Joe Jacobson then converted a penalty with eleven minutes remaining, and Wycombe held on to win the match 2–1.

By securing promotion to the Championship for the next season, Wycombe Wanderers would play at the second tier of English football for the first time in the 133-year history of the club.

This meant Wycombe Wanderers, Oxford United, Portsmouth (who finished fifth) and Fleetwood Town (sixth) took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team.

Jacobson then fouled Barrie McKay to concede a penalty which Evans converted for Fleetwood, giving his team a 2–1 lead.

[8] During the second leg, Wycombe player Adebayo Akinfenwa was racially abused by a representative of Fleetwood Town who referred to him as a "fat water buffalo".

Marcus Harness put the visitors into the lead but in first-half stoppage time, Ellis Harrison scored an own goal to level the match.

[15] They went on to make back-to-back promotions by beating Preston North End 4–2 at the old Wembley Stadium in the 1994 Football League Third Division play-off final.

[13][20] A minute's applause was held before kick-off to commemorate the death of Jack Charlton and the Black Lives Matter cause was recognised with both teams taking the knee for a short period.

[13] Wycombe Wanderers kicked the game off at around 7:30 p.m. On 6 minutes, a volley from Oxford's Browne from outside the penalty area went high and wide of the goal.

Three minutes later, Wycombe took the lead: Jacobson curled in the first corner of the game and Anthony Stewart's header found the back of Oxford's net, making it 1–0.

Three minutes after, Onyedinma's shot was collected by Eastwood at the second attempt, before Sam Long's strike for Oxford went wide.

In the 29th minute, Oxford's Alex Rodríguez received the first yellow card of the game for a foul on Samuel; the resulting free kick came to nothing.

[21] The first two substitutions of the match were made at the beginning of the second half, with Alex Pattison replacing Matt Bloomfield for Wycombe and Rodríguez coming off for Liam Kelly for Oxford.

Pattison then made a run but his pass failed to find Onyadinma and on 50 minutes, Browne's ball into the Wycombe box was cleared.

Jacobson struck the spot kick down the centre as Eastwood dived to his left, giving Wycombe the lead once again.

Oxford responded by making two further substitutions, Anthony Forde and Dan Agyei replacing Long and Henry.

[24][25] Jacobson, scorer of the winning goal, reflected on this moment: "It's unbelievable, I was thinking don't miss the penalty, our goalkeeping coach said just go down the middle and I trusted him".

[24] Ainsworth was objective about his team's playing style: "We can't afford the best footballing players but heart and determination – that was a Wycombe performance ...

[24] His opposite number, Robinson, was dejected: "We probed and pushed for 95% of the game, but didn't take full advantage ...