Oxford have drawn their last four games, with 17 goal James Constable netting a brace in Saturdays fight back to 2-2 at Barnet. They managed a nil nil at home to Chesterfield last Friday and prior to that a creditable 0-0 at high flying Accrington. The week before saw a 2-2 home derby draw against Wycombe in front of over 9,000 with winger Alfie Potter making one and scoring one. Not too bad for a side who are spending their first season back in the Football League after going down in May 2006 after 44 years in the league.
Alas a point for the Imps, though creditable, might not be a wise ploy weekend against a side smarting from a recent 1-3 defeat at Sincil Bank. thanks to two farcical own goals. Let us hope we have not used up all our good luck in one go given Oxford have Constable, Craddock and Potter as the spearhead of a 4-3-3 to hurt us. Although Chris Wilder did have defensive woes, Worley is now back after a two match ban and looks favourite to replace Hanson (7 stitches) who had replaced Sangare (broken metatarsal, which rules him out for the rest of the season).
To cut to the chase our weekly look at the form of the foe.
Recent form
16/4 Accrington (A) D 0-0 L2
23/4 Chesterfield (H)D 0-0 L2
25/4 Barnet (A) D 2-2 L2
Last 6 overall D-D-D-D-L-W
Last 6 homes D-D-W-W-L-L
Home Record 13th
G 22 W 10 D 4 L 8 F 30 A 24 GD 6 PTS 34
Away Record 12th
G 22 W 6 D 8 L 8 F 26 A 32 GD -6 PTS 26
Overall Position 12th
G 44 W 16 D 12 L 16 F 56 A 56 GD 0 PTS 60
Seasonal Highs & Lows
Biggest Home Win 4-0 Morecambe
Biggest Away Win Morecambe 0-3
Heaviest Home Defeat 0-2 Torquay United, 0-2 Southend United , 0-2 Hereford United
Heaviest Away Defeat Bradford City 5-0
Highest Score Torquay United 3-4
Ker-ching
Highest Gate 9440 Macclesfield Town
Lowest Gate 6004 Barnet
Average Attendance 7267
Total Turnstile clicks 159895
Heroes & Villains
Goal Machines
17 James Constable
15 Tom Craddock
7 Jack Midson
6 Steven MacLean
5 Simon Heslop
Goal Makers
9 James Constable
7 Steven MacLean
5 Tom Craddock
4 Alfie Potter
Card Collectors
Reds 5
1 Anthony Tonkin, Jake Wright, James Constable, Damian Batt, Mark Creighton
Yellows 77
9 Harry Worley
7 Simon Heslop
6 Jake Wright, James Constable, Tom Craddock, Paul McLaren
5 Asa Hall, Steven MacLean, Josh Payne
4 Anthony Tonkin
Keeper Corner
Ryan Clarke
Games 48 saves 207 clean Sheets 11 Yellows 1
Forthcoming Fixtures
30/4 Lincoln City (H) 15:00 L2
7/5 Shrewsbury (A) 15:00 L2