Oxford United vs Swindon Town; Vertu Trophy Southern Area Second Round
Oxford United vs Swindon Town. Vertu Trophy Southern Area Second Round.
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Oxford v Swindon preview
Monday 5 October 2015 16:40, UK
Oxford look set to be without midfielder Danny Rose for Tuesday's Johnstone's Paint Trophy derby clash with Swindon at the Kassam Stadium.
Rose came off in the first half of Saturday's 3-1 Sky Bet League 2 win at Accrington due to an apparent hip problem and is not expected to feature.
Striker Danny Hylton definitely misses out as he is suspended, while defender Sam Long is still facing around a month on the sidelines because of his ankle injury.
Otherwise, boss Michael Appleton has a full squad to choose from.
Swindon are assessing the condition of striker Fabien Robert, for whom things were not looking promising at the weekend.
The Frenchman had to come off in the first half of Saturday's 1-0 League One defeat at Blackpool, and manager Mark Cooper said afterwards: "Fab looks as though he's got a bad ankle injury. We'll get him scanned."
Former Marseille midfielder Momar Bangoura, an unused substitute against Blackpool after signing on a free transfer last week, could make his debut.
Jordan Williams (knee), Wes Thomas (hamstring) and Nathan Thompson (groin) are unavailable due to injury, while international duty is set to deprive the Robins of the likes of Louis Thompson and Yaser Kasim.