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0¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in RONDÓN driving the ball wide. 4¹ The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from BROWN fell just wide. 6¹ FREY played the ball to BECH who fired it inches over. 15¹ FISHER whacked a looping shot wide from close range. 22¹ BROWN rushed a simple chance. 25¹ A looping shot from JOHNSON was stopped by the Chester 'keeper. 25¹ GOAL!! After SINANI was pulled to the ground BATES waved play-on and RONDÓN went on to easily score. (1-0 Oxford United) 29¹ FREY touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Oxford United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 30¹ A brilliant shot from BROWN was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper. 31¹ GOAL!! A great drive from FISHER was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as JOHNSON who flicked the ball past the stranded Chester 'keeper. (2-0 Oxford United) 37¹ DRMIC worked the ball to LUCAS SILVA, ADRIÁN MARÍN gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Oxford United 'keeper. 43¹ A good ball from HENRY on the left bobbled toward ALESE who scuffed his shot over. 44¹ GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from BOUADDI gave DRMIC space on the left and FREY poked in his pin-point pass. (2-1 Oxford United) 45¹ RONDÓN charged through the Chester defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 0² FREY dribbled round SINANI and rattled a poor shot wide. 10² A cross from SINANI left RONDÓN in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 13² A free-kick from BECH floated just beyond the near post. 24² A strike from AKPA-AKPRO held no problem for the Chester 'keeper. 25² A poor strike from BECH bounced agonisingly wide. 30² A corner fell to SINANI who nodded an effort just wide. 33² A shot from BROWN seemed a certain goal but the Chester 'keeper managed to parry the ball away. 35² BECH headed over the bar.

Oxford United   League position: 14 Home league form: LXWW Overall league form: LLLWXWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Max O'LEARY 7  1 6½ Egil SELVIK Kellen FISHER 7½ 2 6½ LUCAS PIRES Silva Ciaron BROWN 8  3 7  ADRIÁN MARÍN Gómez Jean-Daniel AKPA-AKPRO 7½ 4 6½ Ayyoub BOUADDI Aji ALESE 7½ 5 7½ Ahmed HEGAZY Elliott MOORE 6  6 6½ Tristan CRAMA James HENRY 7  7 7½ LUCAS SILVA Borges Danel SINANI 7½ 8 7  Mads BECH (c,p)Salomón RONDÓN 7  9 6½ Michael FREY(p) (f)Daniel JOHNSON 6½ 10 6  RUBÉN Pardo(f) Denis CHERYSHEV 7  11 6  Josip DRMIC(c) Manager Béni BADIBANGA    12    Lukas SCHMITZ Seny DIENG    13    Lovre KALINIC Andréas HOUNTONDJI    14    Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO    15    Ayanda PATOSI Billy BODIN    16    Antonio VUTOV

Chester   League position: 16 Away league form: XWLX Overall league form: XWWLLLXW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Oxford United 2 Chester 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 24,595, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Tony Bates 6) Rondón 25¹, Johnson 31¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Frey 44¹             3 3 5 14 4 7 11 5 8 9 19 14 9 4 56% 44% ¶ Man of the match: Ciaron Brown ¶