{"id":664973,"date":"2026-02-09T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=664973"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:45:12","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-norwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/09\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-norwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Striker Suspended: Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Norwich Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have a few injuries, unregistered players and one suspension ahead of the visit of Norwich on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Canaries are without ten first-team players for the trip but are in good form despite the number of absentees.<\/p>\n

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

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

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

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

Defender Hidde ter Avest should have been back later this month but the defender wasn’t included in Bloomfield’s 25-man squad.<\/p>\n

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

And it’s the same for academy graduate, Tyler Goodrham, although he has been ruled out for the rest of the season following surgery on his ankle.<\/p>\n

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

Loanee Nik Prelec remains sidelined with a groin injury and still faces some time out of the squad.<\/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 after picking up a shoulder injury in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Stan Mills<\/strong> – Knock<\/p>\n

Winger Stan Mills missed the trip to the CBS Arena but Bloomfield is yet to give any details on his injury.<\/p>\n

Will Lankshear<\/strong> – Suspended<\/p>\n

Striker Will Lankshear was handed two quick yellow cards in Oxford’s draw at Coventry and will miss the game through suspension.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Jack Currie<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Having missed the last few fixtures, Jack Currie could be available for this game after recovering from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Norwich City Injury News<\/h3>\n

Harry Amass<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

January signing Harry Amass has already suffered an injury blow during a training session. The on-loan Manchester United defender faces a lengthy spell out.<\/p>\n

Ante Crnac<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Former Canaries boss Liam Manning confirmed<\/a> that Ante Crnac will miss the remainder of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament back in October.<\/p>\n

Shane Duffy<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Defender Shane Duffy picked up an injury during an U21 game back in December.<\/p>\n

Amankwah Forson<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

23-year-old Amankwah Forson picked up a hamstring injury during the first game of the season against Millwall. He made a brief return to action but has been sidelined since December with the same injury.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Forsyth<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Young midfielder Gabriel Forsyth has had surgery on his knee for the second time as medical staff search for a solution to his injury nightmare. The 19-year-old has been out with the same issue since November last year.<\/p>\n

Matej Jurasek<\/strong> – Foot<\/p>\n

Despite making a recent return, big-money signing Matej Jurasek has been ruled out with a foot injury.<\/p>\n

Pelle Mattsson<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Midfielder Pelle Mattsson is out for “several weeks<\/a>” with an ankle injury he picked up in the recent win against Coventry.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Schlupp<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Premier League winner Jeffrey Schlupp remains sidelined with a hamstring injury he sustained back in November.<\/p>\n

Mirko Topi\u0107<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Mirko Topi\u0107 is expected to miss the remainder of the campaign after picking up an ACL injury against the U’s when the sides met at Carrow Road in November.<\/p>\n

Lucien Mahovo<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Left-back Lucien Mahovo has only recently returned to action but is once again out with a muscle injury.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Featured image courtesy of IMAGO \/\u00a0Pro Sports Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United have a few injuries, unregistered players and one suspension ahead of the visit of Norwich on Tuesday night. The Canaries are without ten first-team players for the trip but are in good form despite the number of absentees. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw at Coventry\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":664976,"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":[8430,33,32,1830,30,1370],"tags":[32763,32628],"class_list":["post-664973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","category-norwich-city","tag-norwich-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\/664973","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=664973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664977,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664973\/revisions\/664977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}