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Friday 26 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-1 · Kassam Stadium, Oxford · Referee Leigh Doughty

Oxford United v Southampton: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Oxford United's last 10 home games and Southampton's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 16 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 15 of 20, with 10.8 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Oxford United v Southampton, full match

30%

Possession

70%

0.91

Expected goals (xG)

1.44

17

Shots

19

6

Shots on target

5

Corners

7

14

Fouls

9

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

8'

Yellow card

Brodie Spencer OXF

23'

Goal

Tyler Goodrham OXF

29'

Goal

Taylor Harwood-Bellis SOU

37'

Yellow card

Flynn Downes SOU

89'

Goal

Stanley Mills OXF

90'

Yellow card

Stanley Mills OXF

At a glance

Oxford United

23rd in the table

L

D

L

W

Southampton

4th in the table

D

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Oxford United's home games and Southampton's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Oxford United's last 10 home games and Southampton's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

80%

16/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

85%

17/20 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

47%

9/19 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 53%

Oxford United clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 25%

Southampton clean sheet

0%

0/10 games · League 25%

Oxford United fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 25%

Southampton fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.1

League 2.6

Corners (19 games)

10.8

League 10.3

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Oxford United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jamie Cumming

DEFENDERS

3

6

15

26

MIDFIELDERS

12

Luke Harris

14

Brian De Keersmaecker

19

Tyler Goodrham

FORWARDS

7

Przemysław Płacheta

16

Nik Prelec

17

Stanley Mills

SUBSTITUTES

21

2

22

4

23

50

9

11

27

Southampton

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Gavin Bazunu

DEFENDERS

3

Ryan Manning

5

Jack Stephens

6

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

15

Nathan Wood

18

Tom Fellows

MIDFIELDERS

4

Flynn Downes

20

Caspar Jander

FORWARDS

9

Adam Armstrong

10

Finn Azaz

13

Leo Scienza

SUBSTITUTES

1

17

7

26

28

34

48

19

46

Referee: Leigh Doughty

18 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.11

Fouls per game

21.4

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

OXF

SOU

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

3.0

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

95%

21/22

91%

20/22

93%

41/44

95%

Over 1.5

68%

15/22

91%

20/22

80%

35/44

75%

Over 2.5

50%

11/22

68%

15/22

59%

26/44

51%

Over 3.5

23%

5/22

36%

8/22

30%

13/44

27%

Over 4.5

5%

1/22

14%

3/22

9%

4/44

11%

Bet

OXF

SOU

Match

League

Yes

59%

13/22

82%

18/22

70%

31/44

59%

Yes and win

14%

3/22

32%

7/22

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

45%

10/22

64%

14/22

55%

24/44

42%

Yes and draw

27%

6/22

23%

5/22

25%

11/44

22%

Yes and loss

18%

4/22

27%

6/22

19%

Yes in both halves

5%

1/22

0%

0/22

2%

1/44

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Bet

OXF

SOU

Match

League

Corners per match

11.6

10.3

10.9

10.2

Over 7.5

90%

19/21

90%

19/21

90%

38/42

78%

Over 8.5

81%

17/21

81%

17/21

81%

34/42

69%

Over 9.5

71%

15/21

52%

11/21

62%

26/42

54%

Over 10.5

67%

14/21

38%

8/21

52%

22/42

42%

Over 11.5

57%

12/21

24%

5/21

40%

17/42

32%

Over 12.5

33%

7/21

19%

4/21

26%

11/42

24%

Referee Leigh Doughty: 4.4 cards and 21.4 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

OXF

SOU

Match

League

Cards per match

3.0

4.6

3.8

Over 2.5

64%

14/22

95%

21/22

80%

35/44

75%

Over 3.5

41%

9/22

77%

17/22

59%

26/44

50%

Over 4.5

27%

6/22

32%

7/22

30%

13/44

32%

Over 5.5

9%

2/22

32%

7/22

20%

9/44

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Adam Armstrong

19 starts · 0.6 per 90

22%

4/18

42%

8/19

11%

2/19

0%

0/19

Finn Azaz

15 starts · 0.5 per 90

7%

1/15

33%

5/15

7%

1/15

0%

0/15

Leo Scienza

13 starts · 0.3 per 90

15%

2/13

23%

3/13

0%

0/13

0%

0/13

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Oxford United

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Charlton Athletic

(A)

0-1

L

13 Dec

Preston North End

(H)

1-2

L

9 Dec

Blackburn Rovers

(A)

1-1

D

6 Dec

Swansea City

(A)

0-2

L

28 Nov

Ipswich Town

(H)

2-1

W

Southampton

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Coventry City

(H)

1-1

D

13 Dec

Norwich City

(A)

1-2

L

9 Dec

West Bromwich Albion

(H)

3-2

W

6 Dec

Birmingham City

(H)

3-1

W

29 Nov

Millwall

(A)

2-3

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Oxford United and Southampton haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Championship table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Coventry

46

28

11

7

97

45

+52

95

W

D

2

Ipswich

46

23

15

8

80

47

+33

84

W

D

W

D

3

Millwall

46

24

11

64

49

+15

83

W

D

W

D

4

Southampton

46

22

14

10

82

56

+26

80

W

D

W

5

Middlesbrough

46

22

14

10

72

47

+25

80

D

W

D

L

6

Hull City

46

21

10

15

70

66

+4

73

W

L

D

L

7

Wrexham

46

19

14

13

69

65

+4

71

D

L

W

L

8

Derby

46

20

9

17

67

59

+8

69

L

W

L

W

L

9

Norwich

46

19

8

19

63

56

+7

65

L

D

W

L

10

Birmingham

46

17

13

16

57

56

+1

64

D

W

D

W

11

Swansea

46

18

10

18

57

59

-2

64

W

D

W

L

W

12

Bristol City

46

17

11

18

59

0

62

W

L

D

L

D

13

Sheffield Utd

46

18

6

22

66

0

60

W

L

W

14

Preston

46

15

16

55

62

-7

60

L

W

L

W

15

QPR

46

16

10

20

61

73

-12

58

L

D

16

Watford

46

14

15

17

53

65

-12

57

L

17

Stoke City

46

15

10

21

51

56

-5

55

L

D

18

Portsmouth

46

14

13

19

49

64

-15

55

D

W

L

W

19

West Brom

46

13

14

19

48

58

-10

53

L

D

W

D

20

Charlton

46

13

14

19

44

58

-14

53

L

W

L

D

L

21

Leicester

46

12

16

18

58

68

-10

52

W

D

L

22

Blackburn

46

13

20

42

56

-14

52

L

W

D

L

D

23

Oxford Utd

46

11

14

21

45

59

-14

47

L

W

L

W

24

Sheffield Wed

46

2

12

32

29

89

-60

18

W

L

D

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Oxford United v Southampton: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Oxford United

Southampton

Referee: Leigh Doughty

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Oxford United

Southampton

Head to head

Championship table