Burton facing number of injury concerns ahead of Oxford clash

Ben Turner has been ruled out of Burton’s clash with Oxford while Damien McCrory and Ben Fox are also doubts.

Defender Turner is out for a number of weeks with a calf injury sustained in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg with Manchester City.

McCrory suffered a dead leg in training and midfielder Fox has a tight hamstring.

Marvin Sordell has returned to training following his knee injury, but it is too soon for the forward to be involved.

Striker Jerome Sinclair could make his Oxford debut after signing on loan from Watford for the rest of the season.

On-loan West Ham midfielder Marcus Browne could also be in contention after being absent as an unchanged U’s side drew 2-2 with Barnsley on Tuesday night, having led 2-0.

Shandon Baptiste, Rob Hall and Jon Obika are long-term absentees for boss Karl Robinson.

Oxford have one win in 10 games in all competitions since mid-December, against Portsmouth on January 19.