Oxford United 3-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Oxford United 3-0 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Oxford United 3-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Oxford United won against Shrewsbury Town 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 27 October 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Josh Ruffels opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Oxford United's goals came from Josh Ruffels (3'), Gavin Whyte (14') and Marcus Browne (86'). Shrewsbury Town did not score.

Discipline: Oxford United received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Oxford United were 21st on 11 points from 15 and Shrewsbury Town 18th on 15 points from 15. Oxford United went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Shrewsbury Town 18th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Oxford United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Shrewsbury Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Josh RuffelsOxford United · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Gavin WhyteOxford United · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Lee AngolShrewsbury Town
  • 86'Goal · Marcus BrowneOxford United · 3-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Oxford United 3, draws 2, Shrewsbury Town 4.

Team news

Oxford United line-up

Simon Eastwood, Tony McMahon, Josh Ruffels, John Mousinho, Curtis Nelson, Rob Dickie, Gavin Whyte, Cameron Brannagan, Jamie Mackie, James Henry, Ricky Holmes

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Joel Coleman, Josh Emmanuel, R. Haynes, Omar Beckles, Luke Waterfall, James Bolton, Oliver Norburn, Greg Docherty, Fejiri Okenabirhie, Lee Angol, Anthony Grant