{"id":664764,"date":"2026-02-06T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=664764"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:29:36","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-coventry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/06\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-coventry\/","title":{"rendered":"Midfield Struggles: Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to League Leaders Coventry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> are still without several key players for their trip to league leaders Coventry this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Sky Blues also have a few players missing but are in a much better position than the U’s.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Lose at Sheffield United\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

Hidde ter Avest<\/strong> \u2013 Hamstring<\/p>\n

Defender Hidde ter Avest should be back this month but the club are yet to give a timeline on his return.<\/p>\n

Nik Prelec<\/strong> \u2013 Groin<\/p>\n

Loanee Nik Prelec remains sidelined with a groin injury and still faces some time on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Tyler Goodrham<\/strong> \u2013 Ankle<\/p>\n

Academy graduate Tyler Goodrham has been ruled out for the rest of the season following surgery on his ankle.<\/p>\n

Jamie Donley<\/strong> \u2013 Shoulder<\/p>\n

January signing Jamie Donley remains sidelined with a shoulder injury he picked up on his debut against MK Dons.<\/p>\n

Brian De Keersmaecker<\/strong>– Shoulder<\/p>\n

Brian De Keersmaecker is expected to miss around a month of football having picked up a shoulder problem in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Jamie McDonnell<\/strong> – Knock<\/p>\n

January signing Jamie McDonnell missed the trip to Bramall Lane. Matt Bloomfield hasn’t confirmed how long the midfielder will be out for.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Jack Currie<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Another to miss the trip to Sheffield United was left-back, Jack Currie. However, the former AFC Wimbledon man should be available this weekend.<\/p>\n

Coventry City Injury News<\/h3>\n

Oliver Dovin<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Oliver Dovin has been out with a serious knee injury he sustained back in March. The 23-year-old was hoping for a return last month but has suffered further setbacks.<\/p>\n

Ephron Mason-Clark<\/strong> – Foot<\/p>\n

Coventry’s Ephron Mason-Clark was due to have a scan earlier in the week to determine the seriousness of the injury that forced him off in the first half at QPR.<\/p>\n

Coventry’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Kaine Kesler-Hayden<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Right-back Kaine Kesler-Hayden could be in contention after returning to training following an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Featured image courtesy of IMAGO \/\u00a0Sports Press Photo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United are still without several key players for their trip to league leaders Coventry this weekend. The Sky Blues also have a few players missing but are in a much better position than the U’s. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Lose at Sheffield United\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":664766,"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":[661,32761,32628],"class_list":["post-664764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","tag-coventry-city","tag-coventry-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\/664764","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=664764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664768,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664764\/revisions\/664768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}