Oxford United will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-1 League One losing effort in their last game against Lincoln City.
Danny Mândroiu (47\') scored for Lincoln City.
A recurring feature of more recent Oxford United games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
From their previous sextet of clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would\'ve been a losing one.
Ahead of this clash, Oxford United have not been beaten in the league by Stevenage in their last 5 matches.
Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Burton Albion in League One action, Stevenage will be hoping to turn things around here.
The only player to score from Stevenage was Kane Hemmings (88\'). Mark Helm (45\') and Tom Hamer (76\') scored for Burton Albion.
Steve Evans\'s Stevenage have found the back of the net a total of 5 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 6.
Pre-game facts show that Stevenage:
have not registered a win against Oxford United in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
remain undefeated by Oxford United when they\'ve played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
have not won away from home in their last 7 league games.
Head to head
A look at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 20/09/2014 shows us that Oxford United have won 3 of these games & Stevenage 1, with the tally of draws being 2.
In all, 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 12 from The U\'s and 5 coming from Boro. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
The last league contest between these clubs was League One match day 10 on 30/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Stevenage 1-3 Oxford United.
The match was refereed by Carl Brook.
Team News: Oxford United
The Oxford United manager Des Buckingham doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
Team News: Stevenage
Due to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Stevenage manager Steve Evans does not have any fitness concerns to report before this clash.
Prediction
Stevenage have enough to break down this Oxford United team, although that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end. We’re tipping a 2-1 victory for Oxford United at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.
