Oxford United welcome Shrewsbury Town to the Kassam Stadium this evening in Sky Bet League 1 (7.45pm)
TEAM NEWS
United welcome back Mark Harris after the Welsh striker missed three games for a red card against Port Vale. However with the team scoring three goals in each of those three games Harris may have to be patient as Liam Manning weighs up whether to change a winning side.
Gatlin O'Donkor returned to the bench on Saturday after a hamstring injury and James Henry is back in full training but Kyle Edwards will be out for six to eight weeks with a hamstring injury.
"That's bad luck for Kyle and for us" Liam told iFollow. "He has made an instant impact here, he fits into the group really well and offers a real threat down the left. But as we saw on Saturday we have a depth to our squad this season and people are ready to come in and take their opportunity when it comes along.
"Shrewsbury will be a tough game: every game this season has been hard and they all give you a different sort of challenge. We had people working ahead and focussing on this game last week and I cant praise the staff enough for their hard work. We have prepared properly, we will have our fans behind us, and we are really looking forward to it."
See the full interviews with Sam Long and Liam in iFollow now.
THE OPPOSITION
Shrewsbury boss Matthew Taylor was once in the U's' youth system and is looking forward to bringing his Shrews team back to his home town:
"I feel there will be times when we probably won't have the ball as much as we would like" he said. "Why? Because Oxford are very fluid, they like to keep the ball, they like to move the ball, they like to play through their pivots in midfield and they've got good attacking options.
"(They) score a lot of goals. Even if you look at their last two fixtures they're a team that will be high on confidence. Liam (Manning) has got them really playing football. They've got 18 goals this season so that tells you where they have a threat.
"They have real individual brilliance where we'll have to make sure we undertake our jobs and roles and responsibilities properly when we haven't got the ball.
"Will we get chances to score? Yes, we will. It's now up to us to make sure that we take those opportunities.
"But one thing I do know is whatever team is selected, they're ready to go to give a performance"
TICKETS
Tickets are available now from
- oufctickets.co.uk
- By calling 01865 337533
- In person from the Kassam Stadium Ticket Office on matchday
The gate behind the Planet IT North Stand will be open so pedestrians can move from one end of the ground to the other behind that stand.
The Football Special bus services, including the Didcot/Abingdon service, offer easy and affordable transport to home games and are part of the government's £2 for a ticket scheme.
POLYTHENE UK FIFTY/50
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COVERAGE
The game is available to watch worldwide in iFollow this evening. Click HERE to but a Match Pass
You can also follow the whole game on Twitter through @OUFCOfficial and we will have a full match report and Gallery right here on the final whistle.