Two targets in six minutes halfway by way of the primary half set Bristol Rovers up for a primary win in eight video games and piled extra distress on free-falling Oxford as they gained 3-0.

Scott Sinclair despatched Simon Eastwood the incorrect manner from the penalty spot within the twenty second minute after Lamare Bogarde was tripped by Cameron Brannagan.

Then on 28 minutes Aaron Collins turned in Sinclair’s right-wing cross from shut vary on the close to publish.

Luca Hoole headed in James Connolly’s Seventy fifth-minute nook as Rovers made it three to wrap up a snug league double over a sorry-looking U’s.

Oxford have now picked up only one level from the final 24 and enormous sections of the house help referred to as for supervisor Karl Robinson to go.

The house facet did virtually take the lead within the first minute when a nook got here off a Rovers participant’s head and struck the publish.

Kyle Joseph additionally turned a Yanic Wildschut cross narrowly huge and Oxford have been dealt an additional blow when striker Sam Baldock hobbled off injured after 20 minutes.