Bury 2-3 Oxford United: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Bury 2-3 Oxford United

League One · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Bury 2-3 Oxford United: match report

Bury were beaten by Oxford United 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 2-2 at half-time.

James Vaughan opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bury's goals came from James Vaughan (5') and Tom Pope (39'). Oxford United scored through Chris Maguire (14'), Chris Maguire (43') and an own goal by Greg Leigh (70').

Discipline: Bury received 5 yellow cards; Oxford United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bury were 20th on 20 points from 21 and Oxford United 14th on 27 points from 21. Bury went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Oxford United 8th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bury wins, 1 draw and 3 for Oxford United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · James VaughanBury · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · Tom SoaresBury
  • 14'Goal · Chris MaguireOxford United · 1-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Rob HallOxford United
  • 36'Yellow card · Kelvin EtuhuBury
  • 39'Goal · Tom PopeBury · 2-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Jacob BedeauBury
  • 43'Goal · Chris MaguireOxford United · 2-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Chris MaguireOxford United
  • 63'Yellow card · Marvin JohnsonOxford United
  • 70'Own goal · Greg LeighOxford United · 2-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Tom PopeBury
  • 82'Yellow card · Alex MacDonaldOxford United
  • 86'Yellow card · A. KayBury

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bury 2, draws 1, Oxford United 3.

Team news

Bury line-up

Paul Rachubka, Greg Leigh, Antony Kay, Jacob Bedeau, Kelvin Etuhu, Danny Mayor, Tom Soares, Scott Burgess, Tom Pope, James Vaughan, George Miller

Oxford United line-up

Simon Eastwood, Curtis Nelson, Phil Edwards, Chey Dunkley, John Lundstram, A. MacDonald, Ryan Ledson, Marvin Johnson, Chris Maguire, Kane Hemmings, Robert Hall