The home team stadium regulars await a victory in this match, and the home advantage should work versus a struggling visitor. Oxford United are in 12th spot while the guesting Forest Green Rovers worry at 24th.
- Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a FA Cup game only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Woking.
Oxford United form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Oxford United have to build on here at The Kassam Stadium in the League One.
Oxford United are returning here after visiting Woking in a FA Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Port Vale.Observe: 12 of the most recent 15 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.
Oxford has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Oxford United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forest Green Rovers so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Bunker was the last player to score for the away team. Forest Green Rovers haven't scored a league goal in the last 247 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Rovers in their previous game as they lost hosting Wycombe Wanderers, 0-2. Casey was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Casey won 10 of 11 duels.
Previously, the FA Cup win away at South Shields.
After this away game Forest Green Rovers return home for a EFL Trophy game against Cheltenham Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Forest Green Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). For Forest Green Rovers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Oxford have pulled off a sequence of 10 consecutive games without defeat (5-5-0) when facing Forest Green Rovers.Top Goalscorers
  C. Brannagan 6 goals |  K. Joseph 5 goals |   C. Wickham 5 goals |
Oxford United missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Oxford United | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | 56% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 28% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 56% |
| 11% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 39% |
| 5.1 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7 | 6.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 19.1 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.2 | 8.9 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 67% | 50% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | 26% |
| 9.1 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.8 | 14.1 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Forest Green Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-22) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Oxford United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Oxford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Derby County | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -9 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 13 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
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