Oxford United 3-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Oxford United 3-1 Burton Albion

League One · Saturday 25 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Oxford United 3-1 Burton Albion: match report

Oxford United won against Burton Albion 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

John Mousinho opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Oxford United's goals came from John Mousinho (18'), James Henry (50') and R. Holmes (69'). Burton Albion scored through Marvin Sordell (39').

Discipline: Oxford United received 3 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Oxford United were 24th on 0 points from 4 and Burton Albion 20th on 3 points from 4. Oxford United went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Burton Albion 9th with 63.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · John MousinhoOxford United · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · D. TempletonBurton Albion
  • 39'Goal · Marvin SordellBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · James HenryOxford United · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Sam SmithOxford United
  • 69'Goal · R. HolmesOxford United · 3-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Jamie AllenBurton Albion
  • 76'Yellow card · C. NormanOxford United
  • 80'Yellow card · C. NelsonOxford United
  • 81'Yellow card · John BrayfordBurton Albion
  • 87'Second yellow · Jamie AllenBurton Albion
  • 89'Yellow card · Scott FraserBurton Albion

Team news

Oxford United line-up

J. Mitchell, Cameron Norman, Josh Ruffels, Cameron Brannagan, Curtis Nelson, John Mousinho, Gavin Whyte, Jamie Hanson, Sam Smith, James Henry, Marcus Browne

Burton Albion line-up

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Ben Turner, David Templeton, Jake Buxton, Kyle McFadzean, S. Fraser, Ben Fox, Marvin Sordell, Lucas Akins, Liam Boyce