Stevenage 1–2 Oxford United — Match Stats & Analysis

League One · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Stevenage

1–2Full-time analysis

Oxford United

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Oxford United won 1–2.

Shots: 1412
Shots on target: 35
Expected goals: 11.24
Possession: 45%55%

Full time

What the match recorded

Oxford United beat Stevenage 2–1. Recorded in this match (Stevenage – Oxford United): shots 14–12, shots on target 3–5, expected goals 1–1.24, possession 45%–55%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots14 shots12 shotsStevenage 14 shots, Oxford United 12 shots
Shots on target3 shots5 shotsStevenage 3 shots, Oxford United 5 shots
Expected goals1 xG1.24 xGStevenage 1 xG, Oxford United 1.24 xG
Possession45%55%Stevenage 45%, Oxford United 55%
Corners6 corners6 cornersStevenage 6 corners, Oxford United 6 corners
Fouls22 fouls22 foulsStevenage 22 fouls, Oxford United 22 fouls
Yellow cards1 card4 cardsStevenage 1 card, Oxford United 4 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Stevenage: 14 shots, 3 on target, 1.00 xG. Oxford United: 12 shots, 5 on target, 1.26 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Stevenage 1.00 xG · Oxford United 1.26 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Stevenage

1Draws

1Oxford United

19 Apr 2024Oxford United — Stevenage · League One1–1

30 Sept 2023Stevenage — Oxford United · League One1–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.1 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4