OXFORD United will begin their 2019/20 Sky Bet League One campaign with an away match at Sunderland.

Karl Robinson's side will make the 520-mile round trip to the Stadium of Light on Saturday, August 3 after the EFL fixtures were announced this morning.

United will end their campaign at home to Bolton Wanderers, who were relegated from the Championship last season, on Sunday, May 3.

The U’s are also at the Kassam Stadium on Boxing Day, which falls on a Thursday, against Lincoln City – the first time they have hosted the Imps since April 2011.

Along with the visit to Sunderland on the opening day, United have been handed seven lengthy trips in their first eight away games.

The U’s face Blackpool (August 17), Fleetwood Town (September 7), Bolton (September 17), Lincoln (September 21), Accrington Stanley (October 5) and Rotherham United (October 19) in that run.

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Another match to look out for is the U’s first visit to Ipswich Town - who were also relegated from the Championship - since 1999.

They travel to Portman Road on Saturday, February 22.

Robinson's side make the short journeys to Bristol Rovers (August 24), Portsmouth (November 2), Milton Keynes Dons (December 14) and Wycombe Wanderers (March 21) on Saturdays.

Dates to also look out for are the international breaks on September 7, October 12, November 16 and March 28.

If United have a minimum of three players called up to represent their countries, they can postpone their league games.

With Gavin Whyte, Mark Sykes and Shandon Baptiste recently selected for international action, this could impact fixtures against Fleetwood (away), Doncaster (home), Ipswich (home) and Portsmouth (home).

2019/20 FIXTURES

AUGUST

Sat 3 Sunderland (a)

Sat 10 PETERBOROUGH UTD (H)

Wed 14 Carabao Cup 1

Sat 17 Blackpool (a)

Tue 20 BURTON ALBION (H)

Sat 24 Bristol Rovers (a)

Wed 28 Carabao Cup 2

Sat 31 COVENTRY CITY (H)

SEPTEMBER

*Sat 7 Fleetwood Tn (a)

Sat 14 TRANMERE ROV (H)

Tue 17 Bolton Wands (a)

Sat 21 Lincoln City (a)

Wed 25 Carabao Cup 3

Sat 28 GILLINGHAM (H)

OCTOBER

Sat 5 Accrington Stanley (a)

*Sat 12 DONCASTER ROV (H)

Sat 19 Rotherham Utd (a)

Tue 22 BURY (H)

Sat 26 ROCHDALE (H)

NOVEMBER

Sat 2 Portsmouth (a)

Sat 9 Emirates FA Cup 1

*Sat 16 IPSWICH TN (H)

Sat 23 Southend Utd (a)

Sat 30 Emirates FA Cup 2

DECEMBER

Sat 7 SHREWSBURY TN (H)

Sat 14 Milton Keynes Dons (a)

Sat 21 WYCOMBE WANDS (H)

Thu 26 LINCOLN CITY (H)

Sun 29 AFC Wimbledon (a)

JANUARY

Wed 1 Doncaster Rov (a)

Sat 4 ACCRINGTON STANLEY (H) (or Emirates FA Cup 3)

Sat 11 ROTHERHAM UTD (H)

Sat 18 Gillingham (a)

Sat 25 AFC WIMBLEDON (H) (or Emirates FA Cup 4)

Tue 28 Bury (a)

FEBRUARY

Sat 1 BLACKPOOL (H)

Sat 8 Peterborough Utd (a)

Tue 11 Burton Alb (a)

Sat 15 SUNDERLAND (H)

Sat 22 Ipswich Tn (a)

Sat 29 SOUTHEND UTD (H)

MARCH

Sat 7 Shrewsbury Tn (a)

Sat 14 MILTON KEYNES DONS (H)

Sat 21 Wycombe Wands (a)

*Sat 28 PORTSMOUTH (H)

APRIL

Sat 4 Rochdale (a)

Fri 10 BRISTOL ROV (H)

Mon 13 Coventry City (a)

Sat 18 FLEETWOOD TN (H)

Sat 25 Tranmere Rov (a)

MAY

Sun 3 BOLTON WANDS (H)

* international matches

All fixtures subject to change