Oxford United vs Wrexham - prediction, team news, lineups

Wrexham marque the travel to the Kassam Stadium to look Oxford United connected Tuesday evening looking for the triumph that volition support their promotion imagination precise overmuch alive.

At a clip erstwhile the visitors beryllium successful seventh presumption successful the Championship table, Oxford are successful 22nd spot and successful hopeless request of maximum points.

Match preview

After back-to-back defeats to Southampton and Birmingham City, determination was a feeling that Wrexham whitethorn person blown their playoff chances.

However, Saturday's 2-0 triumph implicit Stoke City has moved Phil Parkinson's broadside to wrong 2 points of sixth-placed Hull City.

Having conceded 13 goals crossed 5 matches, the shutout against the Potters was besides a invited boost astatine a clip erstwhile Wrexham present person a +1 amended extremity quality than the squad straight supra them.

With Coventry City and Middlesbrough inactive to come, Parkinson knows that facing the 22nd-placed squad successful the part is their champion chance, connected insubstantial astatine least, to get 3 points connected the board.

Wrexham stay with conscionable six defeats successful 21 distant matches, yet they person lone prevailed successful 1 of their past 4 specified encounters.

Meanwhile, Oxford invited the Red Dragons to the Kassam Stadium having won conscionable 1 of their astir caller six fixtures.

That was a 2-0 triumph implicit Watford connected April 11, but that was followed by a 1-0 decision astatine Derby County.

While they hold to observe whether West Bromwich Albion volition beryllium handed a points deduction for an alleged breach of fiscal regulations, Oxford beryllium 5 points adrift of information with 3 games left.

Despite possessing the third-worst location grounds successful the division, Oxford person collected 11 points from their past 5 games astatine the Kassam Stadium.

Furthermore, Matt Bloomfield's broadside person conceded conscionable 3 goals crossed those encounters.

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Team News

Despite decision astatine Pride Park, Bloomfield whitethorn not marque wholesale changes to his Oxford XI.

Will Vaulks and Mark Harris are alternatives successful midfield and onslaught respectively, but Przemyslaw Placheta has been ruled retired for the remainder of the play with a hamstring injury.

Meanwhile, Josh Windass and Sam Smith look apt to commencement successful onslaught for Wrexham aft Parkinson switched to a beforehand 2 versus Stoke.

Although determination volition beryllium a temptation to present caller legs, Lewis O'Brien, Nathan Broadhead and Kieffer Moore whitethorn each stay connected the substitutes' bench.

Goalkeeper Danny Ward volition support his spot betwixt the sticks, but Liberato Cacace and Ben Sheaf stay sidelined done injury.

Oxford United imaginable starting lineup:

Cumming; Long, Helik, Brown, Spencer; Konak, Brannagan; Mills, Donley, Peart-Harris; Lankshear

Wrexham imaginable starting lineup:

Ward; Hyam, Scarr, Doyle; Kabore, Dobson, James, Rathbone, Thomason; Smith, Windass

We say: Oxford United 1-2 Wrexham

Given the precocious stakes concerning some clubs, nerves could beryllium connected amusement astatine the Kassam Stadium. While we consciousness that Oxford volition beryllium competitory throughout, Wrexham's superior attacking prime could beryllium decisive.

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