With their Boxing Day match against Portsmouth postponed due to Covid, Oxford United have received relatively good news regarding injuries.
James Henry limped off with a calf injury during the warm-up ahead of the defeat against Wigan but U’s boss Karl Robinson believes the 32-year-old could only miss one month of action.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail, he said: “It’s three to four weeks we think. It’s better than we thought, thankfully.
“At this time of year everyone has injuries, coughs, colds and Covid, you’re always without players.
“Other than Jamo and the likes of Alex (Gorrin) we’ve got most of our players raring to go for the AFC (Wimbledon) game. We’ll be ready for that.”
Robinson will be able to welcome back several other key players for the match against the Dons. Midfielders Cameron Brannagan and Herbie Kane will return from their self-isolation along with Luke McNally and Sam Winnall.
Nathan Holland, who missed the match against Wigan with injury, will return to training before Christmas and Jordan Thorniley has returned from his one-match suspension.
