Match ends, Newport County 1, Oxford United 1.
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Oxford's League Two promotion push continued to stutter as Newport County ended a run of six successive defeats.
Former Aston Villa striker Jordan Bowery had given Oxford an early lead with a close-range left-foot strike.
But County were level within a minute as Medy Elito's long-range shot beat Liechtenstein goalkeeper Benjamin Buchel for his first goal this season.
County kept out dominant Oxford, who drop to third, having won just once in five league games.
Newport, however, are still not completely clear of relegation as York's shock win against play-off chasing Portsmouth means the Welsh side are nine points above the drop zone with three games remaining.
Warren Feeney's men, though, have a better goal difference by 11 and need just one more point to guarantee survival.
Line-ups
Newport
Formation 3-5-2
- 30Day
- 16Hughes
- 4Jones
- 5Davies
- 2HolmesBooked at 52mins
- 8KlukowskiSubstituted forO'Sullivanat 20'minutesBooked at 68mins
- 33Byrne
- 7Elito
- 3Barrow
- 19Boden
- 10John-Lewis
Substitutes
- 9Coulibaly
- 15Green
- 17Morgan
- 20Owen-Evans
- 21Partridge
- 23Rodman
- 28O'Sullivan
Oxford Utd
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Buchel
- 16Kenny
- 33Dunkley
- 6Wright
- 36EvansSubstituted forRuffelsat 45'minutes
- 29BowerySubstituted forWaringat 78'minutes
- 8Sercombe
- 18LundstramSubstituted forAshbyat 61'minutes
- 28Maguire
- 10Hylton
- 31Roberts
Substitutes
- 1Slocombe
- 4Roofe
- 5Mullins
- 7Waring
- 14Ruffels
- 17Giles
- 24Ashby
- Referee:
- Gavin Ward
- Attendance:
- 2,847
Match Stats
Home TeamNewportAway TeamOxford Utd
- Possession
- Home43%
- Away57%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home9
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home5
- Away9
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Oxford United 1.
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Foul by James Roberts (Oxford United).
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Ben Davies (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Josh Ruffels.
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Attempt blocked. Medy Elito (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Cheyenne Dunkley.
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Attempt blocked. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Benji Büchel.
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Attempt saved. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
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Foul by Liam Sercombe (Oxford United).
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Scott Boden (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Oxford United. George Waring replaces Jordan Bowery.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jake Wright.
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jake Wright.
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Foul by Danny Hylton (Oxford United).
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Danny Holmes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jonjoe Kenny (Oxford United).
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Scott Barrow (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. James Roberts (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
