Oxford United 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

League One · Saturday 22 January 2022

Result

Oxford United 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

League One · Saturday 22 January 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Oxford United 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Oxford United beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 22 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Barry Bannan opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Matty Taylor (45+1'), Matty Taylor (62') and Sam Winnall (84'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Barry Bannan (7') and Josh Windass (61').

Discipline: Oxford United received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oxford United were 6th on 43 points from 26 and Sheffield Wednesday 8th on 40 points from 25. Oxford United went on to finish that season 8th with 76 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 5th with 86.

Oxford United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Taylor of Oxford United (8.5), ahead of Massimo Luongo (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Oxford United win, 0 draws and 1 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 14'Yellow card · Jack HuntSheffield Wednesday
  • 45+1'Goal · Matty TaylorOxford United · 1-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Matty TaylorOxford United
  • 61'Goal · Josh WindassSheffield Wednesday · 1-2
  • 62'Goal · Matty TaylorOxford United · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday
  • 84'Goal · Sam WinnallOxford United · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Oxford United 1, draws 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1.

Team news

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

Jack Stevens, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Jordan Thorniley, Steve Seddon, Cameron Brannagan, Marcus McGuane, Mark Sykes, Billy Bodin, Nathan Holland, M. Taylor

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-2)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Liam Palmer, Sam Hutchinson, Marvin Johnson, Jack Hunt, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Massimo Luongo, Barry Bannan, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, L. Gregory, Sylla Sow