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JAMIE CUMMING Made a couple of decent stops, but was relatively untested for most of the game in all honesty – 7 SAM LONG Stuck his head in at the back post to grab what could be a huge goal for the U’s. MAN OF THE MATCH – 8.5 MICHAL HELIK Headed away and blocked pretty much everything that entered the United penalty area – 8 BEN NELSON Defended brilliantly and came close to opening the scoring, but Pierce Charles made a wonderful save to tip the effort over – 8 JOE BENNETT A professional display from the left back in what was just his sixth start of an injury-hit campaign – 7.
5 Read our match report here WILL VAULKS Had an early effort saved, while his long throw was again key to getting United on the scoresheet – 7.5 CAMERON BRANNAGAN Went close with two first half strikes in what was a charged up and committed performance – 7.5 STAN MILLS Showed glimpses of what he can do down the right-hand side and was direct in his dribbling – 6.
5 ALEX MATOS Crunching tackles and commitment to the cause made him the pantomime villain for the home supporters at Hillsborough – 7.5 TYLER GOODRHAM Had a first-time effort saved by Charles in the Owls goal, and was busy down the left-hand side – 7 TOM BRADSHAW Struggled to make things stick up front, but he had one effort from a difficult angle fly off target – 6 CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE OXFORD MAIL ONLINE (Image: Newsquest) SUBSTITUTES Ruben Rodrigues (for Matos, 64) His presence further forward added more of an attacking threat in the final third – 6 Matt Phillips (for Mills, 64) Got into some good areas down the right wing after coming off the bench. BOOKED – 6.
5 Mark Harris (for Bradshaw, 64) Made himself a nuisance for the Owls defence, particularly from set pieces. BOOKED – 6.5 Przemyslaw Placheta (for Goodrham, 78) Greg Leigh (for Bennett, 90+2) Unused: Ingram, El Mizouni, Dembele, Romeny.
Substitutes who come on after the 75th minute do not get a rating..
