Oxford United 2-1 Southend United: result and report
League One · Saturday 29 February 2020
Result
Oxford United 2-1 Southend United
League One · Saturday 29 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Oxford United 2-1 Southend United: match report
Oxford United beat Southend United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 29 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
James Henry opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Oxford United's goals came from James Henry (17', penalty) and Matty Taylor (84'). Southend United scored through L. Gard (45').
Discipline: Oxford United received 1 yellow card; Southend United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Oxford United were 8th on 54 points from 33 and Southend United 23rd on 16 points from 33. Oxford United went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Southend United 23rd with 19.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Southend United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Gard of Southend United (8.5), ahead of M. Taylor (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Oxford United win, 0 draws and 0 for Southend United.
Key events
- 17'Penalty goal · James Henry
- 45'Goal · L. Gard
- 51'Yellow card · Alex Gorrin
- 54'Yellow card · Stephen McLaughlin
- 84'Goal · Matty Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Eastwood, A. Forde, Rob Dickie, Elliott Moore, Josh Ruffels, Mark Sykes, Alex Gorrin, Cameron Brannagan, James Henry, M. Taylor, Marcus Browne
Southend United line-up (4-3-3)
Patrik Gunnarsson, Elvis Bwomono, T. Dieng, Joe Shaughnessy, Tom Clifford, Lewis Gard, Mark Milligan, Stephen McLaughlin, Terrell Egbri, Charlie Kelman, Eren Kinali