{"id":661565,"date":"2025-11-21T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=661565"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:21:09","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-middlesbrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/11\/21\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-middlesbrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Middlesbrough Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> return from the international break with a tricky home game against high-flying Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

The U’s have no new injury concerns for this fixture but Boro have picked up a few knocks in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: International Break Comes at Good Time for Oxford United\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Tough Middlesbrough Fixture<\/h2>\n

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

Matt Phillips<\/strong> – Thigh<\/p>\n

Oxford have three players missing for this fixture and long-term absentee Matt Phillips remains sidelined with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n

Brodie Spencer<\/strong> – Foot<\/p>\n

Edging closer to a return but still a doubt for this game is defender, Brodie Spencer. The full-back missed Northern Ireland’s final two World Cup qualifiers but should be back before Phillips.<\/p>\n

Oxford Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Jack Currie<\/strong> – Knock<\/p>\n

The other full-back Jack Currie was still a doubt for this game but Gary Rowett has confirmed he could be in contention. The defender picked up a knock in the draw against Millwall and has missed the last two league games as a result.<\/p>\n

Middlesbrough Injury News<\/h3>\n

Abdoulaye Kante<\/strong> – Groin<\/p>\n

Young midfielder Abdoulaye Kante will miss the game with a groin injury. The 20-year-old underwent a minor operation at the end of October.<\/p>\n

George Edmondson – <\/strong>Hamstring<\/p>\n

George Edmondson was due to play against Birmingham but picked up a knock in training. Former Boro boss Rob Edwards, who left to join Wolves at the start of the international break, confirmed he would miss “five to six weeks<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Darragh Lenihan<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Defender Darragh Lenihan missed last season with a combination of injuries and has been struggling for fitness this season, too, with the 31-year-old still sidelined.<\/p>\n

Seny Dieng<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Seny Dieng has missed over ten months with an Achilles injury and his future at the club could be in doubt with reports suggesting he could depart in January.<\/p>\n

Middlesbrough Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Alfie Jones<\/strong> – Suspension<\/p>\n

Defender Alfie Jones missed Boro’s win over Birmingham after picking up a red card in the draw at Leicester. However, he is in contention for an immediate return against the U’s.<\/p>\n

Dael Fry<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

A doubt for the game against Birmingham, Dael Fry was forced off against the Blues. However, the recovery during the international break may mean he’s in contention for this game.<\/p>\n

Matt Targett<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

And it’s a similar story for loanee, Matt Targett. The defender also played through the pain barrier against Birmingham but was forced off along with Fry.<\/p>\n

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Featured image courtesy of IMAGO \/ Pro Sports Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United return from the international break with a tricky home game against high-flying Middlesbrough. The U’s have no new injury concerns for this fixture but Boro have picked up a few knocks in recent weeks. Read More: International Break Comes at Good Time for Oxford United\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":657916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,33,32,1830,19,30],"tags":[32666,32628],"class_list":["post-661565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-middlesborough","category-news","tag-middlesbrough-injury-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661628,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661565\/revisions\/661628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}