Oxford United’s goalscoring midfielder, Asa Hall, who has yet to get off the mark this season, admits he’s desperate to find the net.

The 23-year-old former England Under 19 and England Under 20 player has watched James Constable – with six goals – Simon Heslop (3), Jack Midson (2), Matt Green and new signing Tom Craddock all hit the target this season.

Hall arrived from Luton in the summer as someone with a knack for scoring from midfield.

But despite several efforts going close, in both pre-season games and in the eight matches he’s played this campaign, he hasn’t had any luck.

There wasn’t much else wrong with his performance last Saturday, though, as he and Simon Heslop both greatly impressed in United’s 2-0 win at Hereford, which lifted the U’s to seventh in League Two.

However, he admitted afterwards: “I’m absolutely dying for a goal.

“I’m used to scoring nearly every game, so it’s frustrating, but I’m sure they’ll come.”

When he joined Luton in the summer of 2008, the former Birmingham City Young Player of the Year was a frequent scorer, reaching double figures in his first season at Kenilworth Road despite the Hatters’ relegation.

And he managed a further five last campaign, taking his total to 17 for the club in two seasons . . . not bad for someone who isn’t a striker.

Hall had opted to join Luton instead of Shrewsbury two years ago, despite having a successful loan spell at the New Meadow under Shrews boss Gary Peters and his successor Paul Simpson.

And it will be Simpson that Hall faces again this weekend, with the former Manor Ground favourite now manager of Stockport, who visit the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.

Hall is delighted with how United’s midfield three have been working together, in what was a great team performance at Edgar Street “It was excellent, we’re really gelling together, it was really good,” he said.

“We gave a great performance, put in a proper shift in and totally deserved the three points.

“The goals are starting to come now. I think we were creating the chances before, we just weren’t putting them away, but now they seem to be going in, so it’s looking up.”