Oxford aiming to stop Swans swimming away from dangerpublished at 19:13 GMT
Oxford v Swansea (19:45 GMT)
Image source, ShutterstockThere will be a grand total of just eight games in the dugout with their respective clubs between the two managers when Oxford and Swansea kick-off tonight.
But in that short time, both Craig Short and Vitor Matos have started to steady their ships.
Oxford’s 2-1 win over Southampton on Boxing Day was their first in five games and first since Gary Rowett’s departure after a year in charge.
Indeed, the U’s have quite a record when it comes to this time of the year, having won their final league game of December in five of the past six years.
Over in south Wales, the Swans have won three of their past six games since Portuguese Matos took charge.
That may not sound much, but given City had won just four of their previous 17, it already seems as though the Swans are swimming on calmer tides.
A big part of that has been striker Jan Vipotnik, who has nine goals this term in the league, three of which have come in the six games under Matos.
Four points and one position separate these two before tonight, and an away win could leave those in yellow starting to feel cut adrift in the race to beat the drop.
