Soccer betting preview: Oxford United welcomes Milton Keynes Dons in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

League One: Two teams who have done superbly up to now. Get to know Oxford United - Milton Keynes Dons with this broad preview!

Insights:
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (79) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (25) in League One

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Oxford United form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Oxford United have managed 12 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 21 games.

A good away victory last time out for Oxford, who won 3-2 against Fleetwood Town (placed 21st). Brannagan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.4/10. Brannagan scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Oxford United lost 1-2 at home to Sunderland.

This is expected to be a close game, with Oxford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Oxford United as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Oxford United has won five of these, drawn three and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oxford United as they are travelling to their away game against Rotherham United in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Oxford United can score goals in their home matches. After 21 league matches they have found the net 45 times. Oxford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

Milton Keynes Dons's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Milton Keynes Dons collect 42 points from their 21 away matches in the League One. 12 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Milton Keynes Dons are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.

Milton Keynes Dons failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sheffield Wednesday (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Parrott has bagged at least one goal for this side three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! The attacker Twine got a match rating of 8.11 in that game. Twine scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that, Keynes travelled to AFC Wimbledon and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Milton Keynes Dons in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Milton Keynes Dons, two draws and six defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Keynes are hosting Morecambe in the League One only four days away.

Milton Keynes Dons has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 39 goals from 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Keynes have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Milton Keynes Dons - Oxford United 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oxford four wins, three draws and Milton Keynes Dons three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
20 goals
Milton Keynes DonsS. Twine
S. Twine
16 goals
Oxford UnitedC. Brannagan
C. Brannagan
14 goals

Oxford United missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oxford United Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 5 21 43
21 12 1 Won W 4 12 24
9 5 2 Drew D 0 6 11
13 4 3 Lost L 1 3 8
79 45 7 Scored S 8 39 71
56 26 10 Conceded C 5 22 43
93% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
84% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 74%
60% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 57% 51%
40% 52% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 23%
23% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 16%
70% 76% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 60%
19% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 33%
19% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 5% 12%
 
6 6.9 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 5 4.6
4.3 4.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.4 4.7 4.8
1.6 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.7 15.8 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 12.5 12.7
4.7 5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.7
39% 43% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 35%
 
11 10.4 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.7 9.5
3.7 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.5 3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (25) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (45) at home in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (79) in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals in the first half (45) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
6 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
7 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
14 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
6 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
7 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
14 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.