{"id":671040,"date":"2026-01-03T11:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671040\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:22:29","slug":"latest-oxford-united-team-and-injury-news-for-trip-to-sheffield-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671040\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Sheffield United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/02\/jamie-donley-joins-oxford-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford United<\/a> make the trip to Sheffield United this Sunday with three more players in doubt with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Goodrham and Przemyslaw Placheta were forced off against Ipswich, which also saw Nik Prelec miss the game with injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/02\/jamie-donley-joins-oxford-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Donley Joins the U\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Sheffield United Fixture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Phillips<\/strong> \u2013 Thigh<\/p>\n<p>Still no news on a return for midfielder, Matt Phillips. The 34-year-old has been out since September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hidde ter Avest<\/strong> \u2013 Hamstring<\/p>\n<p>Full-back Hidde ter Avest remains sidelined with a hamstring injury. Brodie Spencer has been playing while Sam Long got minutes on New Year\u2019s Day so it\u2019s a position that the U\u2019s do have cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Davies<\/strong> \u2013 Knock<\/p>\n<p>Rangers loanee Ben Davies is still out with a knock. The defender hasn\u2019t been involved in any of the three games under caretaker boss, Craig Short.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nik Prelec<\/strong> \u2013 Groin<\/p>\n<p>Another loanee, forward Nik Prelec missed the trip to Ipswich with a groin injury. A timescale on his absence is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler Goodrham<\/strong> \u2013 Ankle<\/p>\n<p>Academy graduate Tyler Goodrham was forced off after just 22 minutes at Portman Road with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Przemyslaw Placheta<\/strong> \u2013 Calf<\/p>\n<p>Another to be replaced on New Year\u2019s Day was Polish winger, Przemyslaw Placheta. He has recently come back from injury but was replaced at the break after feeling something in his calf.<\/p>\n<p>Oxford\u2019s Returning Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cameron Brannagan<\/strong> \u2013 Calf<\/p>\n<p>Skipper Cameron is close to a return but didn\u2019t make the matchday squad against Ipswich, so this game could come too soon. However, of Oxford\u2019s absentees, he\u2019s probably the closest to full fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United Injury News<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Mee<\/strong> \u2013 Hand<\/p>\n<p>At the start of December, former Burnley defender Ben Mee underwent surgery on a hand injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chiedozie Ogbene<\/strong> \u2013 Hamstring<\/p>\n<p>Republic of Ireland international Chiedozie Ogbene picked up a hamstring injury during international duty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydie Peck<\/strong> \u2013 Calf<\/p>\n<p>Young midfielder Sydie Peck has been out with a calf injury he picked up in a 4-0 defeat against Stoke last month. Head coach Chris Wilder said he could be back for their FA Cup game against Mansfield.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Davies<\/strong> \u2013 Calf<\/p>\n<p>Former Everton midfielder Tom Davies is back in training following a calf injury but won\u2019t be rushed to a return, according to Wilder.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image courtesy of IMAGO \/ Action Plus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oxford United make the trip to Sheffield United this Sunday with three more players in doubt with injury.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,204279,1620,204280,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-671040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-oxford-united-injury-news","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-united-injury-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115830913641553395","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}