This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Oxford United and Salisbury City at 15:00 on Thursday, 1st January 2009 in the (Conference) Premier.

History of the Oxford United v Salisbury City fixture

Oxford Utd. prepare to entertain Salisbury City at The Kassam Stadium on Thursday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The U's won the only previous game contested between the two.

The only previous meeting between Oxford Utd. and Salisbury City at was just last season, in September 2007, the U's carving out a narrow 2-1 victory 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:
2008/2009	Fri 26 Dec	Salisbury City	2 - 1	Oxford Utd.	CONF
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

Oxford United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The U's have scored 10 and conceded 3 during this period.

Salisbury City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Whites have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Oxford Utd.'s 33 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Salisbury City find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 28 points from their 24 matches.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Oxford Utd.	6	3	2	1	14	7	11
Salisbury City	6	2	0	4	7	14	6

FootyMad's prediction ...

Oxford Utd. may be coming up against a decent side in Salisbury City, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the U's. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Oxford Utd.	Unbeaten in the last 8 home games.
Salisbury City	9 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago.