Oxford United 2-1 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Oxford United 2-1 Southampton
Championship · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Oxford United 2-1 Southampton: match report
Oxford United beat Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Tyler Goodrham opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Oxford United's goals came from Tyler Goodrham (23') and Stanley Mills (89'). Southampton scored through Taylor Harwood-Bellis (29').
Discipline: Oxford United received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Oxford United were 22nd on 19 points from 22 and Southampton 12th on 31 points from 22. Oxford United went on to finish that season 23rd with 47 points, and Southampton 4th with 82.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Southampton (7.7), ahead of Caspar Jander (7.6).
Going into the match Oxford United's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Southampton's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Brodie Gilmore Spencer
- 23'Goal · Tyler Goodrham
- 29'Goal · Taylor Harwood-Bellis
- 37'Yellow card · Flynn Downes
- 89'Goal · Stanley Mills
- 90'Yellow card
- 90'Yellow card · Stanley Mills
Team news
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Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jamie Cumming, Brodie Spencer, Michal Helik, Ciaron Brown, Jack Currie, Luke Harris, Brian De Keersmaecker, Przemyslaw Placheta, Tyler Goodrham, Stanley Mills, Nik Prelec
Southampton line-up (3-4-2-1)
Gavin Bazunu, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Jack Stephens, Tom Fellows, Flynn Downes, Caspar Jander, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Adam Armstrong