{"id":665374,"date":"2026-02-20T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=665374"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:42:00","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-to-middlesbrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/20\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-to-middlesbrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive Doubt? Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Tough Trip to Middlesbrough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> face another tough away day when Matt Bloomfield’s side travel to Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

Michal Helik is the latest injury doubt for the U’s but they did welcome some key players back for their FA Cup game against Sunderland.<\/p>\n

As for Boro, they’re without a few for this fixture.<\/p>\n

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

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

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\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

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

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

Brian De Keersmaecker is still expected to miss around a month of football after picking up a shoulder injury in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Michael Helik<\/strong> – Quad<\/p>\n

Vice captain Michal Helik is the latest injury doubt after the Polish defender missed the FA Cup fixture against the Black Cats with a quad issue.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Both Jamie Donley and Jack Currie made a return last time out so the duo will be raring to go at the Riverside. However, Myles Peart-Harris was rested but should also be available.<\/p>\n

Middlesbrough Injury News<\/h3>\n

Alex Bangura<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Defender Alex Bangura sustained his latest injury during Middlesbrough’s Championship clash against Southampton last month.<\/p>\n

George Edmundson<\/strong> – Hip<\/p>\n

Fellow defender George Edmundson has had an injury-hit campaign, managing just six league appearances. His last outing came at home to Blackburn on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n

Alfie Jones<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Also injured in that Blackburn fixture was Alfie Jones. The defender has since had surgery on the ankle issue that forced him off.<\/p>\n

Seny Dieng<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Senegal international Seny Dieng remains sidelined with an ACL injury. Boro were looking to offload him during the January transfer window but a move to Feyenoord fell through.<\/p>\n

Darragh Lenihan<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

A long term absentee, Darragh Lenihan hasn’t been registered as part of Kim Hellberg’s 25-man squad.<\/p>\n

Middlesbrough’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Leo Castledine<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Chelsea loanee Leo Castledine has missed the last three games with a muscle injury but could be in contention for this fixture.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

Oxford United face another tough away day when Matt Bloomfield’s side travel to Middlesbrough. Michal Helik is the latest injury doubt for the U’s but they did welcome some key players back for their FA Cup game against Sunderland. As for Boro, they’re without a few for this fixture. Read More: Three Talking Points as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":665381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_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":[347,32666,32628],"class_list":["post-665374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","tag-middlesbrough","tag-middlesbrough-injury-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665374","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=665374"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665390,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665374\/revisions\/665390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}