Oxford utd vs Arsenal

Hello and welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of today's FA Cup match between League One's Oxford United and Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Zinchenko replaces Tierney and Xhaka comes on for Lokonga. "Every player wants to play whatever the competition. "It was nice. "We have good players, it's the first time I have had probably my strongest team to compete. "From my point of view the players did the club proud. You have to be scoring goals and he's doing it." On Nketiah: "It is what we want from every player. He made a difference. Mikel Arteta had more to say to ITV Sport after the win: "It is always tough to win in this round. January 9, 2023 at 10:27 PM UTC That match will come less than three weeks before the two Premier League title rivals meet in the league for the first time this season. [Bukayo Saka](https://theathletic.com/football/player/bukayo-saka-KM98BOcjxMZ919HO/) hobbled off in the 75th minute, a worrying sight for Arsenal fans with the north London derby coming up on Sunday, but Mikel Arteta confirmed after the match that he is fine.

The Premier League leaders travel to the League One side looking to avoid another third-round upset, after Mikel Arteta's side were knocked out by Nottingham ...

Oxford United 0, Arsenal 2. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Oxford United vs Arsenal

Arsenal will hope to avoid a repeat of last season's third round exit in the FA Cup when they visit Oxford United.

They went on to win the FA Cup that season. What also helps this fixture be overwhelmingly one-sided in Arteta & Co.'s favour is their opponents' patchy form of late. Arsenal will travel to Kassam Stadium to take on League One side Oxford United in the third round of the FA Cup.

Minute-by-minute report: Join Will Unwin for updates as the Premier League leaders visit League One Oxford.

[Arsenal](https://www.theguardian.com/football/arsenal),” suggests Charles Antaki. It would be a harsh penalty but that does not stop the For some reason the powers that be in football seem to want to encourage this behaviour.” 42 mins: Martinelli gets the ball off Anderson on the halfway and looks to sprint away. Vieira gets hold of it and flicks the ball to Saka, who cuts inside and shoots beyond McGinty but Bate is on the line to stop the shot. 59 mins: Brown, who has a really long thrown, launches the ball into the box but Tomiyasu is there to meet it with his head. Vieira swings the ball into the box and Elneny is there to head home from six yards. Arsenal break on Oxford through Martinelli, he holds the ball and slides the pass through for Nketiah at the perfect time, allowing the striker to take a touch and calmly dink over the goalkeeper. The midfielder sends a looping volley at goal that fails to trouble Turner. That should be a lively match at the Etihad. Not a bad week for the lad. I question if it was a free-kick for the first.

Team news as Premier League leaders Arsenal head to League One side Oxford United in the third round of the FA Cup.

— At the end of the day, players decide where they want to play – and if they want to play for our club, that is great." It is difficult but it shows there are a lot of clubs with a lot of financial power to spend big amounts. [If on Saturday] he trains well, he will hopefully be available to give us something in the game." [Mykhailo Mudryk](http://sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/arsenal-transfer-news-latest-january-window-signings/ahthi3oplx2wfp0scbe3prbc) this month, Arteta said: "Valuations have to be made between the selling club and the buying club.

Follow the action live as Premier League leaders Arsenal head to League One side Oxford in the FA Cup third round.

— Oxford play host to Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, England. Arsenal's has been anything but, establishing a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League which will count for nothing when they kick off at the Kassam Stadium this evening. We missed Emile – we know at his best, he is a big player for us." Oxford start the show! Mikel Arteta is focusing that stern gaze forward on the touchline. This has been a quiet start on the pitch, which may suit both teams. Bukayo Saka is on his bike for the first time this morning. This is an obvious chance for Kieran Tierney to stake his claim for a more regular Arsenal starting berth. Then two tasty - and successful - challenges go in from their heroes, just to ramp the excellent atmosphere up a notch. Oxford are growing in belief. This is a useful spell for Oxford.

Eddie Nketiah scored twice as Arsenal won 3-0 away at League One side Oxford United to set up an FA Cup fourth round tie at Manchester City.

Oxford play host to Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, England. Oxford start the show! This is an obvious chance for Kieran Tierney to stake his claim for a more regular Arsenal starting berth. Oxford are growing in belief. Will Arsenal bring on the big Gunners? Then two tasty — and successful — challenges go in from their heroes, just to ramp the excellent atmosphere up a notch. Oxford deal with the danger comfortably. Oxford are harassing Arsenal and almost create a dangerous opportunity from the left. Oxford clear with ease, then Matt Taylor wins a foul as the result of a clumsy challenge by Arsenal midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga. Gabriel Martinelli causes Oxford a couple of scares with vicious inswinging corners from the right. Arsenal set up a fourth-round tie at Manchester City! After Arsenal fell at this stage last season at Nottingham Forest — then a Championship club — Arteta had offered an apology to fans.

A pair of second-half goals from Eddie Nketiah saw Arsenal past a stubborn Oxford United side by a final score of 3-0 in the FA Cup third round on Monday.

"Eddie is scoring goals and contributing to the way we play and I am delighted for him. [Arsenal](/football/team?id=359) past a stubborn Oxford United side by a final score of 3-0 in the FA Cup third round on Monday. Arsenal have now won their last 14 FA Cup ties against sides from outside the top-two divisions of English football.

A pair of second-half goals from Eddie Nketiah saw Arsenal past a stubborn Oxford United side by a final score of 3-0 in the FA Cup third round on Monday. Mohamed Elneny broke the deadlock after half-time with a smashing header before Nketiah scored ...

"Eddie is scoring goals and contributing to the way we play and I am delighted for him. [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) past a stubborn Oxford United side by a final score of 3-0 in the FA Cup third round on Monday. Arsenal have now won their last 14 FA Cup ties against sides from outside the top-two divisions of English football.