For the third successive Boxing Day Oxford United will have a different manager in charge from the one they started the season with after they sacked Gary Rowett on Tuesday.

Southampton are looking to avoid going three games without a league win for the third time this season.

• This is the first league meeting between Oxford and Southampton since April 1988, and a goalless draw in the top-flight.

• Southampton have won all four of their second-tier games against Oxford United, with these taking place between 1974 and 1976.

• Oxford have won four of their past five Boxing Day league games (L1), with all four of those victories coming in home games.

• Southampton have lost two of their past three Boxing Day league games (W1), as many as they had in their previous 13 (W7 D4).

• Southampton have conceded 42 away league goals in 2025 so far – only once this century have they shipped more on the road in a year, conceding 54 in 2021 in the Premier League.