{"id":663422,"date":"2026-01-19T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663422"},"modified":"2026-01-18T06:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:57:22","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-qpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/19\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-qpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Scorer Sidelined: Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for QPR Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> welcome QPR to Grenoble Road on Tuesday night but did welcome some players back last time out against Bristol City.<\/p>\n

The R’s also have some injury woes ahead of their trip, with their top scorer one of several on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

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

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for QPR Clash<\/h2>\n

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

Hidde ter Avest<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Full-back Hidde ter Avest remains sidelined with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Nik Prelec<\/strong> – Groin<\/p>\n

Attacker Nik Prelec is still out with a groin injury. He has just completed surgery so begins the road to recovery.<\/p>\n

Tyler Goodrham<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Another attacker to miss the game will be Tyler Goodrham. The youngster remains out as a result of an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Przemyslaw Placheta<\/strong> – Calf<\/p>\n

Winger Przemyslaw Placheta remains sidelined with a calf injury. The Pole was replaced at half-time during Oxford’s New Year’s Day defeat at Ipswich and hasn’t played since.<\/p>\n

Jamie Donley<\/strong> – Shoulder<\/p>\n

New signing Jamie Donley made his debut against MK Dons but was replaced after just 17 minutes. The midfielder was replaced with concussion but has damaged his shoulder as a result of his fall.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Ben Davies<\/strong> – Calf<\/p>\n

Defender Ben Davies felt something in his calf after playing 120 minutes in the FA Cup game at ML Dons. However, he could be in contention for Tuesday night, according to Matt Bloomfield.<\/p>\n

QPR Injury News<\/h3>\n

Rumarn Burrell<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Top scorer Rumarn Burrell won’t be back until next month as a result of a hamstring injury he picked up in a win over Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Ilias Chair<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Midfielder Ilias Chair is continuing his rehabilitation after picking up a muscle injury.<\/p>\n

Jake Clarke-Salter<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

And it’s the same story for Jake Clarke-Salter. The defender is missing due to an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Ziyad Larkeche<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Fellow defender Ziyad Larkeche remains sidelined with an ACL injury he sustained in training back in August.<\/p>\n

Kwame Poku<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Like Burrell, Kwame Poku picked up an injury in the win over Wednesday. The former Peterborough man is expected to return to training next month.<\/p>\n

Koki Saito<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Japan international Koki Saito is expected to be out for a couple of weeks<\/a> with a muscle injury he picked up during the R’s FA Cup defeat against West Ham.<\/p>\n

Liam Morrison<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Liam Morrison sustained a knock during the warm-up against Wednesday, but is expected back in training.<\/p>\n

QPR Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Jonathan Varane<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Varane suffered a minor knee sprain but is in contention for a return on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Harvey Vale<\/strong> – Knock<\/p>\n

Former Chelsea man Harvey Vale could be set for a return against the U’s. He’s been out with a knock for a few weeks.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

Oxford United welcome QPR to Grenoble Road on Tuesday night but did welcome some players back last time out against Bristol City. The R’s also have some injury woes ahead of their trip, with their top scorer one of several on the sidelines. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw Against Bristol City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":663424,"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":[8430,33,32,1830,30],"tags":[32628,279,32715],"class_list":["post-663422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news","tag-qpr","tag-qpr-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663422","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=663422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663428,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663422\/revisions\/663428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}