Pick of the stats: Oxford United v Birmingham City
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A win for Oxford United could see them move out of the Championship's relegation zone on Saturday but they will also need one other result to go their way.
Birmingham City are hoping to record back-to-back away league wins for the first time this season.
This will be the first time this century that Birmingham have faced Oxford United away from home in the league, with Blues winning 7-1 on their last trip there (December 1998, also in the second tier).
After a 1-0 victory in this season's reverse fixture, Birmingham will be looking to do the league double over Oxford for the first time since 1985-86.
Following their victory away at Leicester City last time out, Oxford United will be aiming for consecutive wins in the Championship for the first time since January 2025 (1-0 v Blackburn and 3-2 v Luton).
Only bottom side Sheffield Wednesday (1,307:42) have trailed for more minutes than Birmingham (1,045:30) in the Championship this season.
Brian De Keersmaecker has more than twice as many assists as any other Oxford player in the Championship this season (5); indeed, he has the most chances created (37) and big chances created (9) for the U's in the competition this term.
