Search

06 Sept 2025

Oxford to check on Herbie Kane and Mark Sykes

Oxford to check on Herbie Kane and Mark Sykes

Oxford will check on midfielders Herbie Kane and Mark Sykes as they prepare to finish their League One campaign by hosting Doncaster on Saturday.

Kane came off at half-time in the 2-1 loss at Rotherham last weekend due to a thigh problem, and Sykes then followed in the second half because of a hamstring issue.

Sam Baldock is closing in on full fitness after a knee injury but James Henry, Alex Gorrin and Jamie Hanson are sidelined.

The Rotherham game left Karl Robinson’s eighth-placed U’s unable to make the play-offs.

Doncaster, who are all but relegated, have been monitoring Mipo Odubeko ahead of Saturday’s contest.

The forward, having scored in each of the previous two matches, missed Saturday’s 2-0 win over Burton due to illness.

Tommy Rowe remains unavailable, with the midfielder set to undergo hernia surgery.

Gary McSheffrey’s second-bottom Rovers are three points adrift of safety with a goal difference 27 worse than 20th-placed Fleetwood.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.