Match ends, Oxford United 1, Cheltenham Town 1.
Oxford UtdOxford United1CheltenhamCheltenham Town1
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:
"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."
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
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Oxford United 1, Cheltenham Town 1.
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Hand ball by Sido Jombati (Cheltenham Town).
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Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Terry Gornell.
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Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jermaine McGlashan.
Goal!
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.
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Attempt blocked. Zack Kotwica (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Alfie Potter (Oxford United).
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Troy Brown (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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David Hunt (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Zack Kotwica (Cheltenham Town).
Goal!
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.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Jake Wright.
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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
Michael Raynes (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Michael Raynes (Oxford United).
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Zack Kotwica (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Zack Kotwica replaces Sam Deering.
Substitution
Substitution, Oxford United. Alfie Potter replaces Dean Smalley.
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Attempt missed. Matthew Richards (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
