{"id":665672,"date":"2026-02-27T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=665672"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:13:16","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-west-brom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/27\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-west-brom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Decided to Have an Operation’: Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Relegation Battle Against West Brom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have another injury blow ahead of the relegation six-pointer at home against West Brom.<\/p>\n

West Brom have some players out but head into this game off the back of sacking their second manager of the campaign.<\/p>\n

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

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Visit to Stoke<\/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

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

Brian De Keersmaecker has missed a month of football with a shoulder injury but Matt Bloomfield confirmed<\/a> after the Stoke defeat that he will miss the rest of the campaign after having an operation.<\/p>\n

Brodie Spencer<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Defender Brodie Spencer was selected in the starting line-up against Middlesbrough but felt something in his ankle during the warm-up, so he was replaced by Sam Long. As a result, Hidde ter Avest, who was originally omitted from Bloomfield’s 25-man squad, has been added.<\/p>\n

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

Midfielder Jamie McDonnell did feature at the Riverside but was replaced in the second half with an ankle injury, which Matt Bloomfield believes could see him out for a few weeks.<\/p>\n

Cameron Brannagan<\/strong> – Calf<\/p>\n

Skipper Cameron Brannagan could be a doubt after he was replaced with a calf injury he picked up at Stoke.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

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

Midfielder Jamie Donley missed the trip to Stoke but Bloomfield believes the Spurs loanee could make a return against the Baggies.<\/p>\n

West Brom Injury News<\/h3>\n

Chris Mepham<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Summer signing Chris Mepham has been out with a hamstring injury he picked up during a 1-1 draw against Stoke last month.<\/p>\n

Karlan Grant<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Also out with a hamstring injury is 28-year-old forward, Karlan Grant. However, his injury is more serious than Mepham’s, and he will be out longer than the defender.<\/p>\n

Josh Griffiths<\/strong> – Foot<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Josh Griffiths is still out with a foot injury he picked up during an FA Cup defeat against Norwich last month.<\/p>\n

Tammer Bany<\/strong> – Thigh<\/p>\n

Jordan international Tammer Bany is the closest to a return but he has been sidelined after undergoing surgery on a thigh injury he sustained in training back in December.<\/p>\n

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

Oxford United have another injury blow ahead of the relegation six-pointer at home against West Brom. West Brom have some players out but head into this game off the back of sacking their second manager of the campaign. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Lose at Stoke Latest Oxford United Team and Injury […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":665579,"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":[26,33,32,1830,30,8430],"tags":[32628,32655],"class_list":["post-665672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-brom","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","category-oxford-united","tag-oxford-united-injury-news","tag-west-brom-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665672","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=665672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665677,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665672\/revisions\/665677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}