Accrington Stanley 1-1 Oxford United

Oxford extended their unbeaten League One run to seven games but had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Accrington.

James Henry gave Oxford a 58th-minute lead before Ethan Hamilton fired home a 35-yard strike with six minutes remaining to rescue a point for Stanley.

The closest the visitors came to breaking the deadlock in the first half was a Lewis Bate curling strike which hit the woodwork in the seventh minute.

Stanley's best chance was the only shot on target before the break, with Hamilton's strike at the far post deflected out for a corner in the 40th minute.

Oxford started the second half with more intent and Matty Taylor blasted over the bar.

The visitors opened the scoring when Marcus Browne tricked his way to the byline and crossed for Henry to fire home from close range, his second goal in as many games.

The hosts hunted for an equaliser, with Shaun Whalley heading wide and goalkeeper Simon Eastwood touching away Tommy Leigh's 82nd-minute strike.

And Accrington were rewarded with a point thanks to Hamilton's moment of magic.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

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Line-ups

Accrington

Formation 3-1-4-2

40Savin
5AstleyBooked at 57minsSubstituted forAdedoyinat 77'minutes
34TharmeBooked at 35mins
16Rodgers
28ConneelySubstituted forPritchardat 68'minutesBooked at 85mins
2Clark
6Coyle
4Hamilton
14LongeloSubstituted forPerrittat 86'minutes
7Whalley
8LeighBooked at 62mins

Substitutes

1Jensen
10Pritchard
17Nolan
19Adedoyin
21Perritt
22Martin
50Fernandes

Oxford Utd

Formation 4-3-3

13Eastwood
33AndersonSubstituted forGoodrhamat 87'minutes
5Moore
4Findlay
16BrownBooked at 73mins
14BateSubstituted forLongat 77'minutes
18McGuane
8Brannagan
17HenrySubstituted forBodinat 66'minutes
9Taylor
11BrowneSubstituted forMurphyat 76'minutesBooked at 78mins

Substitutes

2Long
6Rodriguez
7Bodin
21McGinty
23Murphy
27Goodrham
39O'Donkor

Referee:: Samuel Barrott
Attendance:: 2,447

Match Stats

Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamOxford Utd

Possession: Home47%; Away53%

Shots: Home12; Away7

Shots on Target: Home4; Away1

Corners: Home5; Away2

Fouls: Home11; Away14

Live Text

Post update
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Oxford United 1.
90'+7'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Oxford United 1.

90'+5'
Post update
Attempt saved. Ethan Hamilton (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
90'+4'
Post update
Foul by Cameron Brannagan (Oxford United).
90'+4'
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Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2'
Post update
Foul by Stuart Findlay (Oxford United).
90'+2'
Post update
Korede Adedoyin (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'
Post update
Attempt missed. Billy Bodin (Oxford United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Josh Murphy with a cross.
89'
Post update
Offside, Accrington Stanley. Korede Adedoyin tries a through ball, but Joe Pritchard is caught offside.
88'
Post update
Marcus McGuane (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88'
Post update
Foul by Ethan Hamilton (Accrington Stanley).
87'
Substitution
Substitution, Oxford United. Tyler Goodrham replaces Djavan Anderson.
86'
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Harry Perritt replaces Rosaire Longelo.
86'
Booking
Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85'
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Marcus McGuane (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85'
Post update
Foul by Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley).
84'
Goal!
Goal! Accrington Stanley 1, Oxford United 1. Ethan Hamilton (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rosaire Longelo with a headed pass.
83'
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Stuart Findlay.
83'
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Simon Eastwood.
83'
Post update
Attempt saved. Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth	20	13	4	3	39	24	15	43
2	Ipswich	20	12	6	2	39	20	19	42

3	Sheff Wed	20	12	5	3	35	16	19	41
4	Barnsley	19	10	3	6	25	16	9	33
5	Bolton	19	9	5	5	22	16	6	32
6	Peterborough	20	10	1	9	35	25	10	31

7	Derby	19	8	6	5	23	16	7	30
8	Portsmouth	17	7	8	2	26	18	8	29
9	Port Vale	20	8	5	7	23	28	-5	29
10	Exeter	20	7	5	8	32	30	2	26
11	Lincoln City	19	6	8	5	21	23	-2	26
12	Shrewsbury	20	7	5	8	19	21	-2	26
13	Oxford Utd	20	6	7	7	26	22	4	25
14	Wycombe	19	7	4	8	25	24	1	25
15	Bristol Rovers	20	6	7	7	31	34	-3	25
16	Cheltenham	19	7	4	8	16	21	-5	25
17	Charlton	20	5	9	6	30	28	2	24
18	Fleetwood	20	4	11	5	21	20	1	23
19	Accrington	20	5	6	9	20	31	-11	21
20	Cambridge	20	6	2	12	19	32	-13	20

21	Forest Green	20	4	5	11	18	39	-21	17
22	MK Dons	19	4	3	12	18	29	-11	15
23	Burton	20	3	6	11	26	41	-15	15
24	Morecambe	20	2	9	9	16	31	-15	15

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Comment posted by stephen, at 17:26 3 Dec 2022
Accrington will beat the drop , they have a good manager in John Coleman whose work at this cub has been tremendous he doesn't get the recognition he deserves
Reply posted by Lofty, at 20:05 3 Dec 2022
Lofty replied:
Done so well for so long. Brilliant!
Comment posted by Lofty, at 17:33 3 Dec 2022
As a Bolton supporter, I am glad to see that Accrington got a point, great fighting spirit. On a low budget, you show what can be done. A credit to your town. You have the best manager.
Comment posted by Fidelis Andria, at 17:34 3 Dec 2022
Accrington urgently need a new striker and a cutting edge, or it will be a struggle. Apart from the last ten minutes today, they did not really look like scoring. Still, in Coley we trust.
Comment posted by Ray Pearce, at 18:04 3 Dec 2022
What a great job Coley does great manager with help from Jimmy
Comment posted by Paul, at 21:44 3 Dec 2022
Stanley very competitive on a tight pitch. Oxford looked quite comfortable until a special equaliser. Taylor should have wrapped up the game early second half. Coley certainly works wonders on a small budget
Comment posted by Trevor, at 17:47 3 Dec 2022
Once again Oxford surrender a lead...an ongoing theme this season...I'm tired of KR...would like a new manager
Reply posted by Yabbadabbadonot, at 20:30 3 Dec 2022
Yabbadabbadonot replied:
Only 6 behind 6th. C O Y Y
Comment posted by Pink_Boyd, at 04:35 4 Dec 2022
Four games unbeaten now without McConville about, long may both of these things continue.
Comment posted by Dan, at 05:44 4 Dec 2022
I cannot understand why Coleman refuses to play touray. We are desperately in need of goals and the Barcelona born striker would provide them.He was fantastic pre season, but hasn't played all year. Anyone enlighten me?
Comment posted by beatles63, at 17:16 3 Dec 2022
Good fight back by Accies but will be lucky to escape the drop.
Comment posted by WWFCBLUE, at 17:12 3 Dec 2022
Only one shot on target 🤣
Reply posted by SportsEnthusiast, at 21:33 3 Dec 2022
SportsEnthusiast replied:
I know. Judging from the absence of all the regulars from last season on this HYS, you'd think their entire fan base has changed.

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