Oxford United v Sunderland – Skybet League One
Last time out Sunderland beat Rochdale and Oxford drew with Burton.
Sunderland’s win moves them into fifth place and, more importantly, keeps them on pace with the top two. Peterborough and Coventry both picked up vital wins, but Portsmouth, Wycombe and Ipswich dropped points.
With a huge game at the weekend against Oxford, the Lads have put themselves in a prime position heading into the match. Chris Maguire is recovering from a dead leg but should be available for selection.
Oxford have a good record against Sunderland with the previous league one games all ending in draws. Jamie Mackie missed the midweek game but could be back on Saturday.
Phil Parkinson:
“Chris and Lynden are doing what they are paid for at the minute. They have been brilliant recently and scored a lot of goals. Charlie put in another selfless performance against Rochdale.”
“Chris Maguire came off with a dead leg last night. There was no need to risk him. He feels a lot better this morning, but we will assess him in the next couple of days.”
“I am very pleased with the two wins. We approached both games really well and last night we looked a real threat going forward in the first half. The wins have given us a confidence boost going into the weekend.”
“Oxford are a good team. We have already been down there in the cup. They have a few injuries and suspensions, but we have got to look at them closely and see if we can exploit certain areas of their game.”
“Joel Lynch’s concussion and leg are fine, but he is still getting some pain from his ribs. Hopefully he will be back on the training pitch next week.”
Karl Robinson:
“We’ve been dealt a few cheeky digs to the ribs, to use boxing terminology. We’re getting a few jabs at the moment.”
“There are so many things I’m proud about, there are things I’m frustrated (at), but it’s nothing to do with the fans or the players.”
“My players are very good people and I back them. They know how stern the words were at half-time.”
“A few things got said and I thought we played angry in the second half. That’s something we’ve got to find at the beginning of games.”
Prutton predicts: meh
Match Appointments:
Referee: KEVIN JOHNSON
Assistant Referees: Carl Fitch-Jackson and Wade Smith
Fourth Official: Savvas Yianni
Team Line ups
Sunderland: McLaughlin, O’Nien, Flanagan, Wright, Willis, Hume, Power, Dobson, Gooch, Maguire, Wyke.
Subs: Burge, McLaughlin, Scowen, Ozturk, Watmore, Semenyo, Lafferty.
Injured: Embleton, Lynch
Oxford United Eastwood, Long, Dickie, Mousinho, Ruffels, Sykes, Thorne, Brannagan, Henry, Mackie, Holland
Subs: Moore, Stevens, Forde, Taylor, Napa, Agyei
Injured: Hanson, Kelly
Suspended: Gorrin
Betting Odds:
Home 8/5 Away 17/10 Draw 2/1
My two pence:
With 2 home wins in a row and 6 clean sheets out of 7 games we are shaping up for a good run in and have another 2 home games in a row after this one. Looking at the previous results against Oxford it all points to a 1-1 draw but I think we will win this one.
My guess is a 1-0 away win
Ha’way the Lads
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Last time out Sunderland beat Rochdale and Oxford drew with Burton.
Sunderland’s win moves them into fifth place and, more importantly, keeps them on pace with the top two. Peterborough and Coventry both picked up vital wins, but Portsmouth, Wycombe and Ipswich dropped points.
With a huge game at the weekend against Oxford, the Lads have put themselves in a prime position heading into the match. Chris Maguire is recovering from a dead leg but should be available for selection.
Oxford have a good record against Sunderland with the previous league one games all ending in draws. Jamie Mackie missed the midweek game but could be back on Saturday.
Phil Parkinson:
“Chris and Lynden are doing what they are paid for at the minute. They have been brilliant recently and scored a lot of goals. Charlie put in another selfless performance against Rochdale.”
“Chris Maguire came off with a dead leg last night. There was no need to risk him. He feels a lot better this morning, but we will assess him in the next couple of days.”
“I am very pleased with the two wins. We approached both games really well and last night we looked a real threat going forward in the first half. The wins have given us a confidence boost going into the weekend.”
“Oxford are a good team. We have already been down there in the cup. They have a few injuries and suspensions, but we have got to look at them closely and see if we can exploit certain areas of their game.”
“Joel Lynch’s concussion and leg are fine, but he is still getting some pain from his ribs. Hopefully he will be back on the training pitch next week.”
Karl Robinson:
“We’ve been dealt a few cheeky digs to the ribs, to use boxing terminology. We’re getting a few jabs at the moment.”
“There are so many things I’m proud about, there are things I’m frustrated (at), but it’s nothing to do with the fans or the players.”
“My players are very good people and I back them. They know how stern the words were at half-time.”
“A few things got said and I thought we played angry in the second half. That’s something we’ve got to find at the beginning of games.”
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Prutton predicts: meh
Match Appointments:
Referee: KEVIN JOHNSON
Assistant Referees: Carl Fitch-Jackson and Wade Smith
Fourth Official: Savvas Yianni
Team Line ups
Sunderland: McLaughlin, O’Nien, Flanagan, Wright, Willis, Hume, Power, Dobson, Gooch, Maguire, Wyke.
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Subs: Burge, McLaughlin, Scowen, Ozturk, Watmore, Semenyo, Lafferty.
Injured: Embleton, Lynch
Oxford United Eastwood, Long, Dickie, Mousinho, Ruffels, Sykes, Thorne, Brannagan, Henry, Mackie, Holland
Subs: Moore, Stevens, Forde, Taylor, Napa, Agyei
Injured: Hanson, Kelly
Suspended: Gorrin
Betting Odds:
Home 8/5 Away 17/10 Draw 2/1
My two pence:
With 2 home wins in a row and 6 clean sheets out of 7 games we are shaping up for a good run in and have another 2 home games in a row after this one. Looking at the previous results against Oxford it all points to a 1-1 draw but I think we will win this one.
My guess is a 1-0 away win
Ha’way the Lads
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