Oxford United vs Exeter City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Oxford United

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Oxford United will be hoping for a better result after the 0-1 EFL Trophy defeat in their last game at the hands of MK Dons.

Jack Payne (56') was the scorer for MK Dons.

Oxford United haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 14 during that period and have conceded a total of 6.

Exeter City

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Reading in EFL Trophy action, Exeter City will be aiming to make amends here.

The only scorer from Exeter City was Zak Jules (32' Own goal). Tom McIntyre (3'), Paul Mukairu (56', 60'), Dominic Ballard (67', 96'), Ben Elliott (79'), Taylan Harris (85') and Caylan Vickers (90') scored for Reading.

Gary Caldwell's Exeter City have slotted home 6 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period comes to 6.

Going into this encounter, Exeter City are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 24/01/2015 shows that Oxford United have won 3 of them & Exeter City 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 13 from The U's and 6 netted by The Grecians. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The last league clash between these sides was League One match day 25 on 01/01/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Oxford United 0-1 Exeter City.

The match was refereed by Darren Drysdale.

📋 Team News: Oxford United

The Oxford United boss Liam Manning doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

It looks as if The U's will probably use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one featuring James Beadle, Sam Long, Jordan Thorniley, Elliott Moore, Ciaron Brown, Stanley Mills, Cameron Brannagan, Ruben Rodrigues, Marcus McGuane, Kyle Edwards and Billy Bodin.

🗞️ Team News: Exeter City

Owing to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Grecians could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of Viljami Sinisalo, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Alex Hartridge, Zak Jules, Harry Kite, Tom Carroll, Ryan Trevitt, Yanic Wildschut, Reece Cole and Demetri Mitchell.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Exeter City certainly have the ability to find the net against this Oxford United lineup, however it possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Oxford United after 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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Peter Guest, 00:58 19/09/2023