OXFORD. Aldershot Town overcome Oxford City to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Aldershot Town to strike first with a goal of Lorent Tolaj at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 27′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Josh Stokes gave the win to Aldershot Town in the 38′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Court Place Farm stadium in Oxford on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Aaron Farmer.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 4 Total 16
- 2 On Target 8
- 1 Off Target 9
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 114 Attack 104
- 64 Dangerous attack 88
- 98 Ball safe 133
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 8
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Oxford City was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Aldershot Town that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Aldershot Town had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aldershot Town won the match.
Oxford City shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Aldershot Town shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Oxford City received 1 yellow card (Reece Fleet). On the opposite side, Aldershot Town received 2 yellow cards (Lorent Tolaj and Coby Rowe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Oxford City stays with 28 points to sit in the 24th place. Talking about the opposition, Aldershot Town will has 57 points like Gateshead and Oldham Athletic to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Oxford City will play away with Rochdale on the 9th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Rochdale (0 draws).
Aldershot Town will host Oldham Athletic on the 9th of March with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Oldham Athletic (1 draw).
Oxford City – Formation
Oxford City
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Oxford City adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Ross Jenkins decided to play with the following team: Tom Watson, Giles Phillips, Reece Fleet, Harry Birtwistle, Jacob Roddy, Brooklyn Kabongolo, Josh Ashby, Josh Parker, Renny Smith, Lewis Coyle and Alfie James Potter.
The home team had on the bench: Harvey Greenslade, Marcin Brzozowski, Aaron William-Bushell, Latrell Humphrey-Ewers and Levi Lumeka.
Substitutions
Oxford City made 3 changes: Alfie James Potter for Levi Lumeka (67′), Renny Smith for Latrell Humphrey-Ewers (46′) and Lewis Coyle for Harvey Greenslade (77′).
Aldershot Town – Formation
Aldershot Town
Also Aldershot Town adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Tommy Widdrington played with: Jordi van Stappershoef, Haji Mnoga, Ollie Harfield, Josh Stokes, Stuart O’Keefe, Coby Rowe, Tyler Frost, Ryan Glover, Dejan Tetek, James Daly and Lorent Tolaj.
They had on the bench: Ashley Akpan, Josh Barrett, Hady Ghandour, Kwame Thomas and Oliver Turner.
Substitutions
Aldershot Town made 3 changes: Stuart O’Keefe for Kwame Thomas (68′), James Daly for Hady Ghandour (76′) and Lorent Tolaj for Josh Barrett (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- York City – Wealdstone – 2-3
- Oxford City – Aldershot Town – 1-2
- Oldham Athletic – Southend United – 1-1
- Hartlepool United – Barnet – 1-2
- Ebbsfleet United – Rochdale – 2-1
- Eastleigh – Solihull Moors – 3-3
- Dorking Wanderers – Chesterfield – 4-1
- Dagenham & Redbridge – Altrincham – 3-1
- Bromley – Halifax Town – 2-0
- Boreham Wood – Gateshead – 1-1
- Fylde – Maidenhead United – 4-1
