Pick of the stats: Oxford United v Bristol City
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The Matt Bloomfield era at Oxford United begins as the U's welcome Bristol City on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
Oxford are second-bottom of the Championship, three points from safety, after a run of one win, and four points, from their past seven games.
Two defeats in their past three league games has seen the Robins slip to 10th, though they remain within two points of the play-off places.
Oxford are looking for a league double over Bristol City for the first time since the 1995/96 season under Denis Smith.
Bristol City have won on just two of their 18 league visits to Oxford United (D6 L10), winning 2-0 in 1972/73 and 1-0 in 2000/01.
Since the start of November, only Sheffield Wednesday (5) have picked up fewer points in the Championship than Oxford United (10), winning just two out of 13 games in that time (D4 L7).
Bristol City are 17 points ahead of Oxford but they've only won two of their past 10 league games when starting the day 17+ points clear of their opponents (D2 L6).
Excluding play-offs, only three players have been involved in more Championship goals in the past two seasons than Bristol City's Anis Mehmeti (20 goals, 7 assists) – he scored earlier this season against Oxford in the Robins' 3-1 defeat at Ashton Gate.
