Burton Albion 2-0 Oxford United: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 January 2023

Result

Burton Albion 2-0 Oxford United

League One · Saturday 28 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burton Albion 2-0 Oxford United: match report

Burton Albion defeated Oxford United 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 28 January 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Burton Albion's goals came from an own goal by Simon Eastwood (40') and D. Taylor (49'). Oxford United did not score.

Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Oxford United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 23rd on 22 points from 26 and Oxford United 12th on 35 points from 27. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Oxford United 19th with 47.

Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Terry Taylor of Burton Albion (8.1), ahead of Jasper Moon (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 3 draws and 6 for Oxford United.

Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Oxford United's L-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Own goal · Simon EastwoodBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · D. TaylorBurton Albion · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Tyler GoodrhamOxford United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 3, Oxford United 6.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up (3-4-2-1)

Craig MacGillivray, John Brayford, Sam Hughes, Jasper Moon, Tom Hamer, Terry Taylor, Deji Oshilaja, Zac Ashworth, Jonny Smith, Mark Helm, Dale Taylor

Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Eastwood, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Ciaron Brown, Brandon Fleming, Lewis Bate, Marcus McGuane, Cameron Brannagan, Kyle Joseph, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin