Oxford United welcome Plymouth Argyle in a bottom of the table battle at The Kassam Stadium on Sunday.
The U’s crept out of the bottom three on Boxing Day but there was no such festive cheer for the Pilgrims, with Wayne Rooney’s team succumbing to another heavy defeat.
Sunday’s hosts are 20th in the Championship heading into the year-ending round of fixtures, while the visitors remain last in the league.
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Oxford United have lost their last four league games against Plymouth Argyle since a 3-1 win back in April 2021.
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Plymouth Argyle and Oxford United last faced in the second tier of English football in April 1992 – the Pilgrims, then managed by Peter Shilton, won 3-1.
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Oxford United have won their final league game of the year in four of the last five years, although they lost 3-2 to Derby in 2023.
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Plymouth Argyle lost their final league game of the year in 2023, losing 2-1 to Southampton, though the Pilgrims haven’t ended a year with defeat in back-to-back years since doing so between 1994 and 1996.
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Plymouth’s Morgan Whittaker has scored in both of his league games against Oxford United, netting for Lincoln in January 2022 and the Pilgrims in September 2022.