Oxford United 3-3 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Oxford United 3-3 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-2
Oxford United 3-3 Rotherham United: match report
Oxford United drew with Rotherham United 3-3 in the League One on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 3-2 at half-time.
Joe Newell opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Jack Payne (21'), Josh Ruffels (30') and C. Nelson (40'). Rotherham United scored through Joe Newell (20'), Ryan Williams (44') and Kieffer Moore (78').
Discipline: Oxford United received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Oxford United were 6th on 22 points from 14 and Rotherham United 4th on 24 points from 14. Oxford United went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Oxford United's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Rotherham United's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Joe Newell
- 21'Goal · Jack Payne
- 30'Goal · Josh Ruffels
- 33'Missed penalty · Ryan Ledson
- 33'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
- 40'Goal · C. Nelson
- 44'Goal · Ryan Williams
- 45'Yellow card · C. Carroll
- 62'Yellow card · Ryan Ledson
- 78'Goal · Kieffer Moore
- 90+2'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
Team news
Oxford United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Eastwood, Curtis Nelson, Ricardinho, John Mousinho, Ryan Ledson, Jack Payne, Josh Ruffels, James Henry, Alex Mowatt, Canice Carroll, Wes Thomas
Rotherham United line-up (4-5-1)
Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, A. Forde, Michael Ihiekwe, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, Joe Newell, Ryan Williams, Kieffer Moore