Oxford United welcome Gillingham to the Kassam Stadium on Saturday (3pm)
TEAM NEWS
The U's welcome Cameron Brannagan, Elliott Moore and Sam Winnall back into the squad after injury.
Brannagan was a late withdrawal from the squad at Cheltenham last week but has recovered from a shoulder injury while Moore and Winnall have also been in full training this week.
Marcus McGuane is perhaps a week behind the trio in his recovery while Jamie Hanson will step up from a dislocated shoulder next week after being given the green light after a scan in midweek.
See Karl, Ryan Williams and Sam Long all previewing the game in iFollow.
THE OPPOSITION
Gillingham are currently 19th in the League 1 table and boss Steve Evans is looking for his side to impress at the Kassam Stadium after, by how own admission, a slow start
“I did say at the start of the season it would take eight or nine games” he said. “We are just about getting there but we won’t get carried away. We got a point (against Charlton) but we are disappointed it should have been three. The 90 minutes deserved three points if you take it in totality.
“You get no respite, we have Oxford and then we go to Cambridge and then we follow it with Wigan who have spent more than the Bank of England. We respect it, Wigan have been a top club, been at the top level, won the FA Cup in recent years, I have nothing but respect for every team we play and we know for sure it will be tough at Oxford.”
Midfielder Dan Phillips, Ryan Jackson and Mustapha Carayol are injured but Stuart O’Keefe returns from a one match suspension.
Gills winger Alex McDonald is always assured of a warm welcome when he returns to the U’s.
TICKETS
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