The game between Oxford United and Kettering Town in the (Conference) Premier on Saturday, 6th September 2008 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Oxford United v Kettering Town fixture

Oxford Utd. play host to Kettering Town at The Kassam Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The last time the two teams met at Oxford Utd. was way back in the black-and-white days of November 1976, with Kettering Tn. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the U's in a F.A. Cup match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1976/1977	Tue 23 Nov	Oxford Utd.	0-1	Kettering Tn.	FAC
1976/1977	Sat 20 Nov	Kettering Tn.	1 - 1	Oxford Utd.	FAC
1963/1964	Sat 07 Dec	Oxford Utd.	2 - 1	Kettering Tn.	FAC

Recent respective form guides

Oxford United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the U's in those games, with 6 conceded.

The Poppies have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Poppies, and 4 goals against.

Oxford Utd. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 7 matches. Kettering Tn. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 13 from their 7 games so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Oxford Utd.	6	2	2	2	9	8	8
Kettering Tn.	6	3	3	0	7	3	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

Oxford Utd. are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Kettering Tn. running out comfortable winners. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Oxford Utd.	Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Kettering Tn.	Undefeated in last 6 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago.