Oxford United vs Sheffield Wednesday match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

The Oxford United & Sheffield Wednesday head coaches Robinson and Moore are both fearful of and feeling excited about this key game in the top part of the League One standings.

Insights:
  • Oxford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Oxford United form and stats

Oxford United are steadily winning League One games and points here at The Kassam Stadium. 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

Oxford United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 188 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Sykes).

In their previous game, the manager Robinson led his Oxford United to a defeat in the League One match away at Wycombe Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Kassam Stadium. Moore was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Moore won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lincoln City.

Oxford United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Kassam Stadium with 27 goals in 14 league matches. Oxford United are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Kassam Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sheffield Wednesday playing as the away team in the League One this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sheffield Wednesday have lost on their last two travels.

Sheffield go into this game after a win, the home game against Plymouth Argyle that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Plymouth Argyle was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Luongo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Luongo served one assist and hit three key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shrewsbury Town wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Sheffield Wednesday have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday - Oxford United 1-2 was the score in these teams' last head to head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Oxford United wins - draws - Sheffield Wednesday wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
10 goals
OxfordM. Sykes
M. Sykes
8 goals
Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
8 goals

Oxford United missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oxford United Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 14 4 Played P 4 14 25
12 8 0 Won W 2 4 10
7 4 2 Drew D 0 6 10
7 2 2 Lost L 2 4 5
40 27 3 Scored S 4 15 34
29 13 6 Conceded C 9 19 29
88% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
81% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 76%
54% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 43% 44%
31% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 24%
8% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 12%
65% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 52%
23% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 32%
23% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 24%
 
6.2 6.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 5.9 6.1
4.7 4.7 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.1 5.2
1.5 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.2 13.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.6 13
4.9 4.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.6
31% 42% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 29%
 
10.9 10.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.3 10.6
3.2 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oxford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
3 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
4 Wigan Athletic 22 15 3 4 42 21 11 6 2 3 15 10 11 9 1 1 27 11 21 48
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 24 10 7 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 4 4 4 12 12 5 37
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
14 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
15 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
16 Cambridge United 25 7 9 9 33 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 23 6 8 9 30 36 10 2 6 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 26
21 Morecambe 25 6 6 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 25 4 4 17 17 46 13 4 3 6 11 16 12 0 1 11 6 30 -29 16

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
3 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
4 Wigan Athletic 22 15 3 4 42 21 11 6 2 3 15 10 11 9 1 1 27 11 21 48
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 24 10 7 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 4 4 4 12 12 5 37
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
14 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
15 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
16 Cambridge United 25 7 9 9 33 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 23 6 8 9 30 36 10 2 6 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 26
21 Morecambe 25 6 6 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 12 2 2 8 15 27 -15 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 25 4 4 17 17 46 13 4 3 6 11 16 12 0 1 11 6 30 -29 16

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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.