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Commentary
GHEZZAL rushed through the Walsall defence but shot straight at the Walsall 'keeper.
A great save prevented PLATTE from scoring a lovely goal.
11¹The 'keeper saved a curling shot from TAYLOR.
23¹The Oxford United 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked effort.
24¹VIGEN receives a yellow card by the ref.
28¹MUTO shot wide.
32¹MOWATT's shot was well held by JOEL.
34¹A good ball from KENNY on the left found TAYLOR who mishit his shot over the bar.
36¹The 'keeper parried a lovely strike from TAYLOR.
37¹GOAL!! After PLATTE was pulled to the ground the referee waved play-on and GHEZZAL went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Oxford United)
42¹A clumsy challenge gets WILKINSON a yellow card.
44¹ROCO rifled a simple chance past the righthand post.
GOAL!! A mishit backpass by WILSON enabled WILLIAMS to nip in and hammer the ball past the Walsall 'keeper. (2-0 Oxford United)
Uncertainty in the Walsall defence enabled MUTO to crack the ball over.
10²WILKINSON hit a right foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
18²ZEMURA was put clear by KENNY and he stepped inside the 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
21²MUTO chipped the ball to GHEZZAL who forced it inches wide.
23²A header by WILKINSON at the near post was comfortably collected by JOEL.
27²A penalty box scramble resulted in TAYLOR cracking a low shot over.
30²GOAL!! Showing lots of skill WILLIAMS dribbled past WILLIAMS and blasted the ball past the Oxford United 'keeper. (2-1 Oxford United)
32²A brilliant strike from ADARAMOLA was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
36²BAPTISTE beat ZEMURA and drove the ball to GHEZZAL who fumbled his shot wide.
38²TAYLOR fired the ball through a crowd of players but JOEL was a match for it as he dived to his right.
44²A shot from TAYLOR was smothered by JOEL.
47²A cross from WHYTE left GHEZZAL in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.

 
Oxford United
 
League position: 11
Home league form: XXLW
Overall league form: XXWXLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
JOEL Robles1Maduka OKOYE
Jordan WILLIAMS2Jonjoe KENNY
Brandon WILLIAMS3Jordan ZEMURA
Shandon BAPTISTE4Kenny McLEAN
Enzo ROCO5Grant HANLEY
Rob DICKIE6Danny WILSON
Gavin WHYTE7Lasse VIGEN
(c)Rachid GHEZZAL8Charlie TAYLOR(c)
(p)Felix PLATTE9Conor WILKINSON(p)
(f)Jerome SINCLAIR10Alex MOWATT(f)
Yoshinori MUTO11Andy WILLIAMS
Manager
Allan TCHAPTCHET  12  Josh GINNELLY
Jack STEVENS  13  Angus GUNN
Tyler GOODRHAM  14  Scott ALLAN
Valgeir VALGEIRSSON15  George DOBSON
Tayo ADARAMOLA16  Zach CLOUGH
 
Walsall
 
League position: 12
Away league form: WXXL
Overall league form: XWLLXOXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Oxford United 2 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 12,475, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Thomas Troupkos 6)

Ghezzal 37¹, Williams 3²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Williams 30²
PlatteóAdaramola 19², SinclairóValgeirsson 34² 
  
 Vigen 24¹, Wilkinson 42¹
40
125
56
58
64
1112
37
42%58%
Man of the match: Charlie Taylor