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EFL Cup · 2nd Round
OXFOxford United
0:6
BHABrighton
HT 0:2
Olivier Boscagli 13'
Brajan Gruda 20'
Diego Gómez 60'
Stefanos Tzimas 71'
Stefanos Tzimas 77'
Tom Watson 86'
Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 19:45 (UK) · Kassam Stadium, Oxford

Brighton beat Oxford United 6-0.

Player of the matchBrajan Gruda9.7Decisive moment13' Olivier Boscagli+0.4

Oxford United 0-6 Brighton

Key numbers

  • Possession 38% – 62%
  • Shots 19 (11 on target) – 19 (9)
  • Decisive moment: 13' Olivier Boscagli, FN xPts +0.4
Player of the match
Brajan Gruda 9.7Dominant

Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.7 (Dominant)

Game state

0-10-20-30-40-50-6
Oxford United ahead 0 min · level 13 min · Brighton ahead 77 min
  • Tom Watson — off the bench 24 min · 1G 0A
  • Stefanos Tzimas — off the bench 24 min · 2G 1A

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

13' Olivier Boscagli Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Brajan Gruda +0.1 +0.4
20' Brajan Gruda Goal · assist Joël Veltman +0.2
60' Diego Gómez Goal · assist Diego Coppola 0.0
71' Stefanos Tzimas Goal · assist Harry Howell 0.0
77' Stefanos Tzimas Goal · assist Harry Howell 0.0
86' Tom Watson Goal · assist Stefanos Tzimas 0.0

Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.

Pre-match expectation for Oxford United is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.

How FN Score and FN xPts work →

Match stats

Oxford UnitedBrighton
38%Possession62%
19Shots19
11Shots on target9
58%Shots on target %47%
11Shots in box11
291Passes505
83%Pass accuracy91%
7Corners5
3Saves10
7Fouls8
1Yellow cards0
2Offsides2

The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.

Timeline

  • 13' Goal Olivier Boscagli competition goal #1 assist Brajan Gruda
  • 20' Goal Brajan Gruda competition goal #1 assist Joël Veltman
  • 40' Yellow Stanley Mills
  • 54' Sub Brodie Spencer → Louie Sibley
  • 60' Goal Diego Gómez competition goal #1 assist Diego Coppola
  • 65' Sub Ferdi Kadıoğlu → Tom Watson
  • 66' Sub Matt Phillips → Luke Harris
  • 66' Sub Diego Gómez → Stefanos Tzimas
  • 66' Sub Jack Hinshelwood → Carlos Baleba
  • 67' Sub Cameron Brannagan → Brian De Keersmaecker
  • 67' Sub Przemysław Płacheta → Nik Prelec
  • 71' Goal Stefanos Tzimas competition goal #1 assist Harry Howell
  • 77' Sub Joël Veltman → Charlie Tasker
  • 77' Goal Stefanos Tzimas competition goal #2 assist Harry Howell
  • 78' Sub James Milner → Charalampos Kostoulas
  • 83' Sub Mark Harris → Tom Bradshaw
  • 86' Goal Tom Watson competition goal #1 assist Stefanos Tzimas

Category leaders

  • Key passesBrajan Gruda7
  • Duels wonBrajan Gruda12/18
  • DribblesBrajan Gruda9/14
  • Defensive actionsSam Long6
  • ShotsStanley Mills3 (on target 2)

Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.