{"id":668067,"date":"2026-04-10T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=668067"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:21:22","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-visit-watford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/10\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-visit-watford\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive Boost: Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Visit of Watford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have no new injury concerns ahead of their important home fixture against Watford.<\/p>\n

However, the Hornets are without several players for this trip to Grenoble Road.<\/p>\n

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

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Visit of Watford<\/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

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Jack Currie<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Left-back Jack Currie has missed the last two games with an ankle injury but head coach Matt Bloomfield believes he could be in contention against the Hornets.<\/p>\n

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

Former Millwall winger Aidomo Emakhu has returned to training following a groin issue, but did not make the matchday squad at Portsmouth.<\/p>\n

Watford Injury News<\/h3>\n

Marc Bola<\/strong> – Hip<\/p>\n

Marc Bola has been struggling with a hip issue in training. The defender has missed the last two games.<\/p>\n

James Abankwah<\/strong> – Leg<\/p>\n

James Abankwah picked up an injury making his debut for the Republic of Ireland during the recent international break.<\/p>\n

Stephen Mfuni<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Defender Stephan Mfuni has returned to his parent club Manchester City after being ruled out for the rest of the campaign with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Ngakia<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Right-back Jeremy Ngakia, who scored a brace when the sides met at Vicarage Road earlier in the season, remains sidelined with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Othmane Maamma<\/strong> – Muscle<\/p>\n

Moroccan winger Othmane Maamma has been out since February with a muscle injury he picked up in a game against Derby.<\/p>\n

Hector Kyprianou<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Also out since February is midfielder, Hector Kyprianou. The 24-year-old has been suffering from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Rocco Vata<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Forward Rocco Vata is out for the season after the 20-year-old sustained a hamstring injury back in January.<\/p>\n

Pierre Dwomoh<\/strong> – Thigh<\/p>\n

Midfielder Pierre Dwomoh has been plagued with thigh injuries for some time, limiting the 21-year-old to just one minute of football this season.<\/p>\n

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Oxford United have no new injury concerns ahead of their important home fixture against Watford. However, the Hornets are without several players for this trip to Grenoble Road. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Draw at Portsmouth\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Visit of Watford Oxford United Injury News Tyler […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":668075,"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":[8430,33,32,1830,30,25],"tags":[32628,32832],"class_list":["post-668067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","category-watford","tag-oxford-united-injury-news","tag-watford-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668067","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=668067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668078,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668067\/revisions\/668078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}