Oxford United vs Stoke City Prediction and Betting Tips | November 4th 2025

Oxford United will host Stoke City at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday in another round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The home side have had their struggles this season, but have picked up important points in recent games and have climbed up to 18th place in the table, four points above the drop zone.They played out a 2-2 draw with Millwall on Saturday, with Cameron Brannagan and Przemyslaw Placheta netting brilliant goals late in either half to ensure the Yellows picked up a point in front of their home fans.Stoke City are also playing well at the moment after a rocky run of form in September. They carried out a 5-1 demolition of in-form Bristol City last time out, featuring goals from three different players, including Manchester City loanee Divin Mubama, who netted a brilliant hat-trick to snap a 10-game goal drought.The visitors sit third in the table with 24 points from 13 games. They are just four points behind league leaders Coventry City and will be keen to cut the gap with a win on Tuesday.Oxford United vs Stoke City Head-to-Head and Key NumbersThere have been 21 meetings between Oxford and Stoke. The hosts have won nine of those games while the visitors have won five times.There have been seven draws between the two teams, including their most recent matchup, which ended goalless.The visitors have won just one of their last eight games in this fixture.Stoke have the best defensive record in the English second tier this term with nine goals conceded in 13 games.Oxford have managed just one clean sheet in their last five games.Oxford United vs Stoke City PredictionThe Yellows have lost just one of their last four games after losing two of their previous three. They are, however, underdogs heading into the midweek clash, having won just two of their eight games at the Kassam Stadium this season.Similarly, the Potters have won three of their last four games after winning just one of their previous seven. They have struggled for results on the road of late, but should have enough to avoid defeat here.Prediction: Oxford United 1-1 Stoke CityOxford United vs Stoke City Betting TipsTip 1 - Result: Draw Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Nine of the visitors' last 10 matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)Tip 3 - Stoke City to score first: YES (The visitors have opened the scoring in four of their last five games)