Oxford United announce friendly against Ipswich Town

The U’s will play host to the Tractor Boys on Saturday, August 1, with kick-off scheduled for 12:00PM.

The fixture is the fourth pre-season friendly confirmed by the club and the first from a division higher than League One, where Oxford will compete next term.

United will face National League side Aldershot Town (Tuesday, July 21) and League Two club Barnet (Saturday, July 25) away from home before the welcoming of another fourth-tier outfit Crawley Town (Tuesday, July 28).

Brian De Keersmaecker on the ball for Oxford United against Ipswich Town (Image: Jason Dawson)

The U’s have also confirmed that tickets for the trip to Aldershot are now on sale.

Oxford played Ipswich twice in the Championship last season as Matt Bloomfield’s side suffered relegation whilst the Suffolk club were promoted to the Premier League, finishing second.

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Stan Mills heads the ball for Oxford United (Image: Jason Dawson)

Under former head coach Gary Rowett, the Yellows pulled off a shock 2-1 victory against Kieran McKenna’s men in OX4 in late November, Mark Harris and Przemyslaw Placheta scoring the goals.

They were defeated 2-1, however, in the second fixture, Will Lankshear scoring the only goal for the U’s at Portman Road.

The Tractor Boys are currently on the hunt for a new manager after McKenna stepped down last week in order to take a break from football management.