{"id":668382,"date":"2026-04-17T02:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=668382"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:50:28","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/17\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Derby\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have no new injury concerns ahead of their important fixture on the road at promotion hopefuls, Derby.<\/p>\n

However, the Rams are without some key players for this fixture at Pride Park.<\/p>\n

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

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Derby<\/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

Nik Prelec<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Forward Nik Prelec rolled his ankle in training but Matt Bloomfield hasn’t said how serious the setback could be.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Jack Currie<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Left-back Jack Currie has missed the last three games with an ankle injury and will need an operation in the summer but Bloomfield believes he could be in contention should he feel the need to bring him back in.<\/p>\n

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

Former Millwall winger Aidomo Emakhu has returned to training following a groin issue, but has also missed the last few games.<\/p>\n

Derby Injury News<\/h3>\n

Patrick Agyemang<\/strong> – ACL<\/p>\n

The Rams have been dealt a huge blow with USMNT international Patrick Agyemang missing the rest of the season and the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n

Jacob Zetterstr\u00f6m<\/strong> – Virus<\/p>\n

Sweden international Jacob Zetterstr\u00f6m has not played since the 1-1 draw with West Brom due to a virus that has stopped him from participating in full training and playing.<\/p>\n

Owen Beck<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Liverpool loanee Owen Beck returned to his parent club after sustaining a hamstring injury at the start of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Callum Elder<\/strong> – Toe<\/p>\n

Australia international Callum Elder has been sidelined after suffering from a knee issue across recent matches, before picking up a toe injury in last month\u2019s fixture away at Hull.<\/p>\n

Bobby Clark<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Agyemang’s replacement Bobby Clark was forced off after just nine minutes in Derby’s defeat at Southampton.<\/p>\n

Rhian Brewster<\/strong> – Knee<\/p>\n

Former Liverpool man Rhian Brewster is out for the season with a severe knee injury he picked up against Birmingham last month.<\/p>\n

Derby’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Derry Murkin<\/strong> – Hamstring<\/p>\n

Star signing Derry Murkin picked up a knock on Easter Monday but could return when the U’s visit on Saturday.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

Oxford United have no new injury concerns ahead of their important fixture on the road at promotion hopefuls, Derby. However, the Rams are without some key players for this fixture at Pride Park. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Win Against Watford\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Derby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":666193,"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],"tags":[695,32629,32628],"class_list":["post-668382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","tag-derby-county","tag-derby-county-injury-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668382","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=668382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668383,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668382\/revisions\/668383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}