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- Oxford United draw with Stevenage in League One
- Brannagan penalty earns Oxford point
- Long own goal had given Stevenage lead
- Oxford's chances of making play-offs dented
- Stevenage out of top-six race
Match Stats
Home TeamOxford UtdAway TeamStevenage
- Possession
- Home65%
- Away35%
- Shots
- Home25
- Away2
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away0
- Corners
- Home8
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away17
Line-ups
Oxford Utd
Formation 4-1-4-1
1Cumming
15Stevens2Long3Brown22Leigh
8Brannagan
11Browne20Rodrigues19Goodrham23Murphy
9M Harris
- 1Cumming
- 15Stevens
- 2Long
- 3Brown
- 22Leigh
- 8Brannagan
- 11BrowneSubstituted forDaleat 64'minutes
- 20RodriguesSubstituted forBodinat 72'minutes
- 19GoodrhamSubstituted forHenryat 72'minutes
- 23Murphy
- 9M Harris
Substitutes
- 4Thorniley
- 10Bodin
- 12Bennett
- 13Eastwood
- 14Smyth
- 17Henry
- 30Dale
Stevenage
Formation 4-4-2
12MacGillivray
14Smith15Vancooten5Piergianni22Guinness-Walker
10Freeman23Thompson18White11Roberts
19Reid29Hemmings
- 12MacGillivray
- 14SmithBooked at 88mins
- 15VancootenBooked at 10mins
- 5Piergianni
- 22Guinness-WalkerBooked at 71mins
- 10FreemanSubstituted forListat 80'minutes
- 23Thompson
- 18WhiteSubstituted forThompsonat 90+2'minutes
- 11RobertsSubstituted forSweeneyat 90+2'minutes
- 19ReidSubstituted forThompsonat 60'minutes
- 29Hemmings
Substitutes
- 4Thompson
- 6Sweeney
- 9List
- 20Pressley
- 24Thompson
- 41Mitchell
- 44Evans
- Referee:
- Tom Nield
- Attendance:
- 9,174
Scores
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As It Stood
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Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Portsmouth | 44 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 75 | 39 | 36 | 94 | ||
2 | Derby | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 75 | 37 | 38 | 86 | ||
3 | Bolton | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 81 | 48 | 33 | 83 | ||
4 | Peterborough | 43 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 84 | 56 | 28 | 80 | ||
5 | Barnsley | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 79 | 60 | 19 | 75 | ||
6 | Oxford Utd | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 55 | 22 | 74 | ||
7 | Lincoln City | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 63 | 37 | 26 | 71 | ||
8 | Blackpool | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 70 | ||
9 | Stevenage | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 45 | 10 | 68 | ||
10 | Leyton Orient | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 62 | ||
11 | Northampton | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 59 | ||
12 | Wycombe | 43 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 53 | 2 | 58 | ||
13 | Exeter | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 58 | -15 | 58 | ||
14 | Bristol Rovers | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 64 | -12 | 57 | ||
15 | Wigan | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 56 | ||
16 | Charlton | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 52 | ||
17 | Reading | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 63 | 65 | -2 | 50 | ||
18 | Shrewsbury | 44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 63 | -30 | 47 | ||
19 | Cambridge | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 59 | -21 | 46 | ||
20 | Burton | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 62 | -26 | 43 | ||
21 | Cheltenham | 43 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 61 | -24 | 41 | ||
22 | Port Vale | 44 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 72 | -31 | 40 | ||
23 | Fleetwood | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 72 | -27 | 37 | ||
24 | Carlisle | 44 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 76 | -36 | 30 |
Live Reporting
Alex Hoad
All times stated are UK
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FT: Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
That was a pulsating way to begin a run of seven straight days of EFL action here on the BBC Sport website.
After all is said and done Oxford have a three-point lead over seventh-placed Lincoln but the Imps have a game in hand and a better goal difference.
Blackpool could close within a point of the Us too if they can beat Barnsley too.
We'll of course be here from midday to bring you all the thrills and spills from the Championship, League One and Two across more than seven hours of live action.
Thanks for your company this evening... now go and rest up, it's going to be a big weekend,..
'Good performance from Stevenage'
FT: Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Steve Watkins
Commentator on BBC Three Counties Radio
It's been an entertaining game for sure. It was a good performance for Stevenage when you look at the week they've had. You'd take a point here at the Kassam stadium every time.
FULL-TIME
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Oxford look crestfallen. Lincoln, and even Blackpool, are alive in this play-off race.
