Oxford United 1 Sunderland 2: Story of the day as Elliot Embleton goal gives Cats huge win at the Kassam Stadium
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The Black Cats took the lead when Corry Evans opened the scoring with a low shot in the 16th minute, yet U’s defender Elliott Moore headed the hosts level before half-time.
Both sides had chances in the second half before Sunderland substitute Elliot Embleton scored a dramatic winner two minutes from the end.
The result moved Sunderland back into the play-off places as league rivals Wycombe and Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth all dropped points.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Oxford United 1 (Moore, 36) Sunderland 2 (Evans, 16) (Embleton, 88)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson Winchester, Wright, Cirkin, Gooch, Evans, Matete, Clarke (Embleton, 85), Roberts (O’Nien, 45), Broadhead (Batth, 78) Stewart
- Subs: Hoffmann, Doyle, Hume, Batth, Embleton, Neil, O’Nien
- Oxford XI: Stevens, Long (Winnall, 90), Moore, McNally, Brown, Kane, Bodin, Brannagan, Sykes, Holland (Whyte, 61), Taylor
- Subs: Eastwood, Willians, Forde, McGuane, Whyte, Seddon, Winnall
Elsewhere in League One
Here are some of the other half-time scores in League One:
AFC Wimbledon 1 MK Dons 0
Bolton 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0
Burton 0 Plymouth 0
Gillingham 0 Wycombe 1
Lincoln 1 Wigan 2
Rotherham 0 Charlton 0
44’ Comfortable save for Patterson
Sykes was free at the far post there as he was picked out by Brannagan.
The former couldn’t make clean contact with his effort, though, and Patterson made a comfortable save.
41’ Sunderland struggling to get out
Sunderland are struggling to relieve some pressure at the moment, with Oxford pinning the visitors back.
The Black Cats need to at least hold on until half-time.
36’ Goal Oxford (Moore)
Straight from a free-kick.
Oxford are level after Bodin’s in-swinging delivery from the right was met by Moore (unmarked) and the centre-back powerfully headed the ball past Patterson.
1-1.
33’ Wide from Gooch
Gooch has been forced to do a lot of defending in the first half but managed to get forward there.
The Sunderland wing-back managed to get forward there and tried to take on Brown but his effort went wide from a difficult angle.