Oxford United vs Cheltenham Predictions

• Both teams have found the back of the net in four of the previous five meetings.
• Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last six.
• The hosts have not kept a clean sheet against Cheltenham Town in any of their last eight meetings.

Oxford firmly in the hunt at the top of the table

The hosts currently occupy fifth spot in the table and at the time of writing are just five points behind Rotherham United at the top of the table. In terms of points accrued, Karl Robinson’s men boast the second-best home record, with 27 of their 42 points being earned at the Kassam Stadium. They’re scoring an average of exactly two goals per game on home soil, but recently, they’ve been allowing their opposition too many chances, as is evident by the fact that both teams have found the back of the net in four of their last five games.

The Robins come into this one having not won any of their previous six games across all competitions, losing four of those. Their away fixtures this season have been seeing an average of 3.3 goals per game and so we could be in for a plethora of goalmouth action here. Cheltenham Town are struggling defensively, they’ve conceded 16 goals in their last five games and they’ll need their attack to be on form if they’re to earn something here.

Goals at both ends likely

Both of these sides have been quite sloppy at the back lately, particularly the visitors. We see the hosts coming away with the victory here but we think the best pick here is for both teams to find the back of the net in a high scoring match.