Possible nail-biting contest in Wycombe Wanderers - Oxford United game

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adams Park (24161 seats)

Wycombe Wanderers and Oxford United are both doing (very) nicely in the League One with their 3rd and 6th positions respectively. Let's hope for a fun match!

Insights:
  • Wycombe Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

The hosts Wycombe Wanderers saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bolton Wanderers.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Adams Park as Wycombe Wanderers have scored 22 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the League One are 8-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Wycombe Wanderers enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bolton Wanderers's place. The match ended 2-0 with Hanlan and Grimmer scoring. Hanlan, an attacker, was the best player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 8.14 (out of 10). Hanlan scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sunderland that ended 3-3.

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

The Wycombe Wanderers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Oxford United form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Oxford United playing as the away team in the League One this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Oxford United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Lincoln City (placed 16th). Defender McNally was the best team player with a rating of 7.11. McNally won 8 of 10 duels.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Cheltenham Town.

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

Oxford find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Oxford United have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other earlier this campaign: Oxford United - Wycombe Wanderers 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wycombe Wanderers three wins, two draws and Oxford United five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
10 goals
Wycombe WanderersS. Vokes
S. Vokes
8 goals
Oxford UnitedM. Sykes
M. Sykes
8 goals

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Oxford United missing players

Wycombe Wanderers Oxford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 2 Played P 2 11 25
14 8 0 Won W 1 4 12
7 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
5 2 1 Lost L 0 4 6
42 22 3 Scored S 3 13 40
30 17 4 Conceded C 2 14 27
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 88%
69% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 80%
54% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 56%
31% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 32%
15% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 68%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 24%
19% 8% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 20%
 
5.8 6.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.3 6.2
5 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4.8
1.6 1.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.3 17.8 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 14.5 14.1
4.4 5.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.1 4.8
37% 33% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 23% 33%
 
13.5 13.2 17 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 11.7 11
4.7 4.7 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Wycombe Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Rotherham United 24 15 5 4 45 17 13 9 2 2 32 13 11 6 3 2 13 4 28 50
2 Sunderland 26 15 5 6 51 32 13 10 1 2 30 9 13 5 4 4 21 23 19 50
3 Wycombe Wanderers 26 14 7 5 42 30 12 8 2 2 22 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 12 49
4 Wigan Athletic 21 14 3 4 40 20 11 6 2 3 15 10 10 8 1 1 25 10 20 45
5 Milton Keynes Dons 25 12 7 6 44 30 13 7 3 3 18 13 12 5 4 3 26 17 14 43
6 Oxford United 25 12 7 6 40 27 14 8 4 2 27 13 11 4 3 4 13 14 13 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 24 12 7 5 38 25 12 7 3 2 18 11 12 5 4 3 20 14 13 43
8 Portsmouth 23 10 7 6 28 22 11 6 3 2 16 10 12 4 4 4 12 12 6 37
9 Sheffield Wednesday 24 9 10 5 30 27 10 5 4 1 15 8 14 4 6 4 15 19 3 37
10 Ipswich Town 25 9 8 8 43 34 13 5 6 2 23 18 12 4 2 6 20 16 9 35
11 Accrington Stanley 25 10 5 10 31 40 13 7 2 4 20 19 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 35
12 Burton Albion 24 9 5 10 29 30 12 7 2 3 22 13 12 2 3 7 7 17 -1 32
13 Cheltenham Town 25 7 9 9 31 44 13 5 4 4 16 21 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 30
14 Charlton Athletic 24 8 5 11 30 29 13 5 3 5 19 15 11 3 2 6 11 14 1 29
15 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 5 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 12 1 2 9 9 17 -3 29
16 Lincoln City 24 7 7 10 29 32 12 3 3 6 12 16 12 4 4 4 17 16 -3 28
17 Cambridge United 24 6 9 9 32 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 11 3 3 5 17 20 -6 27
18 Bolton Wanderers 24 7 5 12 30 37 11 4 4 3 16 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -7 26
19 Fleetwood Town 24 6 7 11 37 43 12 4 2 6 20 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -6 25
20 AFC Wimbledon 22 6 7 9 30 36 9 2 5 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 25
21 Morecambe 24 6 5 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 11 2 1 8 15 27 -15 23
22 Gillingham 24 3 9 12 18 38 11 2 3 6 7 18 13 1 6 6 11 20 -20 18
23 Crewe Alexandra 24 4 6 14 22 43 11 3 3 5 12 18 13 1 3 9 10 25 -21 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 24 4 4 16 16 44 12 4 3 5 10 14 12 0 1 11 6 30 -28 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.