Sam Long's unfortunate own-goal was cancelled out by a Cameron Brannagan penalty and several good saves from Craig MacGillivray ensured the hosts could not find a winner.
Oxford had more than enough opportunities to put the game to bed but they will have to endure tomorrow afternoon's fixtures and see where they lie going into the final day of the season.
As for Stevenage, they showed grit and determination and picked up a point against the odds - the hallmark of the club over the last couple of seasons, even though the manager has changed.
Post update
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
It's all Oxford as the seconds tick down but Josh Murphy's inviting cross from the left is headed well over the bar by Mark Harris.
That cross was one of the best you'll see.
'Can Stevenage hang on?'
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Steve Watkins
Commentator on BBC Three Counties Radio
There's some tired players out there. It's been a fairly frantic, non-stop game and normally we'd be saying what a good point this is for Stevenage - if they can hang on to it.
SUBSTITUTION
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Jordan Roberts and Harvey White are off with Nathan Thomspon and Dan Sweeney coming on for Boro for the rearguard action in the final few minutes.
Three Thompsons on the pitch for the visitors now - they almost need a directory!
FIVE ADDED MINUTES
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
It's the yellow and blues who are finishing the stronger and pressing forward...
Harvey White is down on the deck for Boro and a cynic might suggest he is asking for treatment to interrupt Oxford's rhythm.
FIVE minutes will be added.
'Stevenage need to see it out'
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Dean Thompson
BBC Three Counties Radio commentator
This is good enough from Stevenage but they need to see it out. Alex Revell needs to make a couple of changes in extra time.
YELLOW CARD
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Kane Smith is the third Boro man into the book after trying to swap shirts with Josh Murphy a few minutes too early. The free-kick is wasted, however.
Post update
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Oxford sub Owen Dale shows off some step-overs which wouldn't have looked out of place on the gymnastics floor at Paris 2024 this summer but his cross from the right of the area is cut out.
Finley Stevens' does slightly better with a cross from deeper moments later but Mark Harris jumps a little early and can only flick the ball past the far post.
'Anxiety among Oxford fans'
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Steve Watkins
Commentator on BBC Three Counties Radio
You can sense the anxiety in the Oxford fans. Don't know if a point is enough for them.
Post update
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Absolutely breathless stuff in the closing stages. Both teams giving it their all until the very end. Everything is 100% despite it being the end of a long and gruelling season.
CLOSE!
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
How have Stevenage not scored?
Kane Hemmings is played through and rolls the ball across the six-yard line.
Oxford hack the ball away, but it lands with Ben Thompson whose shot takes a big deflection and looks like it will creep inside the post until keeper Jamie Cumming gets a hand to it almost on the line.
SUBSTITUTION
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Elliot List is on for the visitors, replacing Nick Freeman for the closing stages.
GREAT SAVE!
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Oxford spring a devastating break from a Stevenage corner and almost go ahead.
Owen Dale carries the ball and then plays it beyond the defence for Josh Murphy, he takes a touch which drives him a little wide but then slides in a left-footed shot which is brilliantly saved with his boot by the back-tracking Craig McGillivray.
If Boro get something tonight they'll have him to thank for it.
'Referee causing issues'
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Steve Watkins
Commentator on BBC Three Counties Radio
It's starting to get tetchy now and it's the referee who's starting to lose things. It's causing issues with the players because you just feel that there's going to be a little flashpoint.
Post update
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Jordan Roberts is adjudged to have fouled Cameron Brannagan as he outmuscled him 25 yards from goal. He looks astonished at referee Tom Nield, and I can understand why. He was just too strong.
The free-kick is cleared but, football is a funny game, Roberts barges into another Us player in an almost identical position and this time he can have no complaints.
Brannagan doesn't punish him, however, as he whips the free-kick well off target.
As it stands...
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Oxford United will be desperate for a winner to make sure their quest for a play-off place remains in their hands.
Lincoln's superior goal difference means two wins for them would be likely to take them above the Us.
Although the Imps do have to play champions Portsmouth in the final game.
Unless Stevenage get three points, they'll definitely be plying their trade in League One next season...
SUBSTITUTION
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Double change for the home side as Ruben Rodrigues and Tyler Goodrham are withdrawn with Billy Bodin and James Henry introduced.
Nesta Guinness-Walker was apparently booked just before their introduction for the visitors too, their second of the night.
Post update
Oxford 1-1 Stevenage
Josh Murphy blazes down the left wing, getting whitewash on his boots, if that still happens, and drives to the byline before whipping a cross across the face of goal, beating everyone...
His heat map tonight is going to be huge.