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1¹ A drive from SKOV seemed a certain goal but DIENG managed to punch the ball away. 4¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward JOHNSON and his right foot shot floated narrowly over. 6¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Oxford United 'keeper beat the Cheltenham Town defence and JOHNSON fired the ball beyond the oncoming RITCHIE. (1-0 Oxford United) 11¹ A corner found SKOV who touched an effort over the bar. 18¹ An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of DIENG by YEATS. 23¹ A shot from SINANI was nodded off the line by OWENS. 30¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GUSTAVO SCARPA to nudge the ball to JOHNSON who whacked a deadly shot home. (2-0 Oxford United) 33¹ GUSTAVO SCARPA kicked the ball wide from just outside the area. 37¹ A brilliant strike from SKOV was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper. 39¹ AKPA-AKPRO beat YEATS and hit the ball to SINANI who dragged his effort wide. 44¹ The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from TAYLOR. 3² A shot from HENRY was smothered by the 'keeper. 4² GOAL!! After a steady build-up TAYLOR drove a low shot past the 'keeper. (3-0 Oxford United) 10² JOHNSON rattled an easy chance past the righthand post. 15² Uncertainty in the Cheltenham Town defence enabled JOHNSON to crack the ball inches wide. 22² ADAMS played the ball to HAMILTON who headed it just wide. 25² SINANI shot wide. 26² TURNER beat four Oxford United players and blasted a shot inches wide. 32² A header by JOHNSON at the far post was comfortably collected by RITCHIE. 35² A good ball from GUSTAVO SCARPA on the right was collected by JOHNSON who sliced his shot over the bar. 41² GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by RANKIN-COSTELLO was shot into the back of the net by SKOV. (3-1 Oxford United) 44² HENRY was put clear by FONTÁS and he beat the Cheltenham Town 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.

Oxford United   League position: 7 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: OLWLOWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Seny DIENG 7½ 1 7  Tom RITCHIE Fin STEVENS 6½ 2 5½ Jay HENDERSON Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO 7½ 3 5½ Murray AIKEN (c)Jean-Daniel AKPA-AKPRO 7½ 4 6  Ewan OTOO(c) Andreu FONTÁS 7½ 5 6  Fergus OWENS Ciaron BROWN 7  6 5  Jamie HAMILTON James HENRY 8  7 6  Keelan ADAMS Daniel JOHNSON 8  8 6½ Jack TURNER (p)Matty TAYLOR 7½ 9 6½ Finn YEATS(p) (f)GUSTAVO Henrique SCARPA 7  10 5½ Fraser TAYLOR(f) Danel SINANI 7  11 7  Robert SKOV Manager Scott Smillie Rick DEKKER    12    Dylan WATRET Max O'LEARY    13    Liam RUSSELL Elliott MOORE    14    Chris MOCHRIE Cameron BRANNAGAN    15    Liam McLEISH Josh WILSON-ESBRAND    16    Stuart McKINSTRY

Cheltenham Town   League position: 21 Away league form: XLLL Overall league form: LXLLLLLL Formation: 3-2-4-1

Statistics

Oxford United 3 Cheltenham Town 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 23,505, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Jirí Lerch 7½) Johnson 6¹, Johnson 30¹, Taylor 4² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Skov 41²             5 5 3 5 5 6 8 4 11 4 19 8 5 3 60% 40% ¶ Man of the match: Daniel Johnson ¶