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Crewe Alexandra moved into the top half of League One with an impressive win at Oxford United.

Mikael Mandron put them ahead midway through the first half, poking home an Oli Finney cross at the near post.

Oxford's attempts to get back on level terms were hampered when Sam Winnall went off injured after all three substitutes had already been used.

Crewe made sure of the win in injury time as Owen Dale got on the end of a Callum Ainley ball with a low finish.

The match at the Kassam Stadium finally went ahead after two previous short-notice postponements due to a number of positive Covid-19 results among the Crewe squad.

Consecutive wins for Alexandra saw them move up to 12th, but a third defeat in their past four games means Oxford remain in the bottom four.

Crewe could have arguably won by more had Mandron done better when played clean through shortly before half-time, but he failed to add to his earlier goal as he fired well over the crossbar.

Omar Beckles had a header well-saved by Simon Eastwood from a corner before Mandron also saw the rebound blocked on the goal line by a defender.

Oxford went closest to a leveller when Winnall headed over from a Josh Ruffels cross when found unmarked.