FA Cup Β· ENG Β· Round 3

Exeter City
3 - 1 Full time
Oxford United

St James Park Β· Exeter, Devon

Lineups

Exeter City3-4-2-1
JW1Whitworth
JF5Fitzwater
TC4Crama
JY15↓46'Yfeko
JM2McMillan
VH18⚽Harper
JR47↓86'Richards
RW6Woods
CW17↓67'Watts
DM7βš½Γ—2↓75'Mitchell
JM27↓67'Magennis
MI21Ingram
HT24↓70'ter Avest
SL2Long
JT34Thorniley
GL22Leigh
IE15↓64'El Mizouni
JM6↓64'McEachran
MP10βš½β†“70'Phillips
SD23↓89'Dembele
LS14Sibley
DS44Scarlett
Oxford United4-2-3-1

Exeter City substitutes

8 Edward Francis ↑46'
10 Jack Aitchison ↑67'
11 Millenic Alli ↑67'
16 Patrick Jones ↑75'
28 Kevin McDonald ↑86'
37 Shaun MacDonald
14 Ilmari Niskanen
20 Kamari Doyle
31 Jay Bird

Coach: Gary Caldwell

Oxford United substitutes

18 Alex Matos ↑64'
19 Tyler Goodrham ↑64'
30 Peter Kioso ↑70'
7 Przemyslaw Placheta ↑70'
28 Marselino Ferdinan ↑89'
1 Jamie Cumming
3 Ciaron Brown
20 Ruben Rodrigues
4 Will Vaulks

Coach: Gary Rowett Β· Unavailable: Ole Romeny (injury)

Match events

14'Matthew Phillips assist: Dane Scarlett 0 - 1⚽
22'Demetri Mitchell assist: Vincent Harper 1 - 1⚽
40'Demetri Mitchell 2 - 1⚽
Second half
46'↑ Edward Francis ↓ Johnly Yfeko⇄
64'↑ Alex Matos ↓ Idris El Mizouni⇄
64'↑ Tyler Goodrham ↓ Joshua McEachran⇄
64'Vincent Harper assist: Caleb Watts 3 - 1⚽
67'↑ Jack Aitchison ↓ Caleb Watts⇄
67'↑ Millenic Alli ↓ Josh Magennis⇄
70'↑ Przemyslaw Placheta ↓ Matthew Phillips⇄
70'↑ Peter Kioso ↓ Hidde ter Avest⇄
71'Dane Scarlett
75'↑ Patrick Jones ↓ Demetri Mitchell⇄
81'Tyler Goodrham
82'Jake Richards
85'Louie Sibley
86'↑ Kevin McDonald ↓ Jake Richards⇄
89'↑ Marselino Ferdinan ↓ Siriki Dembele⇄
90+5'Marselino Ferdinan

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 11 January 2025, 15:00 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Exeter City wins5Draws8Oxford United wins

16 past meetings on record. Biggest Exeter City win: Oxford United 3–0 Exeter City (2023). Biggest Oxford United win: Exeter City 1–4 Oxford United (2016).

24 Jul 2024Oxford United 0 - 1 Exeter CityClub Friendlies
27 Apr 2024Exeter City 1 - 2 Oxford UnitedLeague One
23 Sep 2023Oxford United 3 - 0 Exeter CityLeague One
1 Jan 2023Oxford United 0 - 1 Exeter CityLeague One
26 Nov 2022Oxford United 4 - 1 Exeter CityFA Cup
15 Oct 2022Exeter City 2 - 4 Oxford UnitedLeague One
4 Dec 2019Exeter City 0 - 0 Oxford UnitedEFL Trophy Final Stage
30 Aug 2016Oxford United 4 - 2 Exeter CityEFL Trophy Southern Grp. C
23 Feb 2016Exeter City 1 - 4 Oxford UnitedLeague Two
26 Dec 2015Oxford United 3 - 0 Exeter CityLeague Two
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24 Jan 2015Oxford United 2 - 2 Exeter CityLeague Two
13 Sep 2014Exeter City 1 - 1 Oxford UnitedLeague Two
28 Jan 2014Exeter City 0 - 0 Oxford UnitedLeague Two
22 Oct 2013Oxford United 0 - 0 Exeter CityLeague Two
26 Dec 2012Exeter City 1 - 3 Oxford UnitedLeague Two
8 Sep 2012Oxford United 2 - 4 Exeter CityLeague Two