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Full-time: Swindon Town 1-3 Gillingham
90' Four minutes of added time.
1-3
83' Twine has a free-kick on the edge of the Gills box. He shoots and it is narrowly wide.
1-3
76' SWINDON SUBSTITUTIONS
Off - Conroy, Broadbent, Thompson, J Grant, A Grant
On - Curran, Odimayo, Payne, T Smith, J Payne
1-3
76' Stuart O'keefe is shown a yellow card for a foul on Twine, Twine is shown a yellow for reacting.
1-3
75' Swindon are about to make five substitutions.
1-3
71' Vadaine Oliver almost has his hat trick with a close-range header going just over the bar.
1-3
67' GOAL GILLINGHAM
Kyle Dempsey's free-kick from the edge of the box takes a deflection and is past Trueman for Gillingham's third goal.
1-3
67' Swindon have well and truly collapsed in this game after a positive first-half. They can still get something out of this but need to improve.
1-2
62' GOAL GILLINGHAM
Oliver gets his second after rounding Trueman, who rushed out of his box, and finishing from a tight angle.
1-2
60' The goal came from Swindon's inability to defend a set-piece as Jack Tucker's delivery into the box from near the halfway line was headed back across goal by Ogilvie, with Akinde's header rattling off the bar and onto the head of Oliver who had an open net to aim at.
1-1
58' GOAL GILLINGHAM
Vadaine Oliver scores with a header from close-range into the roof of the goal.
1-1
55' Gillingham put the ball into the danger area of Swindon's box, the hosts have players behind the ball and Broadbent does well to deny Ogilvie from close-range with a crucial block.
1-0
52' Gillingham have a corner over on the right-hand side, the delivery is poor and Pitman clears at the near-post. The visitors attempt to recycle the ball but it ends up behind for a Swindon goal-kick.
1-0
52' GILLINGHAM SUBSTITUTION
Off - Lee
On - Akinde
1-0
46' An early chance see's Graham get to the Swindon byline before floating a cross into the box that Broadbent gets a head on to put behind for a corner. Trueman is fouled in the box and Ogilvie is shown a yellow card.
1-0
45' Back underway at the County Ground. Come on Swindon!
1-0
GILLINGHAM SUBSTITUTION
Off - O'Connor
On - Macdonald
The players are back out and we are almost underway.
1-0
HALF-TIME: Swindon Town 1-0 Gillingham
45' 1 minute of added time will be played.
1-0
43' Anthony Grant is pulled down and Swindon have a free-kick 35-yards out. Twine hits it well but Trueman punches it away to save.
1-0
42' Swindon nearly concede immediately after the restart as Olly Lee latches onto a ball forward before shooting from close-range with Thompson doing well to come across and make a block.
1-0
40' GOAL SWINDON
Lyden passes to Pitman inside the area, he dummies onto his left foot before stabbing past Bonham.
1-0
36' Stuart O'Keefe wins Gillingham their first attempt on target with a header from the edge of Swindon's area that is saved easily by Trueman. The keeper tries to unleash Thompson with a long throw but it's too long and out of play.
0-0
32' Gillingham win a corner off Caddis. Graham whips the ball into thew box, and Conroy clears at the near-post.
0-0
30' Thompson wins the ball back in midfield, Twine passes it out to Garrick on the wing who works his way into the box before shooting on-target with a deflection taking the ball out of play for a corner that comes to nothing.
0-0
21' Ogilvie fouls Joel Grant on the right-wing 25-yards out. Caddis delivers the ball into the box, it bounces around the area before the visitors clear.
0-0
20' Gillingham win the first corner of the game. Graham puts the ball into the box but Pitman clears.
0-0
15' Dominic Thompson leaves Kyle Dempsey for toast with some trickery in his own half before giving away the ball with a sloppy pass. Ryan Jackson then looks to put a cross in but hits his cross straight into the Town end.
0-0
13' Swindon get the ball forward into attacking areas coming down the wing with Jordon Garrick eventually getting a cross in that Twine met with a bicycle kick that was weak and easily saved.
0-0
8' Town look shaky at the back as Gillingham start to string a few passes together around the Swindon box, a shot eventually comes in and Dominic Thompson does well to clear.
0-0
6' Town are winning the ball back lots in midfield but seem to be rushing their attacks, stringing together four or five passes together before hoofing a long ball forward towards Pitman. A lot of Swindon's attacks seem to be coming from their centre-backs but their midfielders need to get on the ball more.
0-0
1' Handball is given 35-yards out from the Gillingham goal. Scott Twine lines a shot up, strikes the ball cleanly and it's wide of the goal. Way too far out.
0-0
KICK-OFF: Gillingham get us underway at the County Ground.
0-0
And here is how the Gills line-up for today's fixture:
Gillingham XI
GK: Bonham
RB: Jackson
CB: Cundy
CB: Tucker
LB: Ogilvie
RM: Graham
CM: Dempsey
CM: O'Keefe
LM: O'Connor
CAM: Lee
ST: Oliver
Swindon manager John Sheridan has made two changes from the team that lost against Oxford midweek with Anthony Grant coming back into the starting XI for the first time since the Robins won away at Ipswich, along with Joel Grant who makes his first appearance since the away draw against Charlton at the end of January.
Swindon Town XI
GK: C Trueman
RB: P Caddis
CB: D Conroy
CB: T Broadbent
LB: D Thompson
CM: J Lyden (C)
CM: A Grant
RW: J Garrick
CAM: S Twine
LW: J Grant
ST: B Pitman
So let's take a look at how the two team's line-up for today's match.
In contrast Gillingham have lost just once in their last four matches, losing one-nil to Fleetwood Town last time out. Steve Evans has managed to distance the Gills away from the relegation zone with the club sitting in 13th position just four points outside the playoff spots.
Swindon Town come into today's game on the back of a three straight losses, most recently losing 1-2 to local rivals Oxford United at home on Tuesday evening. A result that saw the Robins drop into the League One relegation zone.
Good afternoon and welcome to the County Ground for today's Matchday Live commentary as Swindon Town host Gillingham for today's League One fixture.
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