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
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.
Key events
- 18'Goal · John Mousinho
- 25'Yellow card · D. Templeton
- 39'Goal · Marvin Sordell
- 50'Goal · James Henry
- 54'Yellow card · Sam Smith
- 69'Goal · R. Holmes
- 71'Yellow card · Jamie Allen
- 76'Yellow card · C. Norman
- 80'Yellow card · C. Nelson
- 81'Yellow card · John Brayford
- 87'Second yellow · Jamie Allen
- 89'Yellow card · Scott Fraser
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