Pick of the stats: Oxford United v Sheffield Wednesday

[BBC] Oxford United may be able to continue their fight for survival as they host Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday (15:00 BST). If Charlton fail to take a point against play-off chasing Hull City in the lunchtime kick-off, Oxford will need to claim victory against basement side Wednesday to extend the relegation battle to the final day. Though the U's have lost their past two successive games while the Owls have drawn three of their past four, losing their last match against Middlesbrough by just a single goal.

Oxford United are looking to complete their fourth league double over Sheffield Wednesday, after 1972-73, 1973-74, and 2021-22. After their 3-1 win in this exact fixture last season, Sheffield Wednesday could win back-to-back league trips to Oxford United for just the second time, after doing so in August 1985. Oxford United have only lost their final home league game in one of the last 11 seasons (W7 D3 – including curtailed 2019-20), a 1-2 defeat to Accrington Stanley in 2022-23.

Sheffield Wednesday have only lost their last away league game in one of the last nine seasons (W4 D4), going down 5-3 at Fulham in 2019-20. Oxford United have 26 points in 22 home league games this season (W6 D8 L8); only in 1987-88 (22), 1999-00 (23), 2000-01 (19), and 2022-23 (23) have they ended a Football League campaign with fewer (assuming 3 pts/win all-time). [BBC]