OXFORD United made it three wins in as many days after beating Oxford City 3-0 at the training ground.

Matty Taylor scored a pair of close-range finishes either side of Cameron Brannagan’s sweet strike.

It completed a strong start to pre-season, scoring a dozen goals without conceding.

As in their wins against Woking and Banbury United in the previous 48 hours, United began quickly in windy conditions.

They were ahead in the eighth minute, Taylor poaching a finish on the turn from close range after Rob Atkinson had nodded down Anthony Forde’s corner.

A fluent move doubled the lead before the quarter-hour mark. Joel Cooper beat his man on the left to get into the box and picked out Forde, who teed up Brannagan to lash in.

Cooper then had a shot blocked at point blank range, before Forde hit the woodwork from a free-kick, all inside the opening 20 minutes.

It was beginning to look a long afternoon for City, who were playing their first friendly of pre-season and do not play again for a fortnight.

But they went on to enjoy a good spell, forcing Jack Stevens to make four good saves.

The goalkeeper did particularly well to tip Zac McEachran’s fierce drive over, while former U’s midfielder Josh Ashby was denied from a free-kick.

James Roberts and Harvey Bradbury came on against their former club at the break and the latter quickly fired a warning shot wide from the corner of the penalty area.

Taylor though made no mistake ten minutes after the restart, again in the right place to turn in a corner after Atkinson hit the woodwork.

As with the day before, the hour mark brought a host of changes from United.

Rob Hall was among them and he saw a shot smartly tipped over, but City came closest to scoring in the closing stages when Reece Fleet hit Stevens’ right-hand post.

Next up for United is a trip to play Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Tuesday.

Oxford Utd: Stevens, Long (Clare 60), Moore (Lofthouse HT, Dickie 60), Atkinson (Mousinho 60), Ruffels (Jones 60), Gorrin (Kelly 60), Brannagan (Hall 60), McGuane (Napa 60), Forde (Agyei 60), Taylor (Osei 60), Cooper (Asonganyi 60).