Pick of the stats: Oxford United v Blackburn Rovers

The club badges of Oxford United and Blackburn Rovers side by side. The Blackburn one shows an ox drawn in blue inside a shield with Oxford United written above it on a yellow background. Blackburn have a red rose inside a light blue circle with Blackburn Rovers FC written in yellow inside itOpta

A win for Oxford United on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) would make it three consecutive league victories for the first time since January 2025.

Blackburn Rovers will arrive at The Kassam Stadium having won more points away from Lancashire (21) than at Ewood Park (18).

  • Oxford have won just one of their past eight league games against Blackburn (D3 L4), though it was in this exact fixture last season (1-0).

  • Blackburn have won three of their five league meetings with Oxford this century, but are winless in the last two (D1 L1).

  • Following their 2-1 victory against West Brom, Oxford are looking to win consecutive home league games for the first time since March/April 2025.

  • Blackburn have won just one of their past nine away league games (D3 L5), beating QPR 3-1 last month.

  • Coming into this round of matches, only bottom side Sheffield Wednesday (11) have failed to score in more different Championship home games than Oxford (8) this season.

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