The Iron return to League One action when they host Oxford United on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
Scunthorpe go into the match looking to bounce back from last week’s home loss to Plymouth, while the U’s were 3-0 winners at home to Shrewsbury Town.
A victory for Stuart McCall’s side could see them climb up from 17th to 14th in the table, while the visitors presently sit 21st.
TEAM NEWS...
McCall confirmed Stephen Humphrys (hamstring) is a doubt after coming off during last week's loss to Plymouth and only training partly on Thursday.
Lee Novak also took a knock late on in the game against Plymouth and hasn't trained but will be given time to recover ahead of Saturday too.
The game will probably come too soon for Funso Ojo (hamstring) and Matthew Lund (knee), while Josh Morris (jaw), Rory Watson (arm) and Matt Gilks (knee) remain absent.
PAST MEETINGS...
The Iron drew 1-1 at Oxford United back in March, with Ivan Toney on target, while in August last year we defeated them 1-0 through a Josh Morris goal.
SEASON/DATE | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
2017-18 - Fri 30 Mar | LG 1 | Oxford 1-1 Iron | Toney |
2017-18 - Sat 19 Aug | LG 1 | Iron 1-0 Oxford | Morris |
2016-17 - Sat 18 Mar | LG 1 | Oxford 2-1 Iron | Madden |
2016-17 - Tue 10 Jan | EFLT R3 | Oxford 4-1 Iron | Williams |
2016-17 - Sat 26 Nov | LG 1 | Iron 1-1 Oxford | Holmes |
2013-14 - Mon 21 Apr | LG 2 | Iron 1-0 Oxford | Sparrow |
2013-14 - Sun 29 Dec | LG 2 | Oxford 0-2 Iron | Burton, Syers |
2004-05 - Fri 25 Mar | LG 2 | Iron 1-1 Oxford | Baraclough |
2004-05 - Sat 14 Aug | LG 2 | Oxford 1-1 Iron | Hayes |
2003-04 - Wed 11 Feb | DIV 3 | Oxford 3-2 Iron | Torpey 2 |
2003-04 - Sat 23 Aug | DIV 3 | Iron 1-1 Oxford | Beagrie |
2002-03 - Sat 26 Apr | DIV 3 | Iron 2-0 Oxford | Hayes, Dalglish |
2002-03 - Sat 5 Oct | DIV 3 | Oxford 0-1 Iron | Beagrie |
2001-02 - Sat 9 Feb | DIV 3 | Iron 1-0 Oxford | Hodges |
2001-02 - Sat 20 Oct | DIV 3 | Oxford 0-1 Iron | Torpey |
1999-00 - Sat 29 Apr | DIV 2 | Oxford 2-0 Iron | |
1999-00 - Tue 19 Oct | DIV 2 | Iron 1-0 Oxford | Ipoua |
1983-84 - Sat 31 Mar | DIV 3 | Oxford 1-0 Iron | |
1983-84 - Wed 7 Sep | DIV 3 | Iron 0-0 Oxford | |
1967-68 - Sat 30 Dec | DIV 3 | Oxford 2-3 Iron | Deere 2, Sloan |
1967-68 - Tue 26 Dec | DIV 3 | Iron 1-1 Oxford | Sloan |
1966-67 - Fri 10 Mar | DIV 3 | Iron 2-2 Oxford | Barton, Sloan |
1966-67 - Sat 18 Feb | DIV 3 | Oxford 2-1 Iron | Burkinshaw |
1965-66 - Sat 28 May | DIV 3 | Oxford 0-3 Iron | Thomas, Bedford, Mahy |
1965-66 - Sat 30 Oct | DIV 3 | Iron 1-2 Oxford | Smith |
Our full record against Oxford United is as follows:
P | W | D | L | F | A | |
Home | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
Away | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 |
TOTAL | 25 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 26 |
ONE TO WATCH...
Gavin Whyte is Oxford’s top scorer so far this season with five goals.
United signed the Ulster Footballer of the Year from Crusaders in July 2018.
Blessed with pace to spare and an eye for goal, Whyte was on the radar of several EFL clubs, but it was the U’s who captured his signature.
Whyte, who was also the Northern Ireland Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year for 2017/18, has been capped for Northern Ireland U21s and also called up for the national team squad.
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