Pick of the stats: West Bromwich Albion v Oxford United
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West Bromwich Albion will seek to get back on track as they welcome struggling Oxford United to The Hawthorns on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
The Baggies have slipped to 15h in the Championship off the back of one point from their past four games, though all three defeats came on the road.
Ryan Mason's men are unbeaten in their past three games at home, but haven't scored in 326 minutes, since Isaac Price's opener at Watford on 22 October, and were stung by a stoppage-time 1-0 defeat at Charlton on Tuesday night.
After picking up four points from their previous two games the U's were beaten 3-0 at home by Stoke the same night and lie six places and five points below Albion, four points above the drop-zone.
West Brom have only lost one of their 12 home games against Oxford in league competition (W9 D2), with that only defeat coming in October 1997 in a second tier meeting (2-1 to the visitors).
Oxford boss Gary Rowett is winless in his past three league meetings with West Brom (D2 L1), while seeing his sides fail to score in all three matches (two 0-0 draws with Millwall and a 0-2 defeat with Oxford in this fixture last season).
West Brom have gone three Championship matches without a goal – they've not gone more league games without scoring since a run of five in January/February 2022.
Oxford have won two of their past five away league games (D1 L2), as many as in their previous 25 combined (D9 L14). The U's last recorded consecutive away victories in the second tier back in November 1998 under Malcolm Shotton.
Only Coventry (19) and Bristol City (13) have scored more first half goals in the Championship than Oxford this season (12). However, the Us have netted a division-low three goals after half-time.