Oxford United have drawn 2-2 with 10-man Weymouth this evening, unable to overcome the team that was reduced to 10 men after just 11 minutes when Santos Gaia was shown a straight red card.
Stuart Beavon put the home side ahead after 39 minutes, the lead was short lived though as Matt Day scored a sensational equaliser for Oxford just three minutes later. Early into the second half and Beavon once more put Weymouth ahead, and the score remained at 2-1 to Weymouth until late on in the game.
In the 82nd minute an Adam Bygrave own-goal brought Oxford right back into the match though and the score was once more levelled. Oxford had outplayed Weymouth for much of the first half; the team was not so great in the second however, and did well to grind out the draw. Oxford played right to the end, and the team were rewarded for their determination with a vital league point.
Oxford’s away record has been poor this season; only two away games have been won so far in the league, this was a good draw though, and against a team that earlier in the season won at the Kassam. A win would have been better, but a draw is nothing to shrug off as Oxford have now taken 4 points from their last 2 away games. With home form so strong; if Oxford can keep on getting results away from home then a play-off position could be achieved for Oxford United come the end of the season.
There’s still a long way to go yet, Oxford remain in 13th place after this one though, and there’s only 9 points separating Oxford from 5th place Crawley Town. Oxford will travel to Crawley on January 24th, and before then have a number of games to play against teams from the bottom half of the table. By the time Oxford play Crawley in January they could be well on their way up the Blue Square Premier League; watch out play-off places, we’re coming right for you.
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