This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Salisbury City and Oxford United at 15:00 on Friday, 26th December 2008 in the (Conference) Premier.
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Oxford Utd. face a trip to Salisbury City at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium on Friday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The U's lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Salisbury City and Oxford Utd. at was less than a year ago, in January 2008, with Salisbury City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Jan | Salisbury City | 3 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 25 Sep | Oxford Utd. | 2 - 1 | Salisbury City | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Salisbury City's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Whites have scored 6, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Oxford Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The U's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 11 against.
Salisbury City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 23 matches. Oxford Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 30 points from their 23 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Salisbury City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Oxford Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Salisbury City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Oxford Utd. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 5 games since last defeat. |
