Walsall 0-1 Oxford United

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FA Cup: Walsall 0-1 Oxford United highlights

James Henry netted a late winner as League One high-fliers Oxford booked their place in the third round of the FA Cup with victory at Walsall.

It had looked as though the tie would be heading for a replay but, with six minutes to go, Chris Cadden threaded a perfect pass into Henry's path and the former Wolves midfielder prodded the ball home from six yards.

The visitors dominated throughout but had found home keeper Liam Roberts in impressive form.

Late in the first half Roberts palmed a Tariqe Fosu effort around the post for a corner and then, a minute into the second period, he produced a dazzling reflex save to keep out a point-blank Josh Ruffels header.

Matty Taylor was also unlucky not to get on the scoresheet, having an effort disallowed for offside on the stroke of half-time and then miscuing in front of goal in the second period.

League Two strugglers Walsall's best chance of the game came just after the interval when a quick break upfield saw Caolan Lavery pick out Josh Gordon in the middle but the striker headed wide of the target.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

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Line-ups

Walsall

• 1Roberts
• 24Facey
• 5J Clarke
• 4Sadler
• 21Cockerill-MollettBooked at 25mins
• 15Holden
• 20BatesSubstituted forGuthrieat 55'minutes
• 8KinsellaBooked at 41mins
• 10Gordon
• 30GaffneySubstituted forScarrat 55'minutes
• 9LaverySubstituted forAdebayoat 75'minutes

Substitutes

• 2Norman
• 6Scarr
• 11Adebayo
• 13Rose
• 16Guthrie
• 25McDonald
• 26Liddle

Oxford Utd

• 1Eastwood
• 2Cadden
• 4DickieBooked at 19mins
• 15Mousinho
• 3Ruffels
• 17Henry
• 6Gorrin
• 14FordeSubstituted forMooreat 90+3'minutes
• 18SykesSubstituted forHallat 66'minutesBooked at 90mins
• 9TaylorSubstituted forMackieat 87'minutes
• 11Fosu-Henry

Substitutes

• 5Moore
• 7Hall
• 12Long
• 13Stevens
• 19Mackie
• 23Agyei
• 46Jones

Referee:

Leigh Doughty

Attendance:

3,224

Match Stats

Home TeamWalsallAway TeamOxford Utd

Possession

Home29%

Away71%

Shots

Home5

Away19

Shots on Target

Home0

Away6

Corners

Home6

Away10

Fouls

Home10

Away14

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Walsall 0, Oxford United 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Walsall 0, Oxford United 1.

Posted at 90'+6'

Attempt saved. Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt missed. James Henry (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt blocked. Alex Rodriguez (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+3'

Substitution, Oxford United. Elliott Moore replaces Anthony Forde.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Dan Scarr (Walsall).

Posted at 90'+3'

Robert Dickie (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Mat Sadler (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Jamie Mackie (Oxford United).

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Elijah Adebayo (Walsall).

Posted at 90'+2'

Robert Dickie (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Josh Ruffels.

Booking

Posted at 90'+1'

Robert Hall (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'

Dan Scarr (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Robert Hall (Oxford United).

Posted at 89'

Foul by Mat Sadler (Walsall).

Posted at 89'

Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Oxford United. Jamie Mackie replaces Matty Taylor.

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Danny Guthrie (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Alex Rodriguez.

Goal!

Posted at 84'

Goal! Walsall 0, Oxford United 1. James Henry (Oxford United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matty Taylor.

Posted at 81'

James Henry (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Josh Gordon (Walsall).

Posted at 80'

Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Robert Dickie.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Walsall. Elijah Adebayo replaces Caolan Lavery.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Shay Facey (Walsall).

Posted at 74'

Simon Eastwood (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. John Mousinho (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Callum Cockerill-Mollett.

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Robert Hall (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Posted at 68'

Rory Holden (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Oxford United).

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Oxford United. Robert Hall replaces Mark Sykes.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Mat Sadler.

Posted at 64'

Attempt blocked. Chris Cadden (Oxford United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Caolan Lavery.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Mat Sadler.

Posted at 63'

Attempt blocked. Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 56'

Josh Gordon (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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