Burton Albion 1-5 Oxford United: result and report
League One · Saturday 2 January 2021
Result
Burton Albion 1-5 Oxford United
League One · Saturday 2 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Burton Albion 1-5 Oxford United: match report
Burton Albion lost to Oxford United 1-5 in the League One on Saturday 2 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-3.
Matty Taylor opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Kane Hemmings (40'). Oxford United scored through Matty Taylor (9'), Olamide Shodipo (18'), Olamide Shodipo (31'), Josh Ruffels (56') and Josh Ruffels (63').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Oxford United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 24th on 13 points from 21 and Oxford United 15th on 25 points from 19. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Oxford United 6th with 75.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Ruffels of Oxford United (8.7), ahead of Sam Long (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 1 draw and 0 for Oxford United.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Stephen Quinn
- 9'Goal · Matty Taylor
- 18'Goal · Olamide Shodipo
- 31'Goal · Olamide Shodipo
- 40'Goal · Kane Hemmings
- 56'Goal · Josh Ruffels
- 63'Goal · Josh Ruffels
Head-to-head
Team news
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Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Kieran O'Hara, John Brayford, John-Joe O'Toole, Kieran Wallace, Lucas Akins, Ciaran Gilligan, Michael Bostwick, S. Quinn, Colin Daniel, Kane Hemmings, Joe Powell
Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Stevens, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Rob Atkinson, Josh Ruffels, Marcus McGuane, Alex Gorrin, A. Forde, James Henry, Olamide Shodipo, M. Taylor