Tottenham loan signing Dane Scarlett’s injury-time header ensured West Brom’s poor run continued.
The Baggies topped the Championship in September. Yet they inexplicably failed to win this match to go top until teatime, despite dominating for long periods.
Carlos Corberan’s pragmatic approach has starved Albion fans of goals. This was the sixth time they had scored one or no goals in the last 10 league matches.
Yet huge credit must go to Oxford, and their habit of bloodying bigger clubs’ noses at home. Everything about Oxford’s ground screams that Des Buckingham’s side’s stay in the second tier will be short.