"Starting with the hosts, while Oxford might have eventually clung to their Championship status last season, it appears that Gary Rowett's side have a real battle on their hands this time around. Marking their return from September's international break sat in the drop zone, the former Millwall boss finds his squad pencilled in as a standout relegation contender. Managing to put just a single point on the board from any of their first four Championship appearances, the Yellows have come under some serious scrutiny."
"Watching their EFL Cup adventure come to a thumping end on August 27th as they slumped to a woeful 6-0 drumming at the hands of Brighton, Oxford have also shown some worrying defensive struggles. Despite heading into September's fortnight interval with an action-packed 2-2 stalemate at home against Coventry, Rowett's men have shipped 12 goals in their last four matchups across all competitions and they have also recorded just a single clean sheet against Championship opposition since the middle of April."
Oxford United sit in the Championship drop zone after collecting only one point from their first four league games. Gary Rowett's side have conceded 12 goals in their last four matches across all competitions and suffered a 6-0 EFL Cup defeat to Brighton, registering just one Championship clean sheet since mid-April. Leicester City returned to the Championship after relegation and have won three of their first four league fixtures under Marti Cifuentes. Leicester opened with a dramatic 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday, recovered from a shock EFL Cup exit at Huddersfield, and beat Birmingham 2-0 before the international break. The match at the Kassam Stadium pits struggling hosts against in-form visitors.
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