Oxford wait on Brannagan and Browne for Barnsley clash

Oxford will hope Cameron Brannagan and Marcus Browne are fit to face Barnsley.

The pair sustained minor hamstring injuries in last week’s 5-2 Checkatrade Trophy loss to Bury, but could feature after the U’s enjoyed a weekend off.

Shandon Baptiste, Rob Hall and Jon Obika are long-term absentees for boss Karl Robinson, who is desperate to make signings before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

The U’s have won just once in League One since mid-December, last time out against Portsmouth.

Barnsley will be wary of that result, but have a full squad to play with.

Mike Bahre is back in training after a recent injury and is fit to feature for the Reds, who have won six of the last seven league games, drawing the other.

Boss Daniel Stendel confirmed that Lloyd Isgrove and Zeki Fryers are fit but will not feature as they are down the pecking order at Oakwell.

Stendel brought Mamadou Thiam off at half-time of Saturday’s win over Rochdale due to a tactical switch which saw Kenny Dougall come on and the German must decide whether to retain the Senegalese attacker or start with Dougall.