goodrham, Sibley; Harris

Stockport County imaginable starting lineup:

Whatmuff; Jobe, O'Connell, Pye; Glover, Bate, Norwood, Osborn; Diamond, Wootton, Wood

We say: Oxford United 1-1 Stockport County

A gully is the astir apt result, with Oxford unbeaten successful 7 league games, Stockport unbeaten successful six and some defences conceding precisely 1 extremity per league game.

Stockport person the sharper finisher successful Wootton, but they get for a 4th lucifer successful 11 days having conceded 12 league goals successful 12 games, truthful we expect Oxford to find a mode done erstwhile and Wootton to answer.

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