Oxford United 1-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 November 2017

Result

Oxford United 1-2 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 11 November 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Oxford United 1-2 Northampton Town: match report

Oxford United lost to Northampton Town 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 11 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

Ash Taylor opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Oxford United's goal came from Wes Thomas (44'). Northampton Town scored through Ash Taylor (11') and Chris Long (45+1').

Discipline: Oxford United received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oxford United were 10th on 23 points from 16 and Northampton Town 21st on 15 points from 16. Oxford United went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Oxford United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Northampton Town.

Going into the match Oxford United's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Northampton Town's W-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Wes ThomasOxford United · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 1-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town
  • 83'Yellow card · Lewis McGuganNorthampton Town
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Oxford United 3, draws 3, Northampton Town 4.

Team news

Oxford United line-up

Simon Eastwood, Dwight Tiendalli, Curtis Nelson, Ricardinho, John Mousinho, Ryan Ledson, Jack Payne, James Henry, Joe Rothwell, Robert Hall, Wes Thomas

Northampton Town line-up

Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, John-Joe O'Toole, Matt Grimes, Lewis McGugan, Billy Waters, Daniel Powell, Christopher Long