Bristol Rovers 3-1 Oxford United: result and report
League One · Saturday 24 August 2019
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Oxford United
League One · Saturday 24 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Oxford United: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Oxford United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 August 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Ben Woodburn opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from E. Upson (37'), Jonson Clarke-Harris (45') and Tom Nichols (77'). Oxford United scored through Ben Woodburn (27').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Oxford United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 4 points from 4 and Oxford United 16th on 4 points from 4. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Oxford United 3rd with 62.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Oxford United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonson Clarke-Harris of Bristol Rovers (7.8), ahead of Luke Leahy (7.5).
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-D-L and Oxford United's L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 15'Yellow card · Matty Taylor
- 22'Yellow card · E. Upson
- 27'Goal · Ben Woodburn
- 37'Goal · E. Upson
- 40'Yellow card · Jamie Hanson
- 45'Goal · Jonson Clarke-Harris
- 45+4'Yellow card · Tariqe Fosu
- 56'Yellow card · Tom Davies
- 77'Goal · Tom Nichols
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Tony Craig, Luke Leahy, Alfie Kilgour, Tom Davies, Josh Hare, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Matthew Upson, Ollie Clarke, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Tyler Smith
Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Eastwood, Chris Cadden, Josh Ruffels, Rob Dickie, Elliott Moore, Cameron Brannagan, Ben Woodburn, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, James Henry, Jamie Hanson, M. Taylor