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2020 EFL League One
play-off final
Wembley Stadium, illuminated
Report
Event2019–20 EFL League One
Date13 July 2020
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeRobert Jones
Attendance0
2019
2021

The 2020 EFL League One play-off Final was a football match contested between Wycombe Wanderers and Oxford United to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League One to the EFL Championship. It was played on 13 July 2020 at Wembley Stadium in London. The top two teams of the 2019–20 EFL League One season (Coventry City and Rotherham United) gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals and the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place in the Championship. The match was played behind closed doors to comply with restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

Route to the final[]

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League One
EFL League One final table, leading positions
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts PPG
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 03 48 30 +18 67 1.97
2 Rotherham United 35 18 08 09 61 38 +23 62 1.77
3 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 08 09 45 40 +5 59 1.74
4 Oxford United 35 17 09 09 61 37 +24 60 1.71
5 Portsmouth 35 17 09 09 53 36 +17 60 1.71
6 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 07 51 38 +13 60 1.71
Pos=Position, P=Games played, W=Wins, D=Draws, L=Losses, F=Goals for, A=Goals against, GD=Goal difference, Pts=Points, PPG=Points per game

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Football League season was temporarily suspended on 13 March. On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely. On 9 June, clubs in EFL League One and League Two, the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system, voted to curtail the season, meaning the final table would be calculated by a points-per-game (PPG) method, with the play-offs being played between the clubs finishing third to sixth as normal. Wycombe Wanderers finished the season in third place in the revised League One table, one place ahead of Oxford United. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the EFL Championship, which went to Coventry City and Rotherham United. This meant Wycombe Wanderers, Oxford United, Portsmouth (who finished fifth) and Fleetwood Town (sixth) took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team.

Oxford United's opponents in their play-off semi-final were Portsmouth, who they defeated 5–4 on penalties after an aggregate score of 2–2 after two legs (both of which finished 1–1). Wycombe qualified for the final by beating Fleetwood Town 6–3 on aggregate (a 4–1 victory followed by a 2–2 draw). During the second leg, Wycombe player Adebayo Akinfenwa was racially abused by a representative of Fleetwood Town who referred to him as a "fat water buffalo".

Match[]

Details[]

13 July 2020
19:30 BST
Oxford United 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 0
Referee: 0
Sykes Goal 57' Report Stewart Goal 9'
Jacobson Goal 79' (pen.)
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Oxford United
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Wycombe Wanderers
1 Simon Eastwood
12 Sam Long Substituted off in the 79th minute 79'
4 Rob Dickie (c)
5 Elliott Moore
3 Josh Ruffels
18 Mark Sykes
6 Alex Rodríguez Gorrín Booked in the 27th minute 27' Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
8 Cameron Brannagan
17 James Henry Substituted off in the 79th minute 79'
9 Matty Taylor
30 Marcus Browne Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
Substitutes:
10 Ben Woodburn Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
13 Jack Stevens
14 Anthony Forde Substituted on in the 79th minute 79'
15 John Mousinho
19 Jamie Mackie
20 Jamie Hanson
23 Dan Agyei Substituted on in the 79th minute 79'
26 Rob Atkinson
28 Liam Kelly Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
Manager:
Karl Robinson
1 Ryan Allsop
19 Jack Grimmer
5 Anthony Stewart
21 Darius Charles
3 Joe Jacobson
7 David Wheeler
4 Dominic Gape
28 Nnamdi Ofoborh Substituted off in the 63rd minute 63'
10 Matt Bloomfield (c) Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
25 Alex Samuel Substituted off in the 62nd minute 62'
23 Fred Onyedinma Substituted off in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
Substitutes:
2 Sido Jombati
8 Alex Pattison Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
11 Scott Kashket
16 Giles Phillips
18 Curtis Thompson Booked in the 72nd minute 72' Substituted on in the 63rd minute 63'
20 Adebayo Akinfenwa Substituted on in the 62nd minute 62'
22 Nick Freeman Substituted on in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
27 Josh Parker
31 David Stockdale
Manager:
Gareth Ainsworth

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