| 0¹ | A useful ball from FELLOWS on the left found NOMBE who mishit his shot inches wide. |
| 4¹ | Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled RÚBEN RODRIGUES to hit an effort inches over. |
| 7¹ | A header by TWINE at the near post was easily collected by the Oxford United 'keeper. |
| 9¹ | A free-kick from RÚBEN RODRIGUES went inches over. |
| 24¹ | A twenty yard shot from SYKES caused KOVÁR no problem. |
| 26¹ | A accurate pass found TWINE and his looping shot went narrowly wide. |
| 28¹ | TWINE's header was well saved by the Oxford United 'keeper. |
| 31¹ | A weak shot from BROWN rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 36¹ | KOVÁR blocked a clever shot from MURPHY. |
| 37¹ | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. |
| 38¹ | McGUANE fired the ball through a crowd of players but KOVÁR was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 40¹ | A great effort from ANDERSON scraped the outside of the lefthand post. |
| 44¹ | BROWN booted the ball wide from just inside the area. |
| 45¹ | GOAL!! A shot from McGUANE which the Rochdale 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line and the ref awarded the goal. (1-0 Oxford United)| 4² | ANDERSON dribbled round ARMSTRONG and stabbed a weak shot over. | | 5² | MURPHY made space on the right and touched the ball to McGUANE who touched the ball wide. | | 11² | TWINE's shot beat SETFORD but rebounded off the Oxford United woodwork. | | 17² | A header from ANDERSON was nodded off the line by WHITE. | | 20² | NOMBE shot wide. | | 23² | SINCLAIR stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post. | | 40² | GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for TWINE to hit the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)| 43² | GOAL!! After some patient play on the left NOMBE came inside and placed the ball into the net. (2-1 Rochdale) | | |