{"id":663523,"date":"2026-01-23T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663523"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:24:26","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-leicester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/23\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-leicester\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive Woes for U’s: Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Leicester"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> travel to Leicester this weekend with Matt Bloomfield still searching for his first win as the new head coach.<\/p>\n

The U’s have recorded back-to-back goalless draws against Bristol City and QPR but head to the King Power Stadium with several players sidelined.<\/p>\n

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

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Leicester<\/h2>\n

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

Hidde ter Avest<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/h3>\n

Full-back Hidde ter Avest remains sidelined with a hamstring injury. He is expected to be back next month.<\/p>\n

Nik Prelec<\/strong> – Groin<\/p>\n

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

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

Academy graduate Tyler Goodrham has been ruled out for the rest of the season<\/a> following surgery on his ankle. The 22-year-old was forced off during Oxford’s defeat at Ipswich on New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n

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

Winger Przemyslaw Placheta remains sidelined with a calf injury. The Pole was also replaced at during Oxford’s defeat at Ipswich.<\/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 forced off with concussion but has damaged his shoulder as a result of his fall.<\/p>\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 MK Dons. He has missed both league games under Bloomfield.<\/p>\n

Michal Helik<\/strong> – Knock<\/p>\n

Vice-captain Michal Helik was replaced at half time during the draw against QPR. Bloomfield said he felt something so replaced the Pole as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Leicester City Injury News<\/h3>\n

Aaron Ramsey – <\/strong>Hamstring<\/p>\n

On-loan midfielder Aaron Ramsey made a five minute cameo before being forced off again during Leicester’s win over Derby last month.<\/p>\n

Harry Souttar<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Australia international Harry Souttar hasn’t played since December, 2024, after tearing his Achilles while on loan at Sheffield United. However, he has recently returned to training.<\/p>\n

Victor Kristiansen<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Danish defender Victor Kristiansen has recently undergone surgery on a knee injury and still remains sidelined.<\/p>\n

Jordan James<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Welshman Jordan James went down with a hamstring injury during Leicester’s draw at Wrexham on Tuesday night. He did continue but was replaced five minutes before the break.<\/p>\n

Oliver Skipp<\/strong> – Head Injury<\/p>\n

Former Tottenham midfielder Oliver Skipp was forced off 20 minutes from the end in the same game in North Wales.<\/p>\n

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Featured image courtesy of IMAGO \/\u00a0<\/span>NurPhoto<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United travel to Leicester this weekend with Matt Bloomfield still searching for his first win as the new head coach. The U’s have recorded back-to-back goalless draws against Bristol City and QPR but head to the King Power Stadium with several players sidelined. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw Against QPR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":663533,"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":[8430,33,32,1830,15,30],"tags":[32719,32628],"class_list":["post-663523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-leicester-city","category-news","tag-leicester-city-injury-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663523","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=663523"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663534,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663523\/revisions\/663534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}