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Hereford FC v Oxford City LIVE minute by minute updates

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  • KEY MOMENTS
  • 3' A cross inside the box is flapped by the goalkeeper and falls for Ceesay whose low shot is just wide.
  • 6' Crabon runs free out wide before pulling back for Parker inside the box who steers his effort wide.
  • 12' A loose ball came off Hudson allows City to break but Chapman is equal to the effort from McEachran.
  • RED CARD
  • 44' Alex Babos receives a second yellow card for another professional foul stopping a counter-attack. Just five minutes after receiving a booking for the same thing.
  • 57' Ashby sends an inviting free-kick into the box but everybody misses the ball as it flashes across goal.
  • 59' Fleet's low effort has Chapman worries as it flies just past his far post.
  • 77' Oxford break and the ball is pulled back to Parker but he sends his effort over.
  • 81' McEachran running at the back four before Howkins clocks. Moments later Ashby is through on goal, but Chapman saves low.
  • 85' Another wave of Oxford attack and this time Potter fires over from just inside the box.
  • 87' Ceesay does brilliantly to hold the ball up and crosses for Matwasa whose low effort is denied by goalkeeper McKenzie-Lyle.
  • Hereford 0 Oxford City 1
  • 89' The ball bounces unkindly around the Bulls box and Ashby is on hand to stab the ball home.
  • Hereford 0 Oxford City 2
  • 90+3' Hereford throw nine men forward and are hit on the break with Alfie Potter rounding the goalkeeper and finding Parker to tap into an empty net.
  • 90+5' Oxford broke again at the death with three-on-one before Teixeira comes scrambling back to save a third goal.
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  • TEAM NEWS
  • Hereford: Chapman, Hudson, Preston, Howkins (Rooney 89), Bartley, Campbell, D'Ath (Williams 89), Babos, Ceesay, Rose (Teixeira 64), Deacon (Matwasa 64)
  • Subs: Horton
  • Paul Caddis has made two changes from the side who lost at Chester.
  • Deacon makes a rare start and Williams is dropped to the bench.
  • Meanwhile, D'Ath comes in for Teixeira
  • Oxford City: McKenzie-Lyle, Burley, Ashby, Jones, Fleet, McEachran, Parker, Scott, Carbon, Roddy, Drewe
  • Subs: Coyle, Potter, Walsh, Siddik, Croker
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  • PRE-MATCH
  • HEREFORD are back at Edgar Street this evening as they host Oxford City.
  • It has been an up and down few weeks for the Bulls who have won three and lost two of their last five league games.
  • Paul Caddis' side played Farsley Celtic off the pitch in a 3-0 win 10 days ago and then lost 3-0 at Chester on Saturday.
  • Hereford sit in 6th coming into tonight's game just five points from top spot.
  • This is the first of four homes games on the bounce for Hereford, including an FA Trophy tie at home to Brentwood Town.
  • After being relegated from the National League last season Oxford City had a tough start to life in the National League North.
  • However, they have picked up form in recent weeks with one defeat in their last five matches and two wins.

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