COLNEY. Boreham Wood defeated Oxford City to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Boreham Wood to strike first with an early goal of Tom Whelan at the 4′. Then Tyrone Marsh scored again for Boreham Wood in the 33′ minute. Eventually, Reece Fleet reduced the distance for Oxford City (35′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Colney Training Centre stadium in Colney on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.96 degrees Celsius or 51.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 8 Total 9
- 3 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 101 Attack 122
- 79 Dangerous attack 67
- 77 Ball safe 116
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
Fouls
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Boreham Wood was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Oxford City that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Boreham Wood was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Boreham Wood won the match.
Boreham Wood shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Oxford City shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Boreham Wood received 3 yellow cards (Oluwafemi Ilesanmi, Jahmari Clarke and Erico Sousa). On the other side, Oxford City received 1 yellow card ().
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Boreham Wood has 27 points like Hartlepool United to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Oxford City will stays with 21 points to sit in the 22nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Boreham Wood will play away against Barnet on the 23rd of December with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Boreham Wood (6 draws).
Oxford City will host Solihull Moors on the 23rd of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Solihull Moors (1 draw).
Boreham Wood – Formation
Boreham Wood started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Luke Garrard decided to play with the following team: Nathan Ashmore, Cameron Coxe, Chris Bush, Oluwafemi Ilesanmi, Billy Sass-Davies, Jack Payne, Tom Whelan, Tyrone Marsh, Jahmari Clarke, Erico Sousa and Lee Ndlovu.
The home team had on the bench: David Stephens, Mo Sagaf, Angelo Balanta, Charles Clayden and Matt Robinson.
Substitutions
Boreham Wood made 3 changes: Jahmari Clarke for Matt Robinson (56′), Tom Whelan for Angelo Balanta (57′) and Cameron Coxe for David Stephens (84′).
Oxford City – Formation
Oxford City started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Ross Jenkins played with: Jack Bycroft, Aaron William-Bushell, Andre Burley, Mitchell Roberts, Reece Fleet, Nya Kirby, Renny Smith, Canice Carroll, Zac McEachran, Josh Parker and Lewis Coyle.
These were the players on the bench: Oliver Sanderson, Alexander McQueen, Alfie James Potter, Latrell Humphrey-Ewers and Claudio Ofosu.
Substitutions
Oxford City made 3 changes: Renny Smith for Oliver Sanderson (63′), Zac McEachran for Alfie James Potter (83′) and Nya Kirby for Claudio Ofosu (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Southend United – Bromley – 1-2
- Solihull Moors – Oldham Athletic – 2-3
- Rochdale – York City – 0-0
- Maidenhead United – Kidderminster Harriers – 1-0
- Hartlepool United – Chesterfield – 0-1
- Gateshead – Halifax Town – 0-2
- Ebbsfleet United – Barnet – 1-1
- Dorking Wanderers – Woking – 1-2
- Dagenham & Redbridge – Wealdstone – 0-2
- Boreham Wood – Oxford City – 2-1
- Altrincham – Fylde – 2-1
- Aldershot Town – Eastleigh – 3-5