OXFORD. Port Vale bested Oxford United to win 2-1. A penalty from A. Devine was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Port Vale to strike first with a goal of Alex Iacovitti at the 74′. Then Alfie Devine scored again for Port Vale in the 90′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, Greg Leigh reduced the distance for Oxford United (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Oxford United was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
Mark Harris received a red card (63′). This red card was one of the reason why Oxford United lost the match.
The match was played at the The Kassam Stadium stadium in Oxford on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. In front of 8,835 spectators. The referee was Sam Purkiss with the assistance of Jack Clench and Adam Ricketts. The 4th official was Steven Plane. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.71 degrees Celsius or 67.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 13 Total 8
- 6 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 98 Attack 82
- 38 Dangerous attack 43
- 92 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 6 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 2 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Oxford United had a strong ball possession 61% while Port Vale was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Port Vale was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Port Vale won the match.
Oxford United shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Port Vale shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Oxford United received 2 yellow cards (Finley Stevens and Greg Leigh). Talking about the opposition, Port Vale received 2 yellow cards (Funso Ojo and Gavin Massey).
(Oxford United) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (63′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Oxford United will stay with 12 points like Portsmouth to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Port Vale will have 13 points like Exeter City, Bolton Wanderers and Stevenage to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Oxford United will host Barnsley on the 6th of January with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Barnsley (1 draw).
Port Vale will host Charlton Athletic on the 6th of January with a 2-2 head to head.
Oxford United – Formation
Oxford United
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Oxford United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: James Beadle , Finley Stevens , Elliott Moore , Stephan Negru , Greg Leigh , Marcus McGuane , Cameron Brannagan , Tyler Goodrham , Rúben Rodrigues , Billy Bodin and Mark Harris .
The home team had on the bench: Simon Eastwood, Josh McEachran, Stanley Mills, Oisin Smyth, Ciaron Brown, Gatlin O’Donkor, Kyle Edwards and Sonny Perkins.
Substitutions
Oxford United made 4 changes: Tyler Goodrham for Josh McEachran (79′), Rúben Rodrigues for Stanley Mills (79′), Billy Bodin for Kyle Edwards (72′) and Marcus McGuane for Sonny Perkins (88′).
Best player: Cameron Brannagan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Oxford United was Cameron Brannagan.
His rating is with 56 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
Port Vale – Formation
Port Vale
Port Vale started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Andy Crosby played with: Connor Ripley , Lewis Cass , Nathan Smith , Alex Iacovitti , Mitchell Clark , Funso Ojo , Oliver Arblaster , James Plant , Ethan Chislett , Gavin Massey and James Wilson .
They had on the bench: Jayson Leutwiler, Ben Garrity , Joshua Thomas , Jason Lowe, Alfie Devine , Conor Grant and Thomas Sang.
Substitutions
Port Vale made 5 changes: James Wilson for Ben Garrity (46′), Ethan Chislett for Alfie Devine (68′), Gavin Massey for Joshua Thomas (68′), Oliver Arblaster for Thomas Sang (90′) and Funso Ojo for Jason Lowe (87′).
Best player: Connor Ripley
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Port Vale was the goalkeeper: Connor Ripley. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Portsmouth – Peterborough United – 3-1
- Oxford United – Port Vale – 1-2
- Northampton Town – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-1
- Leyton Orient – Stevenage – 0-3
- Cheltenham Town – Barnsley – 0-2
- Charlton Athletic – Fleetwood Town – 2-1
- Carlisle United – Shrewsbury Town – 2-0
- Burton Albion – Exeter City – 0-1
- Bristol Rovers – Lincoln City – 1-1
- Bolton Wanderers – Derby County – 2-1
- Blackpool – Wigan Athletic – 2-1
