Sheffield United starboy shines again in player ratings v Oxford United as Blades cut gap to sixth-placed Wrexham

Chieo Ogbene came off the bench to score his first Sheffield United goal as the Blades came from behind to beat Oxford United at Bramall Lane tonight. This was the Blades’ game in hand after the initial clash with the U’s in early January was frozen off.

And they made it count with three points that lifts them up to 15th and to within eight points of sixth-placed Wrexham, with 48 still to play for this season.

United went behind early on when Michael Cooper fumbled a Cameron Brannagan shot and Myles Peart-Harris took advantage to tap home, and that allowed the visitors to sit in and frustrate the Blades even further.

Their plan worked until five minutes before the break, when Sydie Peck finished off a good move involving Oliver Arblaster and Harrison Burrows, before the in-form Andre Brooks continued his red-hot form with a third in as many games to put them ahead.

Ogbene then came off the bench to put the gloss on victory after a ridiculous pass from Gus Hamer sent him free, and United were left to reflect on a job well done at a freezing cold Bramall Lane. Here’s how we rated them on the night...