Oxford City vs Leicester Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th November 2026

FA Cup title favourites Oxford City begin their title challenge this coming Friday in an opening day encounter with Leicester at The RAW Charging Stadium.

The match on Friday has all the makings of a tight battle as Oxford City and Leicester look to bag a crucial win in the process.

Oxford City step into their next home match on Friday having scored a nice average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 18 goals, while also allowing 16 goals against. That is an average of 1.6 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet zero times in those matches.

The Foxes are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the FA Cup, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.1 times on average per match, for a total of 21 goals. They also let in 14 goals, leaving an average of 1.4 per match. They fought their way to four clean sheets.

Having never shared a season in the FA Cup in recent past, this is the first time Oxford City comes up against Leicester in this context.

Oxford City vs Leicester Prediction

Oxford City Form

Oxford City claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the FA Cup, which also saw them drawing zero and losing three matches, in which they scored four and conceded ten goals.

Leicester Form

Leicester have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Luton, they came out empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 3-0 win against Wigan. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Stevenage. Leicester won three of a possible six away matches in the FA Cup, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored ten while also conceding ten times.

Oxford City are scoring freely these days, Leicester are doing just fine in that department as well, and we expect a match with plenty of goalsthis coming Friday.

Oxford City vs Leicester Squads

Oxford City Squad

Jenkins will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Leicester from the players listed below:

Aaron Harper-Bailey, Aaron William-Bushell, Alex Grantham, Alexander McQueen, Alfie Potter, Andre Bromfield, Andre Burley, Briar Bateman, Byron Wilson, Canice Carroll, Claudio Ofosu, Darnell Johnson, Ellis Brown, Ewan Clark, George Burroughs, Gerald Muchechetere, Harry Way, Isaac Westendorf, Jack Bearne, Josh Ashby, Josh Parker, Latrell Humphrey-Ewers, Levi Lumeka, Lewis Miccio, Louis Walsh, Ludwig Francillette, Marcin Brzozowski, Matt Taylor, Nya Kirby, Scott Pollock, Tom Scott, Tyrone Marsh, Zac McEachran.

Leicester Squad

Here is the full team squad of Leicester. The 40 year-old Russell Martin will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Admir Bristric, Alex McCarthy, Ben Nelson, Bobby Reid, Christian McFarlane, Conor Chaplin, David Cornell, Emil Riis Jakobsen, Franco Ravizzoli, Harry Howell, Harry Souttar, Ilari Kangasniemi, Jakub Stolarczyk, Jayden Joseph, John Lundstram, Kamari Doyle, Liam Cullen, Louis Page, Luke Thomas, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Olabade Aluko, Sammy Braybrooke, Tom Watson, Warren O'Hora, Wes Burns, Will Alves, William Smallbone, Woyo Coulibaly.

Oxford City vs Leicester Team News

Oxford City vs Leicester Lineups

Oxford City vs Leicester H2H

Having never shared a season in the FA Cup in recent past, this is the first time Oxford City comes up against Leicester in this context.

Oxford City vs Leicester Results

Oxford City vs Leicester Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the FA Cup, Alfie Potter will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. The Foxes hope Stephy Mavididi can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three FA Cup goals in his last six FA Cup games.

Oxford City won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing three as well. Leicester won three from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost three in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Oxford City on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Leicester in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Oxford City, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in nine of the last 10 matches Leicester played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.5 goals themselves during this run.