Blue day for the U’s as they go down at home

Oxford United 0, Birmingham City 2 (Davis 9, Adams 29)

Oxford Utd: Shearer, Carroll (Tiendalli 64), Nelson, Raglan, Johnson, Hall, Ledson (Xemi HT), Ruffels, Rothwell (Hanley HT), Henry (Narsingh 64), Thomas (Obika 64).

Unused subs: Stevens, Ribeiro, Martin Baptiste, Roberts, Napa, Kelleher, Smile.

Birmingham C: Stockdale (Kuszczak HT), Nsue (Shotton HT), Grounds (Afonso HT), M Morrison, Roberts, Davis, Gardner (Kieftenbeld HT), Ndoye (Gleeson 64), Jutkiewicz, Adams (R Morrison HT), Maghoma (Slavchev HT).

Attendance: 3,507 (1,414 visitors).

Oxford United fans saw another home loss in preseason. However lots of positives can be taken from the game. Xemi and Tiendalli made their debuts for the yellows. Oxford took a look at 2 trialists and 5 players got a full 90 minutes of football under their belt.