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Oxford United will be taking on visiting club Peterborough United at The Kassam Stadium in the League One game on Saturday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Oxford United v Peterborough United, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Oxford United
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Oxford United are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-4 League One triumph against Burton Albion.
For Oxford United, the goals were scored by Mark Harris (24', 57'), Josh Murphy (62') and James Henry (69').
Matches featuring Oxford United have proved to be exciting affairs of late with high scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 clashes, a total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 13 of them being chalked up by Oxford United. Regardless, it remains to be seen whether that trend might be replicated in this match.
Their previous form shows that Oxford United:
- have not registered a win against Peterborough United in their previous 6 league matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Peterborough United
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Peterborough United head into the meeting following on from a 3-0 League One win with the downing of Port Vale in their previous fixture.
For Peterborough United, the goalscorers were Joel Randall (45') and Harrison Burrows (56'). Alex Iacovitti (86' Own goal) scored for Port Vale.
The numbers tell their own story, and Peterborough United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in all. In defence, Peterborough United could really do with shoring things up.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Peterborough United:
- have not lost to Oxford United when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head results stretching back to 08/02/2020 shows that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Oxford United. They have not managed to get any wins at all while Peterborough United have been the better of the two, beating them in 67 per cent of those games played.
12 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 1 of them for The U's and 11 belonging to The Posh. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.
The previous league contest featuring these sides was League One match day 21 on 09/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Peterborough United 3-0 Oxford United.
The referee was James Linington.
ℹ️ Team News: Oxford United
The Oxford United manager Des Buckingham will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.
📰 Team News: Peterborough United
With a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.
⚡ Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Peterborough United and Oxford United could both find goals hard to come by here.
At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought 0-0 scoreline at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 13:01 13/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Oxford United
Formed: 1893
Stadium: The Kassam Stadium (12,500)
Captain: Elliott Moore
Chairman: Grant Ferguson
Manager: Des Buckingham
Competitions: League One position 6
🔑 Key Man: Mark Harris
Generally played in the Striker position, Mark Harris was born in Wales. After having made a senior debut playing for Cardiff City in the 2016 - 2017 season, the dangerous Forward has managed 13 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in a total of 39 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 90 | WWWDW |
2 |
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43 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 83 | WLWDD |
3 |
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42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 81 | WLDWW |
4 |
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41 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 77 | WLLWW |
5 |
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42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 74 | DLWLL |
6 |
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42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 70 | LWDWW |
7 |
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42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 68 | WWWWD |
8 |
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43 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 67 | LLDWW |
9 |
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43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 67 | DDDLW |
10 |
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43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 62 | WLLWD |
11 |
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43 | 17 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 59 | LWLWW |
12 |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 55 | WDWWD |
13 |
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43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 53 | WDLDD |
14 |
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41 | 13 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 52 | WWLDD |
15 |
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43 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 51 | DDDWD |
16 |
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42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 51 | LLDLL |
17 |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 49 | WWLDW |
18 |
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42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | -28 | 46 | LWDDL |
19 |
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41 | 12 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 45 | LLWWL |
20 |
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42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -26 | 40 | LLDLL |
21 |
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42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -28 | 40 | WWLDL |
22 |
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41 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -23 | 38 | DWLLL |
23 |
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42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -26 | 34 | DDLLL |
24 |
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43 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -35 | 30 | DWLLW |
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Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 59 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 51 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 5-2 |
Mark Harris | 14 |
Cameron Brannagan | 11 |
Rúben Rodrigues | 9 |
Tyler Goodrham | 8 |
Greg Leigh | 6 |
Ephron Mason-Clark | 14 |
Kwame Poku | 11 |
Jonson Clarke-Harris | 9 |
Ricky-Jade Jones | 9 |
Joel Randall | 9 |
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