Oxford United 1-1 Cheltenham Town

Oxford United's promotion push suffered a blow after Jamie Cureton's late goal rescued a point for Cheltenham.

The U's dominated for the first hour with David Connolly, James Constable, Ryan Williams and Josh Ruffels all going close for the hosts.

Oxford winger Williams charged through to open the scoring from 15 yards after latching onto a defensive error.

Cheltenham levelled after Cureton deflected Zack Kotwica's shot past Ryan Clarke and they held on for a point.

The U's have now gone five games without a win as their automatic promotion hopes continue to fade.

Cheltenham Town manager Mark Yates told BBC Gloucestershire:

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Post-match: Cheltenham boss Yates

"We created a few problems of our own with a few scrambles at the end.

"I'm a bit disappointed we didn't get more from the game, as we had a couple of really good chances in the second half.

"But we showed a lot of character to come back against a decent side.

"We've come back and got something out of it when we could have dropped and faded away."

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Line-ups

Oxford Utd

• 1Clarke
• 13Hunt
• 3Newey
• 19Mullins
• 4RaynesBooked at 76mins
• 6Wright
• 15WilliamsBooked at 78mins
• 37Ruffels
• 24Connolly
• 10SmalleySubstituted forPotterat 73'minutesBooked at 83mins
• 9Constable

Substitutes

• 7Rigg
• 11Potter
• 16Whing
• 17Rose
• 18Davies
• 22Wroe
• 23Henly

Cheltenham

• 1Brown
• 28IhiekweBooked at 48mins
• 20Jombati
• 14Richards
• 5Brown
• 6Elliott
• 11McGlashanBooked at 18mins
• 8DeeringSubstituted forKotwicaat 74'minutes
• 9HarrisonSubstituted forCuretonat 61'minutes
• 10Gornell
• 21VincentSubstituted forNobleat 61'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Taylor
• 7Cureton
• 12Roberts
• 19Kotwica
• 22Braham-Barrett
• 25Noble
• 32Brundle

Referee:

Tim Robinson

Attendance:

4,606

Match Stats

Home TeamOxford UtdAway TeamCheltenham

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home7

Away9

Shots on Target

Home2

Away3

Corners

Home4

Away5

Fouls

Home8

Away12

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Oxford United 1, Cheltenham Town 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Oxford United 1, Cheltenham Town 1.

Posted at 88'

Hand ball by Sido Jombati (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 86'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Terry Gornell.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jermaine McGlashan.

Goal!

Posted at 84'

Goal! Oxford United 1, Cheltenham Town 1. Jamie Cureton (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 84'

Attempt blocked. Zack Kotwica (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Alfie Potter (Oxford United).

Posted at 83'

Troy Brown (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

David Hunt (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Zack Kotwica (Cheltenham Town).

Goal!

Posted at 78'

Goal! Oxford United 1, Cheltenham Town 0. Ryan Williams (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Jake Wright.

Posted at 76'

Attempt saved. Jamie Cureton (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Booking

Posted at 76'

Michael Raynes (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Michael Raynes (Oxford United).

Posted at 76'

Zack Kotwica (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Zack Kotwica replaces Sam Deering.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Oxford United. Alfie Potter replaces Dean Smalley.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Matthew Richards (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Michael Raynes.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Terry Gornell (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 70'

David Connolly (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Steve Elliott (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 66'

Tom Newey (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Jamie Cureton (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Josh Ruffels (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Sido Jombati.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Dean Smalley (Oxford United).

Posted at 62'

Troy Brown (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 61'

Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jamie Cureton replaces Byron Harrison.

Substitution

Posted at 61'

Substitution, Cheltenham Town. David Noble replaces Ashley Vincent.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Dean Smalley (Oxford United).

Posted at 60'

Steve Elliott (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 56'

Hand ball by Jermaine McGlashan (Cheltenham Town).

Posted at 55'

Attempt missed. Steve Elliott (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 55'

Foul by Tom Newey (Oxford United).

Posted at 55'

Jermaine McGlashan (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 54'

Attempt missed. John Mullins (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 53'

Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Jake Wright.

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