Fleetwood Town 2-3 Oxford United

A blistering start by Oxford blew relegation-threatened Fleetwood away before the visitors were forced to scrap to a 3-2 win.

Oxford raced into a two-goal lead within seven minutes and were 3-0 to the good after just 16 minutes, but a fightback from the hosts made for a nail-shredding finish.

Nathan Holland struck Oxford's opener with less than two minutes played, hitting the bottom corner from Billy Bodin's cross.

Cameron Brannagan doubled the play-off hopefuls' lead, finding the same corner with a low drive after a neat one-two with Holland.

Oxford went 3-0 up as Bodin beat his man to Brannagan's cross and firmly headed in.

Fleetwood finally started to show some life when Callum Camps struck the crossbar with a free kick and were awarded a penalty six minutes before the break when Sam Long handled in the box.

Ellis Harrison fired in the spot-kick to offer the hosts hope.

That increased when Cian Hayes hit Fleetwood's second on 53 minutes, following up to slot in after Harrison's challenge on U's keeper Jack Stevens had forced the ball loose.

But although they battled throughout the latter stages, the hosts couldn't find the equaliser their second-half efforts warranted as they slipped back into the relegation zone.

Match report supplied by PA Media.