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Scunthorpe are United's next victims as they visit the KasStad this Saturday. Oxford's confidence will be sky-high after their win at the Valley on Tuesday, although Rage Online counsels caution and that United fans should not get too carried away with the inevitable euphoria. It is the bread and butter of the league that is really important and where the Us have to carry through the spirit and form that has seen them do so well on their travels recently.

Andy Scott has apparently recovered from the injury he received at Charlton, when he was kicked in the chest and had to be stretchered off. With Lee Steele also having a slight injury scare in midweek, forcing him to miss the reserves' game on Wednesday it is likely that the two of them will start on the bench. Jefferson Louis is also unlikely to feature, despite his good performance and match-winning penalty, and so the likely starting line-up in attack is on-loan Cardiffee Gavin Kenyatta Gordon and Manny Omoyinmi, despite his petulant display after being substituted late on Tuesday night. The team is otherwise almost certainly to be unchanged, with this being Adi Viveash's last game on loan from Reading unless a deal can be sorted to either extend his loan or, preferably, make his move permanent.

Scunthorpe's away record is even worse than Oxford's home record, but they shouldn't really pose United too many problems if Oxford play as well as we know they can. It's not often that Rage Online predicts a United victory, and it's probably the kiss of death for any chance that Oxford previously had, but we're going for 3-0 to the Mighty Yellows. Heaven help us…

Meanwhile former Us' goalie Phil Whitehead, playing on loan for Tranmere last night, conceded the second fastest ever goal scored by Southampton. Chris Marsden put the Saints ahead after just twelve seconds, and they went on to win 6-1 at Saint Mary's.