Oxford United host Leicester Metropolis on Saturday early afternoon (12:30 BST) in a bid to say their first victory of the season.
The U’s have just one level to their identify after their opening 4 league video games, although they did acquire it final outing with in opposition to Coventry Metropolis.
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They are going to look to do one higher in opposition to Leicester, who’ve gained all however one in all their league video games up to now (L1) to take a seat one level above the Sky Blues in fourth place.
It has been over three a long time for the reason that two sides final met within the English Soccer League – who will declare the primary bragging rights of the twenty first century?
This would be the first Soccer League assembly between Oxford United and Leicester Metropolis since a 2-2 draw within the second tier in April 1994.
5 of Leicester Metropolis’s final seven Soccer League journeys to Oxford United have resulted in a draw (W1 L1), with each side scoring in 5 of these video games.
Oxford have solely gained 4 of their final 22 league video games (W4 D7), selecting up the fewest factors of any ever-present Championship aspect in that point (19 factors since twenty second January).
Leicester have gained six of their final eight Championship video games (L2), whereas the Foxes may report three successive league clear sheets for the primary time since October 2022 within the Premier League.
After a run of 15 video games and not using a purpose, Abdul Fatawu has scored in consecutive league appearances for Leicester for the primary time.
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