Wycombe started on the front foot. Woodrow and Malik Mothersille both went close in the fourth minute, Mothersille's shot only just missing the top corner. Connor Taylor then headed Caolan Boyd-Munce's cross towards goal and forced a save from Corey Addai. Burton's best early moment came from a corner, when Jason Sraha headed wide from close range.

The breakthrough came on 21 minutes, and Burton gifted it. Jason Sraha passed back to Addai, and Wareham charged down the keeper's attempted clearance and into the net. It was his sixth goal in nine games since joining Wycombe. Wycombe's discipline wasn't quite so sharp: Daniel Harvie and Mothersille were both booked inside the first 23 minutes. Burton had their chances to hit back. Mark O'Mahony headed just over from another Charlie Webster corner, and Webster sent a free-kick over the bar.

Gary Bowyer sent on Harvey Araujo at the break, and Burton looked brighter for it. Seconds after the restart Conor Hazard stopped Gbemi Arubi's goalbound shot with his legs, and Webster fired just over. But Wycombe struck again. Jack Grimmer tested Addai from distance, and then on 53 minutes Mothersille crossed from the left, Fred Onyedinma's header was blocked, and Woodrow followed up to head home from close range.

Arubi forced one more save from Hazard three minutes later, and that was more or less the end of Burton's threat. Hounsell made a triple change on 68 minutes, bringing on Danny Ings, Luke Leahy and Dan Casey. Burton used all five of their substitutes, but Hazard wasn't troubled again.

Wycombe finished with 13 shots to Burton's six and won 31 aerial duels to 14. It wasn't spectacular, but they controlled it, and that was what pleased Hounsell most.

He had a word for Burton's main threat, too. "Charlie Webster is a good player who operates with a lot of freedom," he told the Bucks Free Press. "We knew we needed to stay compact in the middle of the pitch and, generally, I thought we did that really well."

It was only Wycombe's third clean sheet in eight games. They had drawn six of their 12 league games before today, and they were 23rd when Hounsell took over from Michael Duff in September. Since then they've lost once in nine league games, and they're four points off the play-offs.

Gary Bowyer saw the difference at the top end of the pitch.

Barnsley had started the afternoon in the bottom four, on a run of six straight defeats. When referee Oliver Mackey showed Jack Shepherd a straight red card after nine minutes, for a late and aggressive tackle on Louie Sibley, a seventh looked likely. Tobi Adeyemo was sacrificed for Jubril Okedina three minutes later, and Oxford set up camp in the Barnsley half.

Cieran Slicker was busy early, saving from Tyler Goodrham at close range on 14 minutes, while Siriki Dembélé dragged one just wide. Mark Harris forced another save from distance. Then, out of nothing, the ten men went ahead.

On 32 minutes Reyes Cleary broke quickly and played in Okedina, who squared it for Vimal Yoganathan to sweep past Jamie Cumming. It was Barnsley's first shot on target.

Oxford spent the rest of the half shooting into bodies. Louie Sibley and Kai Andrews had shots blocked in stoppage time, and Brodie Spencer headed wide from six yards.

Ramsey sent on Aidomo Emakhu and Peter Kioso at the break, and the chances kept coming. Harris headed two wide in three minutes and Goodrham rattled the crossbar from distance. Slicker saved from Emakhu, and he kept out another Goodrham effort from more than 35 yards. Jack Currie forced another fine stop.

The equaliser came on the hour, and it came on the break. Harris finished from the middle of the box after a fast Oxford counter and good work from Emakhu.

That should have been the cue for the winner. Slicker saved from Emakhu again, then from Sam Long. Dembélé sent one just past the top corner, and Gatlin O'Donkor headed fractionally too high.

Barnsley's only chance of a smash-and-grab came from Rylan Brownlie, who had a shot saved by Jamie Cumming on 84 minutes. Four minutes later Brownlie burst clear again, Cumming came far off his line to tackle him out wide, and he was shown a straight red. Simon Eastwood came on in goal for Dembélé.

Even then, Oxford pressed through six added minutes. Emakhu, Currie and Mo Missanga all had shots blocked. Barnsley held on.

The numbers are almost absurd: 35 shots to 11, ten on target to two, 14 corners to four. Slicker made eight saves. Oxford are now unbeaten in nine League One games, but this is one they will think they should have won.

Daniel Stendel's side had lost six in a row. This one felt different.

Ramsey was left frustrated, and disagreed with the decision that sent off his goalkeeper.

Argyle came out flying. Xavier Amaechi was causing problems down the right from the start, and in the ninth he picked out Bim Pepple, only for Josh Knight to throw himself in front of the shot. Harvey White tested Joel Pereira twice from distance, once from open play and once from a free-kick taken from wide.

Reading had a much better chance on 16 minutes. James Storer, on his league debut in the Argyle goal, had already fumbled a looping header before grabbing it at the second attempt. Then Kyreece Lisbie went round him and fired wide.

The first half was full of incident. Will Evans was booked for pulling back Josh Stokes, then glanced a fierce Amaechi cross just wide. White put a free-kick from just outside the box into the wall, and on 41 minutes Argyle captain Joe Edwards met Jeriel Dorsett's header from a Wes Harding long throw with a volley that flew just wide. Argyle had ten attempts in the first half to Reading's five.

The second half was scrappier. Randell Williams had a first-time shot from a well-worked corner routine, and Tyreeq Bakinson got a vital touch to send it over the bar. Pereira had to tip a long-range drive over. Then Lewis Wing, Reading's captain, curled one that clipped the outside of the left post. Nobody came closer all afternoon.

Leam Richardson sent on Jack Marriott, back from injury, after 63 minutes, and he forced a low save from Storer. Argyle brought back Malachi Boateng from injury too, and Mathias Ross was left waiting on the touchline by referee Stephen Martin, who said the change had taken too long, before he was allowed on.

Reading won 4-1 on their last visit here, on Boxing Day. This time it finished goalless. Argyle, who'd won only three home games before today, had the better of a lively first half but couldn't turn it into a fourth.

Tom Cleverley had no complaints, and plenty of praise for the occasion.

After defeats by Huddersfield and Stevenage last week, he was pleased with how Argyle shut down the division's top scorers. "Reading and Huddersfield are the best two transition teams in the league," he said. "We just needed the ball to fall to an Argyle shirt because we were close to nicking it today."

Leam Richardson knew which moment he'd be replaying.

He called it "a hard-earned point for both teams" and said Reading "lacked the final pass, a little bit of control in their half". On reflection, though, a point and a clean sheet at Home Park would bring "plenty of positives".