SIMON Eastwood is aiming to help Oxford United make the most of a chance to turn their form around with two home games in four days.

Coventry City visit the Kassam Stadium today, before the U’s host Gillingham on Tuesday night.

A four-game winless run has seen Michael Appleton’s side slip to the brink of the relegation zone in Sky Bet League One, but the table remains very congested.

There are seven teams within three points of United, including their next two opponents, and Eastwood is well aware the mood would be transformed with a pair of positive results.

The goalkeeper said: “I think we’re just a couple of wins from kick-starting the season.

“With the table as it is – the middle group is really tight – two wins and it’s a completely different story.

“At the moment it looks like we’re struggling a bit, but we know there’s a lot of games coming up and we can beat anybody and anybody can beat us. It shows how open it is.

“Six points would be brilliant, but I still think four points would be good to take out of them.

“They are two good teams. I don’t think Coventry will be (down) there at the end of the season and I’m not sure Gillingham will be either.”

Playing at the Kassam Stadium will be a welcome return for United.

Due to a host of cup games on the road, they have only been on home soil three times in the past 11 games.

And with Appleton’s side collecting 14 of their 19 points in front of their own supporters, it is just what the side needs.

“They are two big games at home – we can’t get away from that,” Eastwood said.

“It would be nice to get back to where we were at home playing some good football.

“The fans were enjoying it and it’s about getting back to how it was. We’ve got a good chance against Coventry.”

And after suffering from poor spells within games which have proved costly in their league run, Eastwood is well aware the best way to improve results is by delivering for 90 minutes.

He said: “It’s about doing two good halves, because we’ve always been good in either the first or second half.

“But I suppose at the end of the day if we played badly for two halves and won the game we wouldn’t be bothered.”