It is not just the promotion and play-off races in the Championship hotting up, the scramble at the bottom is already a humdinger with five teams separated by just four points with two places to be filled.<\/p>\n
Third-bottom Oxford have the toughest ask as they head to Southampton (15:00 GMT), unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions after climbing into the top six for the first time since the opening day of the season, courtesy of Wednesday’s 1-0 home win over Norwich.<\/a><\/p>\n The U’s did, however, run-out 2-1 winners in the reverse fixture on Boxing Day and were within a whisker of making it four straight wins, only for a stoppage-time penalty to ensure Charlton a point at the Kassam on Saturday.<\/p>\n Leicester lie a point below Oxford before their trip to Watford (15:00 GMT), who remain firmly in the play-off picture.<\/p>\n The green shoots of recovery Foxes fans witnessed in the draw at Ipswich and home win over Bristol City were, however, washed out by QPR’s comeback from a goal down to win 3-1 at the King Power Stadium<\/a> last time out.<\/p>\n While it was a fifth defeat in six at home, Leicester are also nine without a win on the road dating back to 6 December, though the past two were draws at high-flying Middlesbrough and Ipswich.<\/p>\n