The better chances of the game definitely fell to Oxford, who will consider themselves more than a little unfortunate not to have taken all three points from the game.
Oxford took to the field in the unfamiliar orange of Barnet's away shirt due to a clash of kits between the two sides. The visitors actually started in the ascendancy and actually took the game to Barnet in a niggly opening 45 minutes.
United nearly took the lead on 23 minutes when the Bees defence were mighty relieved to finally clear the ball after a goalmouth scramble which could have easily led to a goal for the visitors. Craig Davies could consider himself particularly unfortunate not to hit the back of the net, the big striker coming agonisingly close to opening the scoring on two occasions during the melee.
With Oxford still on top after the break, Lee Bradbury burst clear on 46 minutes, but the former Portsmouth and Man City man was thwarted by a smart save by the on rushing Ross Flitney, who was quickly off his line to dive at the midfielder's feet to stop a certain goal.
Barnet were looking shaky at the back without the suspended Ismail Yakubu and were playing a very dangerous offside trap which the pace of Sabin and Davies nearly exploited on more than one occasion. The United frontmen were being supported well by Bradbury's late bursts from midfield that the Bees were finding difficult to pick up.
Despite forcing a late session of corners, Barnet never really looked like snatching an undeserved three points. The United backline dealt fairly comfortably with anything Barnet lofted into the box in the closing stages.
They might have even nicked it themselves when Sabin came so close to connecting with a Steve Basham centre from the right hand side at the death.