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Crucial Victory & Clean Sheet For Nelson’s Oxford

Ben Nelson helped Oxford United steer clear of the Sky Bet Championship’s bottom three with a 1-0 success over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

2025-04-15T15:20+01:00

by Sam Jones

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15 Apr, 2025

Crucial Victory & Clean Sheet For Nelson’s Oxford

Ben Nelson helped Oxford United steer clear of the Sky Bet Championship’s bottom three with a 1-0 success over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-04-15T15:20+01:00

Crucial Victory & Clean Sheet For Nelson’s Oxford

Ben Nelson helped Oxford United steer clear of the Sky Bet Championship’s bottom three with a 1-0 success over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-04-15T15:20+01:00

Crucial Victory & Clean Sheet For Nelson’s Oxford

Ben Nelson helped Oxford United steer clear of the Sky Bet Championship’s bottom three with a 1-0 success over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-04-15T15:20+01:00

Crucial Victory & Clean Sheet For Nelson’s Oxford

Ben Nelson helped Oxford United steer clear of the Sky Bet Championship’s bottom three with a 1-0 success over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-04-15T15:20+01:00

Wins for Ben Nelson and Oliver Ewing across this week’s loan action
Will Alves and Hamza Choudhury both played in the Championship
Wanya Marçal was handed more minutes in the Netherlands
Ben Grist produced an impressive display for Worksop Town

The on-loan Foxes centre-back started for the fifth successive league fixture, playing 90 minutes of the contest at Hillsborough, which was settled by Sam Long’s late strike.

The perfect way to bounce back from a home defeat to Queens Park Rangers last midweek, it leaves a sizeable six-point gap between the Yellows and the division’s relegation zone, having won three of their last five matches.

A chance to extend that run of form comes this Friday night, hosting promotion-chasing Leeds United at Kassam Stadium (8pm kick-off).

Staying in the second tier, a late turnaround from Plymouth Argyle saw Sheffield United suffer a third straight reverse. Hamza Choudhury was introduced as a substitute with 10 minutes to play at Home Park, making his 13th appearance for Chris Wilder’s side.

Alves challenging QPR's Yang Min-hyeok at Loftus Road.

The Blades remain third in the table ahead of hosting Will Alves’ Cardiff City at 5:30pm on Good Friday. Alves also saw defeat at the weekend, to Stoke City, playing 77 minutes of the 1-0 loss at Cardiff City Stadium to remain inside the bottom three, one point adrift of Derby County.

Over in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, winger Wanya Marçal played 64 minutes for De Graafschap in Friday’s 1-0 defeat at FC Eindhoven. His fourth straight start, the 22-year-old got another 64 minutes in the tank at Jan Louwers Stadion.

The Portuguese attacker may feature again on Saturday evening, when sixth-placed Superboeren welcome Jong Ajax to Stadion De Vijverberg (8pm kick-off).

Into the National League North, Oliver Ewing started Buxton's comprehensive 3-0 victory over Scarborough Athletic on Saturday, keeping the Bucks in play-off contention.

Another 90 minutes for the Development Squad midfielder, attention turns to the Derbyshire Senior Cup Final against Alfreton Town in Chesterfield this Tuesday evening (7:45pm kick-off).

Ben Grist also featured in Worksop Town's narrow 1-0 loss at home to Bamber Bridge in Northern Premier League Premier Division. A Man of the Match performance from the centre-back was not enough to prevent defeat at Windsor Foodservice Stadium, with a trip to Matlock Town up next for the Tigers.

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