Oxford United 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Oxford United 3-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Oxford United 3-2 Cardiff City: match report

Oxford United defeated Cardiff City 3-2 in the Championship on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mark Harris opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Oxford United's goals came from Mark Harris (41'), Ciaron Maurice Brown (53') and Przemyslaw Placheta (57'). Cardiff City scored through Cian Ashford (82') and Callum Robinson (90+4').

Discipline: Oxford United received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oxford United were 23rd on 18 points from 21 and Cardiff City 22nd on 18 points from 21. Oxford United went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Cardiff City 24th with 44.

Oxford United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ciaron Brown of Oxford United (8.1), ahead of Przemyslaw Placheta (7.8).

Going into the match Oxford United's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Cardiff City's L-D-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Mark HarrisOxford United · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Ciaron Maurice BrownOxford United · 2-0
  • 57'Goal · Przemyslaw PlachetaOxford United · 3-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Alex RobertsonCardiff City
  • 80'Yellow cardCardiff City
  • 82'Goal · Cian AshfordCardiff City · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Siriki DembéléOxford United
  • 90+4'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 3-2

Team news

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Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jamie Cumming, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Ciaron Brown, Greg Leigh, Will Vaulks, Cameron Brannagan, Przemyslaw Placheta, Rúben Rodrigues, Tyler Goodrham, Mark Harris

Cardiff City line-up (3-4-3)

Jak Alnwick, Calum Chambers, Dimitrios Goutas, Joel Bagan, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Manolis Siopis, Alex Robertson, Callum O'Dowda, Rubin Colwill, Yakou Méïté, Chris Willock