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OXFORD (4-2-3-1):\n<\/p>\n
\n INGRAM 8; Spencer 6, Makosso 5, Brown 6, Currie 5 (Placheta 81); Vaulks 6, Brannagan 5 (McDonnell 64, 5); Mills 6 (Roosken 81), Donley 6 (Romenij 64, 4), Jeon 6 (Emakhu 64, 5); Lankshear 4.\n<\/p>\n
\n Subs (not used): Cumming (gk), Long, Konak, Harris.\n<\/p>\n
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SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1):\n<\/p>\n
\n 6 Roefs: Didn\u2019t really have to make a meaningful save and just about managed to deal with Oxford\u2019s long throws\n<\/p>\n
\n 6 Hume: Defensively comfortable back in his right-back berth, although his attacking runs were limited in number\n<\/p>\n
\n 7 Mukiele: Helped ensure Sunderland did not lose the physical battle as Oxford sent long balls forward\n<\/p>\n
\n 7 O\u2019Nien: Seemed to thoroughly enjoy his tussle with Lankshear and made an important first-half block\n<\/p>\n
\n 6 Cirkin: Contributed to Sunderland\u2019s clean sheet, even if his attacking threat was largely contained\n<\/p>\n
\n 6 Geertruida: Did the dirty work at the heart of midfield to ensure Lankshear was left isolated on a number of occasions\n<\/p>\n
\n 7 Diarra: Helped drive Sunderland forward from the heart of midfield and stepped up confidently to roll home his penalty\n<\/p>\n
\n 7 Talbi: Improved in the second half after an uneventful opening period and forced Ingram into a couple of good saves\n<\/p>\n
\n 8 Le Fee: Showed plenty of quality, particularly in the second half when Sunderland\u2019s attacking improved\n<\/p>\n
\n 8 MUNDLE: The standout player on the pitch as he cut in effectively from the left \u2013 went close on a number of occasions after the break\n<\/p>\n
\n 5 Isidor: Didn\u2019t make the most of a rare chance in the starting XI \u2013 seemed to be ambling around for much of his time on the pitch\n<\/p>\n
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Subs:\n<\/p>\n
\n 5 Sadiki (for Diarra, 63): Didn\u2019t have to do a lot in his half-hour or so of action\n<\/p>\n
\n 7 Mayenda (for Isidor, 63): A bright cameo appearance \u2013 almost scored with pretty much his first touch\n<\/p>\n
\n Jocelin (for Talbi, 81)\n<\/p>\n
\n (not used): Ellborg (gk), Jen Jones, Whittaker, Rigg, Angulo, Brobbey.\n<\/p>\n
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Man Of The Match: ROMAINE MUNDLE \u2013 Was Sunderland\u2019s brightest attacker as he repeatedly ran at the Oxford defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXFORD (4-2-3-1): INGRAM 8; Spencer 6, Makosso 5, Brown 6, Currie 5 (Placheta 81); Vaulks 6, Brannagan 5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-427614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}