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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 4 (setup 1, season 26)
Manchester City
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
24
Overall form:
Emiliano VIVIANO1Alexandros TZORVAS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO82Julien FAUBERT
Manuel PASQUAL36Carlos Amoldo SALCIDO Flores
Andrea COSSÙ84Keith ANDREWS
Matteo DARMIAN75Jean-Alain BOUMSONG
Salvatore BOCCHETTI6Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, MAZA
Alessandro FLORENZI76Facundo AFFRANCHINO
Francesco LODI88Yohan MOLLO
Alessandro MATRI97AMAURI Carvalho de Oliveira
Ciro IMMOBILE106Modibo MAÏGA
Giacomo BONAVENTURA115Gustavo Leonardo BOU
Manager
Nicola SANSONE12Kyrylo PETROV
Marco AMELIA13Daniel Giménez Hernández, DANI GIMÉNEZ
Luca ANTONINI14Martin PATERSON
Marco CAPUANO615Curtis THOMPSON
Sebastian GIOVINCO16Jamie GRIMES

Manchester City 1 Oxford United 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 35,952, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7)
45+1 CossùScorers24 Mollo, 73 Amauri
73 Bonaventura <=> CapuanoSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings7 Maïga, 79 Maza
0Corners5
5Fouls11
0Offsides1
4Shots on3
8Shots off6
12Total shots9
3Shots saved1
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Francesco LODI
2BONAVENTURA was put clear by PASQUAL and he dummied the Oxford United 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
7The ref books MAÏGA.
17A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
21BOU worked the ball to AFFRANCHINO, AMAURI gathered his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
24GOAL!! With his back to goal MOLLO swivelled and poked the ball past the Manchester City 'keeper. (1-0 Oxford United)
26A good ball from FLORENZI on the right was collected by BONAVENTURA who scuffed his shot wide.
36SCHELOTTO beat two Oxford United players and blasted a great chance just beyond the near post.
37A weak shot from AFFRANCHINO bounced agonisingly wide.
40MATRI beat FAUBERT and drilled the ball to PASQUAL who fired his shot wide.
45+1GOAL!! A long ball from BONAVENTURA down the middle found the lurking COSSÙ who drilled a looping shot into the back of the net. (1-1)
45+3A cross from AFFRANCHINO left AMAURI in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
 
49IMMOBILE made space on the left and knocked the ball to BONAVENTURA who fired the ball wide.
55Uncertainty in the Oxford United defence enabled BONAVENTURA to crack an effort just beyond the far post.
58AMAURI floated the ball to BOU who nodded it wide.
59LODI rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
62FAUBERT headed over the bar.
65COSSÙ stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
67A shot from BOCCHETTI was smothered by the Oxford United 'keeper.
73GOAL!! An outswinging corner was headed clear only for AMAURI to blast the ball into the net. (2-1 Oxford United)
79The bemused TZORVAS could only watch as a backpass from MAÏGA fell just wide.
79A late foul gets MAZA a yellow card.
81MOLLO fired a deadly shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.
85A lovely effort from MOLLO scraped the outside of the lefthand post.