{"id":667551,"date":"2026-04-05T01:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=667551"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:02:15","slug":"latest-oxford-united-team-injury-news-clash-at-portsmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/05\/latest-oxford-united-team-injury-news-clash-at-portsmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Winger Returning? Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Crucial Clash at Portsmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have some new injury concerns ahead of their crucial relegation six-pointer against John Mousinho’s Portsmouth.<\/p>\n

Pompey could have up to eight players missing through injury, with the hosts sweating on the fitness of a former U’s player.<\/p>\n

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

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News Relegation Battle at Portsmouth<\/h2>\n

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

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

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 will also miss the rest of the season after undergoing an operation on his shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

Jack Currie<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Defender Jack Currie missed the game against Hull after taking a kick on his ankle, so he is a doubt.<\/p>\n

Aidomo Emakhu<\/strong> – Groin and Illness<\/p>\n

Former Millwall winger Aidomo Emakhu missed a week of training with a groin issue, alongside an illness.<\/p>\n

Portsmouth Injury News<\/h3>\n

Ebou Adams<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

January signing Ebou Adams is set to miss a couple of weeks with a knee injury. The former Derby man played the full game despite picking up the problem in Portsmouth’s 6-1 defeat at QPR.<\/p>\n

Aji Alese<\/strong> – Quad<\/p>\n

Sunderland loanee Aji Alese has been ruled out for the season after the defender suffered a serious quad tear on his Pompey debut.<\/p>\n

Franco Umeh-Chibueze<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Winger Franco Umeh-Chibueze is also out for the rest of the campaign after suffering a severe hamstring tear during Portsmouth’s FA Cup defeat against Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Mark Kosznovszky<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

Hungarian midfielder Mark Kosznovszky is another to be sidelined for the foreseeable future after sustaining a knee injury against Charlton in December, where he damaged both the ACL and MCL.<\/p>\n

Florian Bianchini<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Winger Florian Bianchini has been out since November with a severe knee injury, with the 24-year-old Swansea loanee still some time away from a return.<\/p>\n

Josh Knight<\/strong> – Back<\/p>\n

Closer to a return is defender, Josh Knight, although the 28-year-old hasn’t featured since November.<\/p>\n

Thomas Waddingham<\/strong> – Hip<\/p>\n

Young Australian forward Thomas Waddingham hasn’t been in action since late August and, although he was expected to make a return last month, remains sidelined.<\/p>\n

Portsmouth Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Josh Murphy<\/strong> – Foot<\/p>\n

Former U’s winger and Wembley hero Josh Murphy had been ruled out for the season with a foot injury but the 31-year-old could yet feature before the campaign ends.<\/p>\n

Keshi Anderson<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

January signing Keshi Anderson made his return from the bench at Norwich after a two-month layoff with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Andre Dozzell<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Former Ipswich and QPR midfielder Andre Dozzell also came on as a substitute after suffering from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

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Oxford United have some new injury concerns ahead of their crucial relegation six-pointer against John Mousinho’s Portsmouth. Pompey could have up to eight players missing through injury, with the hosts sweating on the fitness of a former U’s player. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw Against Hull Latest Oxford United Team and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":667558,"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":[32628,914,32817],"class_list":["post-667551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news","tag-portsmouth","tag-portsmouth-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667551","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=667551"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667683,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667551\/revisions\/667683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}