Oxford vs Coventry

1 March 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee J Simpson

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Ole Romeny 53’
Elliott Moore 62’

Jack Rudoni 7’
Ephron Mason-Clark 58’
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 71’

Match summary

Coventry won 3-2 away at Oxford. Coventry led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jack Rudoni put Coventry ahead with a header in the 7th minute. In the second half, Ole Romeny equalised in the 53rd minute, Ephron Mason-Clark put Coventry back in front with a header in the 58th minute, Elliott Moore equalised with a header in the 62nd minute, and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto won it in the 71st minute.

The chances backed that up: Coventry created 2.80 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Oxford's 1.48 from 10. Ellis Simms had a penalty saved for Coventry.

Match stats

10 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 11

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.09 xG 2.80

1.09 Non-penalty xG 2.01

Key events

Oxford Coventry

Kick-off

7’

Jack Rudoni

0-1

Half-time0-1

Ole Romeny

1-1

53’

58’

Ephron Mason-Clark

1-2

Elliott Moore

2-2

62’

71’

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Oxford

Ciaron Brown
Cameron Brannagan
Ole Romeny

Coventry

Oliver Dovin
Liam Kitching
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Oxford 1.48 xGCoventry 2.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Coventry attacking Oxford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Jamie Cumming	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Peter Kioso Taken off	82′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliott Moore	90′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Michał Helik	90′	–	–	3	0.27	–	–	–
Ciaron Brown	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Brannagan	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–
Will Vaulks Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Przemysław Płacheta Taken off	74′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Tyler Goodrham	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Mark Harris Taken off	82′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ole Romeny Taken off	90′	1	–	3	1.06	–	–
Stanley Mills Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Matos Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hidde ter Avest Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Phillips Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Oliver Dovin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bobby Thomas	90′	–	–	2	0.17	–	–	–
Liam Kitching	90′	–	–	1	0.11	–	–
Jake Bidwell	90′	–	–	1	0.19	–	–	–
Milan van Ewijk	90′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Josh Eccles Taken off	90′	–	–	2	0.14	–	–	–
Matt Grimes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Rudoni Taken off	45′	1	–	1	0.24	–	–	–
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	90′	1	–	2	0.30	–	–
Ephron Mason-Clark Taken off	90′	1	–	5	0.56	–	–	–
Ellis Simms Taken off	74′	–	–	1	0.79	–	–	–
Ben Sheaf Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	2	0.24	–	–	–
Haji Wright Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Oxford win 24% Avg odds 4.00

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.46

Coventry win 49% Avg odds 1.96

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Oxford D L D L L

Coventry W L W W W

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Coventry 3-2 Oxford, 16 Aug 24 Next meeting: Oxford 2-2 Coventry, 30 Aug 25 All Oxford vs Coventry meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.