Oxford Utd vs Swansea – The EFL Cup first round matchup between Oxford United and Swansea City will take place on Tuesday at the Kassam Stadium.
In previous editions of the competition, teams have made it all the way to the final, with the hosts coming out on top in 1986 and the Championship team winning the championship in 2013
The majority of the conflicts between Oxford and Cambridge occur on the river rather than on the football field, but Karl Robinson’s team won the League One match on Saturday with a narrow 1-0 victory. After coming off the bench late in the game,
Tyler Goodrham was only given a brief amount of time to make an impact. However, the 19-year-old lit up the Kassam Stadium with a 93rd-minute winner to give his team their first three points of the year.
Oxford began League One play by losing to Derby County by the same score, and they now aim to make a splash in the EFL Cup. Oxford did manage to defeat Queens
Park Rangers in the 1986 final, but their recent performances in the competition have not been as noteworthy. The U’s have not lost in the first round since the 2017–18 campaign,
and they even advanced to the quarterfinals in 2019–20 before losing to Manchester City, but in the last two cycles, their run has come to a stop in the second round.
Oxford Utd vs Swansea – Betting Analysis
The Liberty Stadium faithful witnessed their team being torn to bits against a tough Blackburn Rovers side, leaving them winless after two Championship games this season,
Despite the weekend’s abundant celebration from Oxford fans. Blackburn scored goals through Ben Brereton Diaz, Sammie Szmodics, and Lewis Travis as Russell Martin cut a dejected figure on the dugout and was unavoidably questioned about the Swans’ style of play.
Even the Rovers bench apparently started laughing when Swansea had over 70% of the ball but still lost. Martin, though, seemed unfazed by the result as his team had just one point from their first two Championship games.
Swansea hasn’t advanced past the last-16 stage of the competition since defeating Bradford City by five goals in the 2012–13 EFL Cup final, and their run in the 2021–22 competition was cut short by Brighton & Hove
Albion in round three. Swansea had the upper hand in their encounters with Oxford when they were both playing League Two, but the U’s prevailed 3-2 in their most recent meeting in the third round of the 2015–16 FA Cup.
Oxford Utd vs Swansea – Head -to- Head
Our Prediction: Over 2.5 Goals
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