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Friday 21 February 2014

We look ahead to Oxford United's trip to Morecambe in Sky Bet league 2

We look ahead to Oxford United's Sky Bet League 2 game at Morecambe tomorrow.

TEAM NEWS

United will be without the suspended Tom Newey after he picked up his tenth yellow card of the season. David Lynn looks likely to step in although Josh Ruffels has also played that role in the past.

Michael Raynes, Jake Wright, Jon Meades and Andy Whing are still ruled out but Sean Rigg could return to the bench, joining Alfie Potter and Ryan Williams who have both come back into the squad for the last two games.

See Mickey Lewis previewing the game and talking about the selection options in Yellow Player where we also have a great 15 minute Preview Show featuring David Hunt, James Constable and an injury update from Physio Andy Lord.

THE OPPOSITION

Morecambe Boss Jim Bentley is hoping his side can end their eight game sequence without a win

“Oxford are one of the top sides" he said. "Is it a good time to play them? Maybe, because they’ve just lost for the first time away from home.They’ve got one or two injuries and they probably won’t fancy coming up to Morecambe.

“We’ve got to make sure we take the positives we’ve shown in the last few weeks. We’re back at home after two away trips in front of our fans and hopefully they can get right behind us and we can give it a right good go.”

Morecambe hope to have Shaun Beeley available after injury while Alex Kenyon back in the squad after a three-match ban. Jamie Devitt is suspended after his red card at Exeter on Tuesday.

TICKET NEWS

Sky Bet League 2, Saturday 22nd February, Kick-off 3.00pm

The Globe Arena, Christie Way, Westgate, Morecambe LA4 4TB

Oxford United fans have been allocated covered seating in the PMG stand for this game. This fixture is PAY ON THE DAY (in cash at turnstiles 3 & 4) for visiting supporters and prices are as follows:

Adult £19.00

65 & Over £15.00

*Student £15.00

**Under 19 £6.00

*ID Required

**Up to 3 under 14’s can enter for free when accompanied by a paying adult

For wheelchair & ambulant disabled supporters, admission is £15.00 (including free carer). For ticket enquiries please call the Morecambe shop on 01524 411797

The Bay Radio terrace will be closed on Saturday. Morecambe advise that Oxford supporters wishing to pay for tickets on the day of the match with a debit/credit card should visit the Club Shop, as it is adjacent to the visiting supporters' section in the Peter McGuigan Stand. The queueing time is less there than at the main ticket office near Reception.

Those paying cash can do so at the turnstile.

TRAVEL

SAT NAV POSTCODE REFERENCE LA4 4TB

LONDON ROAD CLUB COACHES:

Departure Times: Stadium 8.15am – Ice Rink 8.30am

Fares: Adult Member £22.00 Adult Non Member £24.00

Junior Member £20.00 Junior Non Member £22.00

Call 01865 337533 to book your place on the coaches

COVERAGE

If you can't be with us then listen to Yellow Player, where we have commentary of the whole game live, plus video interviews with all the key men, an On the Road report and match highlights for you to see.

Live commentary has been affected by technical faults at recent games but the club and service provider Perform have worked hard this week to hopefully prevent the problem happening again

BETTING

United are 6/4 to win on Saturday. You can place your bet now by clicking HERE safe in the knowledge that every bet you place helps the U's. There are also ever-changing odds on the next permanent Manager...

There are also 52 other markets you can bet on, including:

Correct Score

Oxford 1-0 6/1

Oxford 2-0 10/1

Oxford 2-1 9/1

Oxford 3-0 25/1

Oxford 3-1 22/1

You can also have a bet on total goals, half time scores, time of the goals and much much more.

or how about these ideas:

£5 on Nicky Wroe to score first in a 3-0 win gets is 155/1

£5 on Johnny Mullins to score first in a 2-1 win would get you £725

Tom Newey to get the only goal of the game wins you £175 from a fiver