Football betting preview: Oxford United vs Wycombe Wanderers

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

Oxford United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Wycombe Wanderers.

Oxford United have less rest than Wycombe Wanderers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Carabao Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Manchester City, was also a home game here at Kassam Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Oxford United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Kassam Stadium as Oxford United have scored 18 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the League One are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Oxford United's attacking players as they have now played 184 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Agyei was their last goal scorer.

The Oxford United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Manchester City here at Kassam Stadium in a Carabao Cup match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Milton Keynes Dons (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Oxford United 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 eight games. Oxford United has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Oxford United can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. From these home matches, Oxford United have conceded only 7 goals.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Wycombe Wanderers, who have the most clean sheets (12) in League One, have produced an overall stat of 3-5-1 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Wycombe Wanderers as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

The Wycombe Wanderers goalkeeper Ryan Allsop is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 579 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Wycombe Wanderers won their last game, 2-0 versus Burton Albion played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ipswich Town that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Wycombe Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Wycombe Wanderers, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Wycombe Wanderers defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 9 games).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Oxford United, 2 draws and 3 wins for Wycombe Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedJ. Henry
J. Henry
8 goals
Oxford UnitedT. Fosu
T. Fosu
7 goals
Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
6 goals

Oxford United missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Oxford United Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 8 2 Played P 2 9 20
8 5 1 Won W 0 3 12
6 2 1 Drew D 1 5 7
5 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
37 18 4 Scored S 1 8 30
20 7 3 Conceded C 3 4 14
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 85%
79% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 60%
68% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 25%
32% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
16% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
47% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 22% 35%
47% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 60%
16% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 20%
 
6.4 6.9 8.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 4.8
4.4 4.2 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 5.6 4.8
2 1.8 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
251 120 27 Total Shots T S 27 90 268
87 42 8 Shots on Target S O 5 30 87
43% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Oxford United has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
  • 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.
  • Oxford United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wycombe Wanderers have scored away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (14)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most matches under the total-line (15)
  • Wycombe Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wycombe Wanderers is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 20 12 7 1 30 14 11 9 2 0 22 10 9 3 5 1 8 4 16 43
2 Ipswich Town 19 10 6 3 29 15 9 3 4 2 13 9 10 7 2 1 16 6 14 36
3 Peterborough United 20 10 5 5 43 25 10 7 2 1 25 9 10 3 3 4 18 16 18 35
4 Bristol Rovers 19 10 4 5 29 25 10 5 4 1 17 11 9 5 0 4 12 14 4 34
5 Blackpool 20 8 9 3 30 23 10 6 2 2 18 13 10 2 7 1 12 10 7 33
6 Rotherham United 20 9 4 7 32 21 9 3 2 4 13 8 11 6 2 3 19 13 11 31
7 Coventry City 20 7 10 3 25 23 11 7 3 1 15 8 9 0 7 2 10 15 2 31
8 Oxford United 19 8 6 5 37 20 8 5 2 1 18 7 11 3 4 4 19 13 17 30
9 Fleetwood Town 18 9 3 6 31 24 10 7 2 1 17 8 8 2 1 5 14 16 7 30
10 Portsmouth 19 7 7 5 29 24 10 5 5 0 19 11 9 2 2 5 10 13 5 28
11 Shrewsbury Town 19 7 7 5 18 20 10 5 3 2 13 12 9 2 4 3 5 8 -2 28
12 Sunderland 19 7 6 6 25 21 10 5 4 1 18 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 27
13 Gillingham 20 6 7 7 23 22 10 5 1 4 16 11 10 1 6 3 7 11 1 25
14 Doncaster Rovers 17 6 6 5 26 20 10 5 3 2 16 11 7 1 3 3 10 9 6 24
15 Burton Albion 19 6 6 7 21 22 8 2 3 3 4 5 11 4 3 4 17 17 -1 24
16 Lincoln City 19 7 3 9 21 22 8 5 1 2 11 7 11 2 2 7 10 15 -1 24
17 Accrington Stanley 20 5 7 8 29 30 9 4 2 3 21 13 11 1 5 5 8 17 -1 22
18 Rochdale 20 6 4 10 22 33 10 2 3 5 8 14 10 4 1 5 14 19 -11 22
19 AFC Wimbledon 20 5 5 10 25 31 10 4 4 2 12 11 10 1 1 8 13 20 -6 20
20 Tranmere Rovers 19 4 5 10 22 34 9 2 4 3 15 13 10 2 1 7 7 21 -12 17
21 Milton Keynes Dons 20 5 2 13 17 30 11 4 1 6 9 17 9 1 1 7 8 13 -13 17
22 Southend United 21 1 4 16 22 59 10 0 2 8 9 32 11 1 2 8 13 27 -37 7
23 Bolton Wanderers 17 3 5 9 11 39 9 2 5 2 7 12 8 1 0 7 4 27 -28 2

Read more about League One

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.