Match ends, Oxford United 1, Coventry City 2.
Oxford UtdOxford United1CoventryCoventry City2
Goals from Jordan Shipley and Conor Chaplin saw Coventry City claim only their second league win of the season as they saw off struggling Oxford.
Jordan Shipley put City ahead with a shot from inside the box that deflected off U's defender John Mousinho.
Conor Chaplin then doubled the lead from the penalty spot with eight minutes to go after Shipley was brought down by U's keeper Jonathan Mitchell.
Jonathan Obika made it 2-1 late on when he headed in Luke Garbutt's corner.
Oxford boss Karl Robinson was forced to watch from the stands, as he served the second of a two-game touchline ban.
Coventry are now 12th in League One, four points off the top six, while the U's are second bottom having only won once this season.
Oxford manager Karl Robinson:
"Some of my players were not emotionally ready for this game. Emotionally, when things go against us, we're not very good.
"I was tearing my hair out because I was seeing players doing things we've never worked on. There are lots of little things we can do better.
"We always feel we can score but we've lost our momentum. And the league form is not acceptable."
Coventry boss Mark Robins:
"It was a really tight contest and I thought we just edged it.
"It's taken a hell of a lot of work to get ourselves two goals up. And we then conceded a rubbish goal from a set piece.
"But we held out under a bit of pressure at the end, without really looking in too much danger. We had to work really hard to get this second league win."
Line-ups
Oxford Utd
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 41Mitchell
- 2Norman
- 5Nelson
- 15Mousinho
- 14Ruffels
- 8Brannagan
- 26BaptisteSubstituted forGarbuttat 83'minutes
- 12HolmesBooked at 45mins
- 17Henry
- 10BrowneSubstituted forObikaat 71'minutes
- 19MackieSubstituted forSmithat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Garbutt
- 4Dickie
- 9Smith
- 13Shearer
- 20Obika
- 23Long
- 43Lopes
Coventry
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Burge
- 2GrimmerSubstituted forSterlingat 45'minutes
- 4Willis
- 15Hyam
- 12BrownBooked at 13mins
- 23Thomas
- 20Bayliss
- 8Doyle
- 26ShipleyBooked at 12minsSubstituted forAndreuat 83'minutes
- 10ChaplinSubstituted forOgogoat 83'minutes
- 18Clarke-HarrisBooked at 87mins
Substitutes
- 5Davies
- 11Hiwula-Mayifuila
- 13O'Brien
- 16Ogogo
- 17Sterling
- 21Bakayoko
- 22Andreu
- Referee:
- Dean Whitestone
- Attendance:
- 7,519
Match Stats
Home TeamOxford UtdAway TeamCoventry
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away4
- Corners
- Home5
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home19
- Away19
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Oxford United 1, Coventry City 2.
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Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jordan Willis.
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Cameron Norman (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luke Thomas (Coventry City).
Booking
Jonson Clarke-Harris (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!
Goal! Oxford United 1, Coventry City 2. Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke Garbutt following a corner.
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Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Substitution
Substitution, Coventry City. Abu Ogogo replaces Conor Chaplin.
Substitution
Substitution, Coventry City. Tony Andreu replaces Jordan Shipley.
Substitution
Substitution, Oxford United. Sam Smith replaces Jamie Mackie.
Substitution
Substitution, Oxford United. Luke Garbutt replaces Shandon Baptiste.
Goal!
Goal! Oxford United 0, Coventry City 2. Conor Chaplin (Coventry City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
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Penalty Coventry City. Jordan Shipley draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Jonathan Mitchell (Oxford United) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Attempt blocked. Luke Thomas (Coventry City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Curtis Nelson (Oxford United).
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Jonson Clarke-Harris (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by John Mousinho (Oxford United).
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Dominic Hyam (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
