Head coach Des Buckingham says Oxford United can’t feel sorry for themselves as their away day misery continued.

Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat at fellow strugglers QPR means the Us have lost eight of their 10 away games in all competitions this season, drawing the other two, and haven’t won a league game on the road since a 2-1 victory at Exeter in April.

Buckingham told BBC Radio Oxford: “We played some good football but lacked that cutting edge in the final third. There were some good moments, but there wasn’t that crispness that we’ve seen in recent games.

“When their first goal goes in – especially when we’ve had good control of the game – it changes the complexity of the match and feels like you’re hard done by. We conceded a very sloppy second goal and it’s not the result we wanted.”

Defeat saw Buckingham’s side slip to 20th in the Championship, a place behind the Rs, and just two points separate the bottom five, but he remains positive as the Us prepare to host Sheffield Wednesday this weekend.

“We need to add to add that final third to the good build up play we have,” he added. “We have come to a team who have picked up some good results. But we have a long way to go and we can’t feel sorry for ourselves.

“We always pick the team that is the best fit for the game we have to play. We will always do that. Players have to play to a level, and we will do the same on Saturday and see what Sheffield Wednesday pose, and see what the best team is.

“This isn’t the end of the world. We are disappointed, but we have a nice home game on Saturday to try and get three points.”