Sunderland 3-1 Oxford United: result and report
League One · Friday 2 April 2021
Result
Sunderland 3-1 Oxford United
League One · Friday 2 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 3-1 Oxford United: match report
Sunderland won against Oxford United 3-1 in the League One on Friday 2 April 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
James Henry opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Lynden Gooch (45+2'), Aiden McGeady (81') and Max Power (90+4'). Oxford United scored through James Henry (21').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Oxford United received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 3rd on 67 points from 36 and Oxford United 10th on 56 points from 37. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Oxford United 6th with 75.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Jones of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of Lynden Gooch (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 4 draws and 0 for Oxford United.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Connor McLaughlin
- 20'Red card · Karl Robinson
- 21'Goal · James Henry
- 25'Yellow card · B. Barker
- 25'Yellow card · Mark Sykes
- 45+2'Goal · Lynden Gooch
- 54'Yellow card · James Henry
- 61'Second yellow · Mark Sykes
- 81'Goal · Aiden McGeady
- 81'Yellow card · Elliott Moore
- 89'Yellow card · Ross Stewart
- 90+4'Goal · Max Power
- 90+5'Yellow card · Max Power
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-2-2-2)
Lee Burge, Connor McLaughlin, Dion Sanderson, Luke O'Nien, Callum McFadzean, Max Power, Josh Scowen, Jordan Jones, Aiden McGeady, Lynden Gooch, Charlie Wyke
Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Stevens, A. Forde, Elliott Moore, Rob Atkinson, Jamie Hanson, James Henry, Cameron Brannagan, Mark Sykes, Olamide Shodipo, M. Taylor, Brandon Barker