Sunderland 3-1 Oxford United: result and report

League One · Friday 2 April 2021

Result

Sunderland 3-1 Oxford United

League One · Friday 2 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 3-1 Oxford United: match report

Sunderland won against Oxford United 3-1 in the League One on Friday 2 April 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

James Henry opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Lynden Gooch (45+2'), Aiden McGeady (81') and Max Power (90+4'). Oxford United scored through James Henry (21').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Oxford United received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 3rd on 67 points from 36 and Oxford United 10th on 56 points from 37. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Oxford United 6th with 75.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Jones of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of Lynden Gooch (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 4 draws and 0 for Oxford United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Connor McLaughlinSunderland
  • 20'Red card · Karl RobinsonOxford United
  • 21'Goal · James HenryOxford United · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · B. BarkerOxford United
  • 25'Yellow card · Mark SykesOxford United
  • 45+2'Goal · Lynden GoochSunderland · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · James HenryOxford United
  • 61'Second yellow · Mark SykesOxford United
  • 81'Goal · Aiden McGeadySunderland · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Elliott MooreOxford United
  • 89'Yellow card · Ross StewartSunderland
  • 90+4'Goal · Max PowerSunderland · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Max PowerSunderland

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 4, Oxford United 0.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-2-2-2)

Lee Burge, Connor McLaughlin, Dion Sanderson, Luke O'Nien, Callum McFadzean, Max Power, Josh Scowen, Jordan Jones, Aiden McGeady, Lynden Gooch, Charlie Wyke

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

Jack Stevens, A. Forde, Elliott Moore, Rob Atkinson, Jamie Hanson, James Henry, Cameron Brannagan, Mark Sykes, Olamide Shodipo, M. Taylor, Brandon Barker