The Championship meeting at Deepdale on Friday sees home side Preston North End welcome visitors Oxford United. Here is an update on the latest predicted line ups and news on player availability.
Preston North End will be hoping for a better result after the 0-2 Championship loss in their previous game against Millwall. It’s our opinion that The Lilywhites could go for a 3-5-2 formation with David Cornell, Odel Offiah, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Alistair McCann, Callum Lang, Ben Whiteman, Andrija Vukcevic, Lewis Dobbin and Daniel Jebbison.
There is just one fitness concern for the Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom to be concerned about due to a largely intact group of players. Robbie Brady is out of contention.
How Preston North End could look against Oxford United
Oxford United will go into the meeting after a 2-1 Championship win with the defeat of West Bromwich Albion in their last match. We reckon that The U's seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Jamie Cumming, Sam Long, Michal Helik, Ciaron Brown, Jack Currie, Yunus Konak, Cameron Brannagan, Stanley Mills, Jamie Donley, Myles Peart-Harris and Will Lankshear.
Oxford Utd boss Matt Bloomfield has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ole Romeny (Broken foot), Brodie Spencer (Foot injury) and Brian De Keersmaecker (Shoulder injury) miss out here.
Possible Oxford United Starting XI
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