Oxford United vs Wigan Athletic - prediction, team news, lineups

Oxford United invited Wigan Athletic to the Kassam Stadium connected Tuesday evening for their latest instalment of League One enactment successful the 2026-27 campaign.

In their erstwhile outing, the U’s were held to an entertaining 1-1 gully by Mansfield Town astatine the One Call Stadium, portion the Latics ended their four-match winless streak successful the league by beating Reading 1-0 connected location soil.

Match preview

Following their agonising relegation from the Championship past season, losing 3 of their last 4 fixtures to decorativeness 4 points from safety, Oxford volition beryllium hoping to bounce backmost to the 2nd tier astatine the archetypal clip of asking aft enjoying a promising commencement to their League One 2026-27 campaign.

Having mislaid conscionable 1 of their 8 league matches truthful far, winning 4 implicit that stretch, the U’s beryllium narrowly extracurricular the playoff places connected 15 points, but with games successful manus connected the immense bulk of sides supra them, it is highly apt that their presumption volition lone amended successful the coming weeks.

Despite making an imposing commencement to their league endeavours this season, Aaron Ramsey volition beryllium somewhat underwhelmed with his side’s performances successful the cupful competitions though, with Oxford exiting the EFL Cup to Leyton Orient astatine the archetypal hurdle and picking up conscionable 1 constituent successful their opening EFL Trophy bout against Exeter City.

After winning conscionable 2 of their archetypal 11 encounters with Wigan, the U’s posted a 4-2 triumph erstwhile they past met the Latics successful February 2024 and volition beryllium hoping to ascent into the playoff places by replicating that effect connected Tuesday evening.

Although they deed signifier successful the closing stages of the 2025-26 league run to steer wide of relegation, earning 18 points from their past 11 matches, Wigan look arsenic though they could beryllium acceptable for a akin combat this clip astir aft a hard commencement to the season.

While they person managed to assertion 2 wins truthful far, including a superb 1-0 triumph implicit a high-flying Reading broadside connected Saturday afternoon, the Latics’ 5 defeats presently person them sat astatine the ft of the League One table and with each of their adjacent 3 fixtures each coming distant from home, their docket surely does not get immoderate much forgiving.

Unlike Tuesday’s opposition, Wigan volition beryllium contented with however they person performed successful the cups though arsenic contempt falling to decision connected penalties against Barnsley successful their opening EFL Cup bout, Gary Caldwell’s men person won each of their archetypal 2 EFL Trophy fixtures to beryllium apical of Group 2 and publication their spot successful the knockout phase.

Having won 8 of their anterior 12 matches against Oxford, including a melodramatic 3-2 triumph erstwhile they visited the Kassam Stadium successful December 2021, the Latics volition beryllium hoping that they tin thin connected their beardown grounds against the U’s to commencement a tally of signifier this play and assertion consecutive victories for the archetypal clip since April.

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Team News

Having some received precocious reddish cards against Mansfield connected Saturday afternoon, Oxford volition beryllium without Peter Kioso and 22-year-old guardant Gatlin O’Donkor for Tuesday’s clash, portion chap attacker Aidomo Emakhu remains sidelined with a musculus injury.

Frankie Kent looks arsenic though helium has immoderate mode to spell earlier returning to enactment from an ACL wounded suffered during pre-season, portion midfielder Jamie McDonnell is acceptable for a important play retired excessively aft picking up a hamstring contented a period ago.

The hosts’ wounded database is rounded disconnected with South Korean midfielder Jin-Woo Jeon and Dutch defender Ruben Roosken, who person some been absent since the commencement of the play with backmost problems.

After picking up his 5th yellowish paper of the run against Reading, Wigan volition beryllium without Maltese defender James Carragher connected Tuesday night, portion chap centre-back Morgan Fox is expected to beryllium retired for a period with a calf issue.

The Latics are missing midfield duo Akeel Higgins and Ryan Trevitt arsenic the brace proceed to caregiver hamstring injuries, portion Luke Harris and Dara Costelloe are unavailable successful onslaught too.

Netting successful 2 of the visitors’ erstwhile 3 outings, Caldwell volition beryllium hoping that Scott Hogan tin present erstwhile again for Wigan connected Tuesday evening and assistance them retired of the League One relegation portion with victory.

Oxford United imaginable starting lineup:

Cumming; Elliott-Wheeler, Helik, Brown, Currie; Brannagan, Sibley; Missanga, Andrews, Dembele; Harris

Wigan Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Whitworth; Chiloka-Mulen, Burns, Harris, Mellish; Power, Gray; Murray, Weir, Walsh; Hogan

We say: Oxford United 3-1 Wigan Athletic

Boasting a beardown grounds against Oxford, Wigan volition beryllium looking to triumph astatine the Kassam Stadium for the 5th clip connected Tuesday and much importantly determination themselves distant from the ft of the table.

However, having not mislaid immoderate of their erstwhile 5 matches, the U’s presently boast the rubric of the division’s signifier broadside and we deliberation they are steadfast favourites to creep towards the apical six this week.

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