City v Oxford: History Of The Fixture

Manchester City travel south tomorrow for the start of their Carabao Cup defense. Oxford, the side they face are currently plying their trade in the third tier of English football, two decades after City pulled themselves from those very depths.

The two sides haven't met on too many occasions, thirteen in fact. It's a surprise because both sides were founded in the late 1800's. Oxford started life as Headington United in 1893, while City were founded more than a decade earlier, became Manchester City in 1894.