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

Tom Whelan(goal)
4'
Érico Sousa- Yellow
27'
Tyrone Marsh(goal)
33'
35'
R. Fleet(goal)
Femi Ilesanmi- Yellow
42'
49'
Matt Robinson- sub ->Jahmari Clarke
56'
Ángelo Balanta- sub ->Tom Whelan
57'
63'
83'
A. Potter- sub ->Zac McEachran
David Stephens- sub ->Cameron Coxe
84'
86'
C. Ofosu- sub ->Nya Kirby

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
G
Nathan Ashmore 1.England
D
Cameron Coxe 2.Wales
84'
D
Femi Ilesanmi 3.England
42'
D
Chris Bush 5.England
D
M
Jack Payne 4.England
M
Tom Whelan 7.England
57' 4'
M
Érico Sousa 19.Portugal
27'
F
Lee Ndlovu 9.Zimbabwe
F
Tyrone Marsh 10.England
33'
F
Jahmari Clarke 25.Jamaica
56' 49'
Substitutes
D
David Stephens 6.Guyana
84'
M
Mo Sagaf 8.England
M
Ángelo Balanta 14.Colombia
57'
M
Matt Robinson 24.England
56'
F
Charles Clayden 23.England

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
G
Jack Bycroft 26.England
D
Andre Burley 2.England
D
M. Roberts 12.England
M
N. Kirby 5.England
86'
M
R. Fleet 8.England
35'
M
Z. McEachran 10.England
83'
M
R. Smith 15.Austria
63'
M
A. William-Bushell 18.England
M
C. Carroll 19.Republic of Ireland
F
L. Coyle 7.England
F
J. Parker 14.Antigua and Barbuda
Substitutes
D
Alexander McQueen 11.Grenada
D
L. Humphrey-Ewers 20.England
M
A. Potter 16.England
83'
F
Oliver Sanderson 9.England
63'
F
C. Ofosu 24.England
86'

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.​