Oxford v Wimbledon

I will be at the Kassam for tonight's League Two fixture when the Wombles come to play. Fans are asked to refrain from littering around the stadium as the visitors do not need distracting from matters on the pitch (okay, you have to be of a certain age and even then I'll admit it wasn't a side-splitter!).


Chris Wilder's latest loan signing from West Ham, striker Cristian Montaño, 20, may make his first start for the U's this evening and the Colombian could have a major impact on Oxford's promotion push if he brings his shooting boots with him. 


Montaño was sent on as a sub for the last twenty minutes in Saturday's home win against Rotherham and drew a blank, but in other loan spells, he managed to notch up four goals in four games for Notts County and three in ten for Dagenham.



He has yet to make a start for the East London club, but apparently models himself on fellow countryman and former Toon loon Faustino Asprilla - so expect to see Special Branch checking his Nike kit bag for small arms when he arrives for the game! Then again, if he has half the skill Asprilla had in his pomp, he could be a really exciting addition to Wilder's squad for the next month.


Former Oxford striker Jack Midson returns to the club with whom he won a Wembley play-off final and is an amazingly rich run of form. Midson took a knock in Saturday's defeat at Bristol Rovers, but is expected to turn out tonight and will be looking to add to the twenty goals he has scored this season. With eighteen league strikes to his name, he is by far the most potent threat that Don's boss Terry Brown has at his disposal.


Midson told the Don's website:


"I am raring to go - I would shake off any knocks because it is against Oxford. If my limbs were hanging off I would still make my way out there. When I was at Histon I played regularly and scored 20-odd goals, but I did not play as much as I would have liked at Oxford. Since I have come here, I have been playing every game again and have scored goals."


A man on a bit of a mission? 


But Midson will have to do without Jason Euell who has been sharing the load for the last two months as he was recalled by host club Charlton who will need to have all hands to the pumps as they home in on promotion to the Championship.


Oxford will welcome back Midson's former strike partner, James Constable, after his red card and subsequent suspension during the derby clash with Swindon. And defender Damian Batt is also available after serving a ban for a red against Brentford.