Fleetwood Town 1-2 Oxford United
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Ciaron Brown hit a late winner as Oxford United came from behind to win at Fleetwood Town in League One.
Kyle Joseph had scored the equaliser for the visitors seconds after coming on in the second half, cancelling out Brendan Wiredu's strike at the end of the first half.
And Brown forced in a second goal at the death to give his side an unlikely win.
Fleetwood had dominated the first half but U's goalkeeper Simon Eastwood had kept his side in the game by denying Cian Hayes and Promise Omochere early on.
But as the break loomed Admiral Muskwe found Wiredu on the edge of the box and he drilled the ball into the bottom corner.
Hayes had a chance to double the lead soon after the restart when Josh Vela played him in, but he shot straight at Eastwood.
And, immediately after replacing Yanic Wildschut just after the hour mark, Joseph weaved his way through the home defence to score Oxford's leveller.
Fleetwood should have regained the lead when Omochere somehow put his finish over at point-blank range.
And, with the 90 minutes up, a goalmouth scramble led to Brown prodding in a dramatic winner.
Match report supplied by PA Media.