Cheltenham v Oxford
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Cheltenham defender Jamie Victory remains the only absentee with a persistent groin complaint.
manager John Ward is confident Victory will return for the Boxing Day visit of Chester, but this game comes too soon for the former West Ham trainee.
Oxford's Chris Tardif could start ahead of heavily criticised first-choice keeper Billy Turley.
Elsewhere, striker Steve Basham (calf) and on-loan Oldham forward Adam Griffin (dead leg) could return.
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Cheltenham @ 2.00 Bet365 is what I'm considering. Just going over the report of their recent meeting in the FA Cup (replay) which Cheltenham won 1-2 and it sounds like they deserved to win. I like the stats too: Cheltenham with 21 shots on goal to Oxford's 10 and hitting the woodwork too.
They met in the league not long before that and Oxford nicked a 1-2 win but again, Cheltenham sound the better side to me, doing most of the attacking 1st half but not able to turn their dominance into goals. 2nd half, relentless attacking again from the home side without managing to break through a stubborn Oxford defence. I think they'll feel a wee bit unlucky to have lost that one.
Before that we have their first FA cup match with Cheltenham again dominating the 1st half and I'm reading they should have been 3 or 4 goals up but Oxford this time having the best of the 2nd. Sounds a cracking game this one actually. Cheltenham with 22 shots on goal, hit the woodwork again while Oxford had 15 efforts and hit the woodwork twice.
Hmmmm, now I've gone over these reports I feel I could build a case for Oxford @ 3.4-3.8 (sigh) - I'll return to this as I'm not sure I want to pick a winner now. I think if the home odds were better I'd go with it and I still might but we'll see.
