{"id":661741,"date":"2025-11-27T02:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=661741"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:49:32","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-ipswich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/11\/27\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-ipswich\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Visit of Ipswich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have been dealt another injury blow to a key player ahead of a tough test against Ipswich.<\/p>\n

However, the Tractor Boys also have some key players missing for the fixture on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw Against Norwich\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Ipswich Visit<\/h2>\n

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

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

Still sidelined is winger, Matt Phillips. Gary Rowett is still yet to comment on his absence so his return remains unknown.<\/p>\n

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

Arguably closer to a return but still not ready is defender, Brodie Spencer. The right-back picked up a foot injury in Oxford’s last win which came at Sheffield Wednesday last month.<\/p>\n

Cameron Brannagan<\/strong> – Calf<\/p>\n

Having been forced off in the draw against Middlesbrough, head coach Gary Rowett has confirmed that skipper Cameron Brannagan could miss up to five to six weeks<\/a> with a calf injury.<\/p>\n

Ciaron Brown<\/strong> – Groin<\/p>\n

Key defender Ciaron Brown was forced off during Tuesday night’s draw at Norwich. The Northern Ireland international missed the start of the season so the U’s will be hoping this won’t be a long-term absentee.<\/p>\n

Ipswich Injury News<\/h3>\n

Wes Burns<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Former Oxford loanee Wes Burns remains sidelined with a knee injury. The Welsh winger recently returned to training having been missing since late January.<\/p>\n

Harry Clarke<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Defender Harry Clarke has struggled with a knee injury since April. His future at his hometown club is in doubt as a result.<\/p>\n

Alex Palmer<\/strong> – Calf<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Alex Palmer suffered a calf injury in the 3-0 home defeat to Charlton last month and remains sidelined.<\/p>\n

Sammie Szmodics<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Forward Sammie Szmodics underwent knee surgery at the end of October. The 31-year-old has struggled with injuries over the last 18 months.<\/p>\n

Conor Townsend<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Defender Conor Townsend has been missing since pre-season with a knee injury. The full-back is expected to miss the majority of the campaign.<\/p>\n

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

Oxford United have been dealt another injury blow to a key player ahead of a tough test against Ipswich. However, the Tractor Boys also have some key players missing for the fixture on Friday night. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw Against Norwich\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Ipswich […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":653959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[8430,33,32,1830,32859,30],"tags":[1397,32672,32628],"class_list":["post-661741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-ipswich-town","category-news","tag-ipswich-town","tag-ipswich-town-injury-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661741","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=661741"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661746,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661741\/revisions\/661746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}