{"id":616931,"date":"2022-08-28T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T16:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616931"},"modified":"2022-08-28T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T16:58:59","slug":"oxford-united-league-win-injury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/28\/oxford-united-league-win-injury-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: League One Win and Injury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/21\/oxford-united-one-point-two-games\/\" target=\"_self\">Oxford United<\/a> bowed out of the Carabao Cup this week but they also picked up a first away win of the new League One campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, the week has taken its toll with several first-team players out injured. Here is our weekly round-up.<\/p>\n<h2>Oxford United Weekly Round-Up: Injury News, Cup Exit and League Win<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Team news in \ud83d\udd1f!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#OUFC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COYY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#COYY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ApjpqJgVsb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ApjpqJgVsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oxford United (@OUFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OUFCOfficial\/status\/1563509392963604480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Eight First-Team Players Out Injured<\/h3>\n<p>Oxford&#8217;s injury woes continued ahead of their Carabao Cup clash against Crystal Palace, with eight first-team players ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>On top of summer signings Yanic Wildschut, Sam Baldock and Josh Murphy, Marcus Browne picked up a knee injury in the defeat against Lincoln City while Marcus McGuane suffered calf damage against Morecambe &#8211; a match in which skipper Elliott Moore also missed.<\/p>\n<p>Now, James Henry and Alex Rodriguez Gorrin were dealt hamstring blows ahead of their cup tie against the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oufc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/august\/crystal-palace-injury-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website<\/a>, U&#8217;s boss Karl Robinson said: &#8220;Obviously we knew that Yanic, Sam and Josh would be out for a while, but I can\u2019t remember ever having five players all waiting on scans in the same week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Marcus Browne, we are hoping the injury isn\u2019t as bad as we first feared but he will have another scan at the back end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus McGuane limped off on Saturday with a calf injury and we\u2019ll get him scanned tomorrow once things settle down, but we won\u2019t take any risks and he\u2019ll definitely miss Tuesday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elliott Moore needs a scan on a quad injury and then Alex Gorrin and James Henry will also need scans on their hamstrings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite a list and it is certainly going to test us, but we just get on with things. We have players who will step up, we will have a big crowd giving us their support and the one thing we do know is that whoever plays on Tuesday night is going to give their all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Oxford United Out of the Cup<\/h3>\n<p>Following on from their injury news, the U&#8217;s then bowed out of the cup with defeat at home against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>A much-changed and depleted U&#8217;s side held their Premier League opponents until the break but Patrick Vieira&#8217;s side netted twice late on to reach the third round.<\/p>\n<h3>First Away Win of the Season<\/h3>\n<p>Following their cup exit, Robinson&#8217;s side picked up a first away win of the season with a 2-1 victory at Cheltenham Town.<\/p>\n<p>The U&#8217;s fell behind in the second half but Cameron Brannagan levelled with a superb free kick. Billy Bodin was dismissed for the visitors after picking up a second yellow card but a late penalty, converted by Brannagan, sealed an important win.<\/p>\n<p>Oxford were boosted by the return of McGuane and Henry, who were ruled out of their Carabao Cup tie against Palace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford United bowed out of the Carabao Cup this week but they also picked up a first away win of the new League One campaign. However, the week has taken its toll with several first-team players out injured. Here is our weekly round-up. 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