{"id":668297,"date":"2026-04-12T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=668297"},"modified":"2026-04-12T01:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:07:25","slug":"three-talking-points-oxford-united-win-against-watford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/12\/three-talking-points-oxford-united-win-against-watford\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Talking Points as Oxford United Win Against Watford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> gave their survival hopes a massive boost with a 2-0 victory over Watford at Grenoble Road.<\/p>\n

The U’s took the lead midway through the first half and added a second late on.<\/p>\n

Here are three talking points from the game.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Team News, Form and Predicted Line-Up as Oxford United Welcome Watford<\/a><\/p>\n

Oxford United Win Against Watford<\/h2>\n

Firm But Fair<\/h3>\n

This was a physical encounter between both sides but Oxford were firm but fair in their challenges.<\/p>\n

The U’s looked strong both on and off the ball and it’s certainly a positive attitude to take into the final four games.<\/p>\n

Watford may feel aggrieved with some of the decisions but Oxford rode the line to perfection.<\/p>\n

Konak in Midfield<\/h3>\n

It was a man-of-the-match display from on-loan Brentford midfielder, Yunus Konak.<\/p>\n

The young Turk epitomised that physical battle, winning balls and helping Oxford drive up the pitch on the counter while also providing a pivotal screen in front of the back four.<\/p>\n

His performances have come on leaps and bounds and has certainly become a key part of Matt Bloomfield’s side in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Clean Sheet<\/h3>\n

Oxford have kept clean sheets on a more consistent basis under Bloomfield but this was a first in six since a 1-0 win over Blackburn.<\/p>\n

The backline put their bodies on the line when they needed to but, for the most part, were rarely tested by a lacklustre Watford side.<\/p>\n

But again, it’s an important trait to take into the final four games.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Featured image courtesy of SmartFrame\/Pro Sports Images\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United gave their survival hopes a massive boost with a 2-0 victory over Watford at Grenoble Road. The U’s took the lead midway through the first half and added a second late on. Here are three talking points from the game. Read More: Team News, Form and Predicted Line-Up as Oxford United Welcome Watford […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":666330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,33,32,30,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-news","category-watford"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668307,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668297\/revisions\/668307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}