Oxford United 2 v 1 Southampton
EFL Championship
Friday, 26th December 2025 Kick-off 15:00

Voting is OPEN. Click here to submit your votes.

Jamie Cumming	6.4
Brodie Spencer	6.0
Michal Helik	6.2
Ciaron Brown	5.8
Jack Currie	5.8
Luke Harris	5.4
Brian Keersmaecker	6.2
Przemysław Płacheta	6.4
Tyler Goodrham	6.7
Stanley Mills	6.8
Nik Prelec	6.4

Filip Krastev	5.6
Sam Long	5.4
Siriki Dembele	5.8
Will Lankshear	6.0

4.6	Gavin Bazunu
5.3	Taylor Harwood-Bellis
4.5	Nathan Wood
4.1	Jack Stephens
5.3	Tom Fellows
4.7	Flynn Downes
5.0	Caspar Jander
4.4	Ryan Manning
4.1	Finn Azaz
5.9	Leo Scienza
4.2	Adam Armstrong

3.6	Oriol Romeu
5.5	Jay Robinson
3.8	Ryan Fraser
3.3	Cameron Archer

Referee	5.3
Match Rating	3.9

Your Oxford United v Southampton Match Reports

Bawdrip added 18:37 - Dec 26

Really poor performance. Lacking in ideas.

Bowlercow added 19:14 - Dec 26

Why did he sub off the two best forward thinking players Leo and Tom
Why has Leo stopped trying to beating players and favouring a pass instead
The game plan,was not positive enough from the start We were content with possession with no end product

Cjay80 added 20:12 - Dec 26

IMO that was Eckert's worst game in charge. Scienza best player, then subbed, Fellows then best player, subbed, Azaz finally woke up and started playing, subbed, then Archer comes on, was like Tonda was trying not to win this one.

Staycalm added 21:41 - Dec 26

Sadly, all those things that made us a decisive winning team a few games ago seem to have been lost in a torridcocktail of time consuming tip tap football and tediously slow build up that must make RM very happy. That plus some very poor performances with yet again a very poor coversion rate of opportunities into goals leads to mid table at best!!

Boris1977 added 22:41 - Dec 26

Thankfully we're not going up this season otherwise we'd break Derby's (or wolves) record. I thought the issues were just at the back without lacking a CB with heading ability and a keeper that can position himself to save shots across the body. Need to add a strong ball keeping midfielder and a CF.

No doubt any players coming in will be wingers

allsaint54 added 23:39 - Dec 26

How much super glue does Baz put on his boots

SaintPaulVW added 09:41 - Dec 27

Disappointing as this was supposedly the A team in the A formation.

Tonda needs to change things up.

I_would added 13:48 - Dec 27

How come other teams with, on paper, inferior squads can shoot accurately from outside of the box and all our attempts at a long shot are laughably poor and liable to bounce off of the nearest satellite or they resemble a back pass to the goalie?

Also if we carry on with this tippy-tappy bullshit we'll struggle to win another game. Fact.

YosemiteSaint added 14:31 - Dec 27

If freeing up the players to do what they naturally do got us five wins a month ago, we need to follow up by restoring a more familiar formation as well. Ditch the 3-4-3 (at least for the time being) and return to the 4-4-2 please.

YosemiteSaint added 14:34 - Dec 27

We also need an extra step on each play: Get on top of the ball when we shoot from distance, and challenge everything at the top of the box (on defense and offense)!

fubsy added 15:49 - Dec 27

Will Still said in one of his last press conferences, two things:
1. Turning the club round was a big job, and would take time; and
2. Every time Saints made a mistake, the opposition scored.
In the first few games under Tonda we were definitely lucky the opposition didn't take their chances. I think we need to spend a couple of seasons in the Championship and re-build slowly and improve incrementally - we know that most of our players are not Premier League standard.
I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous New Year.