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Meet the opposition | Oxford United | Swansea

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Meet the opposition | Oxford United | Swansea

Mark Harris. The former Cardiff man has made a fine start to the campaign, with four goals to his name.

The Wales international came through Cardiff’s academy, and made his senior bow in 2017.

Loan spells with Newport County, Port Vale and Wrexham followed for the forward, before he became a regular part of Cardiff’s first-team squad.

After just shy of 100 league appearances, he departed to join Oxford in the summer of 2023, and netted 19 goals in all competitions as the U’s went on to secure promotion.

Forward Ruben Rodrigues will be a familiar face to Swans boss Luke Williams, who worked with Rodrigues at Notts County.

The Portuguese player had spells with a handful of Dutch clubs early in his career, but he truly found his feet after joining National League Notts County in 2020.

He quickly made an impact, scoring seven goals in a calendar month prior to the end of his first season with the club.

He contributed 19 more goals during the 2022-23 campaign, including a crucial equaliser in the play-off final, to help County return to the EFL before moving to Oxford that summer and going on to experience another promotion with the U’s.

Defender Ben Nelson has enjoyed a fine start to the season with Oxford after joining on loan from Leicester on deadline day.

The 20-year-old England youth international had previous loan spells in the EFL with Rochdale and Doncaster, and made his Championship bow for Leicester last term as the Foxes sealed an immediate return to the Premier League.