Stoke City and Oxford United will aim to bolster their respective positions when they meet at the Bet365 Stadium on Wednesday night (20:00 GMT).
For the Potters, the hope will be to regain their momentum after a winless run of seven league games (D4 L3) leaves them down in 16th place and seven points adrift of the play-off places they once occupied.
But for the U's, things may be even more worrying. Their winless run of five games (D2 L3) has them five points away from safety in the bottom three.
- Following their 3-0 win in November, Stoke are looking to complete the league double over Oxford United for the first time.
- Oxford haven't scored more than once in any of their last six league games against Stoke, netting just three goals in total (W1 D3 L2).
- Stoke have lost half of their midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) league games this season (W3 D1 L4), though one of their victories was in the reverse fixture against Oxford.
- Oxford are winless in their last 13 midweek (Tues, Weds, Thurs) league games (D5 L8), netting just six goals in this run.
- Stoke boss Mark Robins has lost just one of his six league meetings with Oxford (W3 D2), going down 1-0 at home while at Coventry in March 2019.
