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Swindon Town Football Club
STFC are Swindon's top football team, based at The County Ground Stadium.
The County Ground, County Road, Swindon, Wiltshire , SN1 2ED
Website 0330 002 199390' 5 minutes added on. 1-0.
89' Jacob Mellis is replaced by Jimmy Knowles. 1-0.
81' Otis Khan replaces Kellan Gordon. 1-0.
78' Doyle's good work sees Woolery go through, but his cross flashes across goal with Yates unable to tap home. 1-0.
68' CHANCE SWINDON. Woolery's flick-on finds Doyle who does well to cross to Yates, but the 23-year-old scooped the ball over the bar.
63' Tom Broadbent replaces Doughty. 1-0.
60' ANOTHER CHANCE FOR MANSFIELD. Golden chance. Fryers with a poor header, Benda slips but somehow Maynard fires over. 1-0.
58' CHANCE MANSFIELD. Fantastic save from Benda who prevents Andy Cook from restoring parity. 1-0.
55' Fourth official and referee in discussion as Noel Hunt receives a yellow card. 1-0.
50' CHANCE MANSFIELD: Mansfield have had the better of the second-half so far and look a constant threat on the counter. Town riding their luck as Nicky Maynard's strike cannons off the post. 1-0.
45' Danny Rose has replaced Jordan Lyden. 1-0.
45' The teams are back out for the second-half as Swindon look to secure their fifth league win in a row. 1-0.
HALF-TIME: Swindon Town 1-0 Mansfield Town.
45' As the two minutes of added time are announced, Mansfield again go close to scoring. Smith powers a ball across the face of the Swindon goal and Town clear for a corner. 1-0
44' CHANCE MANSFIELD. A through ball into the box find Cook in the box, his ball across the six-yard line is originally taken well by Benda but he spills it and Baudry clears. 1-0
42' Kellan Gordon works his way into the box well on the right-hand side into the box, his touch takes it inside the Town area but he's caught between two mind and the resulting ball in is out of play. 1-0
41' Doughty whips the corner into the box but it's a poor delivery and the keeper collects comfortably. 1-0
41' Yates shoots from the edge of the box but the defender blocks well and its out for another corner to the hosts. 1-0
36' CHANCE MANSFIELD.
The visitors again are dangerous on the edge of the Town box. Cook picks the ball up before passing into Maynard who shoots, but it's wide and the pressure is relieved. 1-0
37' CHANCE MANSFIELD.
Immediately at the other end, Jacob Mellis is played through on goal but Benda stands his ground to save well as Swindon break up the other end. 1-0
36' CHANCE SWINDON.
Doyle nearly has his second. He gets the ball inside the box, he takes a touch before shooting from close-range, it takes a deflection off the keeper and it's OFF THE BAR. 1-0
35' A ball chipped into the box from Rob Hunt finds the head of the airborne Woolery who rises highest amongst a crowd of players. He can't get any power it and Mansfield clear. 1-0
33' Just over ten minutes to go in this first-half. Swindon have been at their very best so far today and find themselves a goal in front after Eoin Doyle's 22nd minute strike put them in control. 1-0
29' Corner for Swindon. Caddis takes it, the ball is deep into the box but the Stags clear once again. Swindon firmly in control in this game. 1-0
27' Alistair Smith receives a yellow card for his tackle on Grant. 1-0
26' Danger at the end sees Mansfield's Andy Cook find space on the edge of the Town box. He looks to shoot but Baudry dispossesses him and Town break before Grant is hacked down. 1-0
25' That goal for Doyle takes his tally to seventeen goals fro the season with hi m scoring in seven consecutive games. 1-0
23' The goal came from some good play by Grant on the left-wing, his ball into the box found Woolery who's touch was brilliant to bring it down, his shot was off balance but it fell to Doyle who hit it first time to the keepers left and Swindon lead. 1-0
22' GOAL SWINDON.
And of course it's Eoin Doyle who finds the back of the net. 1-0
20' Swindon have been very expansive in their play so far switching the ball from flank to flank with a series of crosses coming into the Mansfield box. The away side are defending well though. 0-0
18' Swindon win a corner on the left hand side after some tricker from Yates on the edge of the box. Caddis takes it and its played low into the near post but Mansfield clear well. 0-0
14' Mansfield's Matt Preston is shown the first yellow card of the game after bringing down Doyle who was striding down on goal. 0-0
13' Just as we say Swindon are in control, a through ball into Maynard nearly plays the Stags striker through one on one. Thankfully Benda is alert and comes out flying off his line. 0-0
12' Hunt picks out Doughty in the box with a low cross from Hunt, it's bouncing awkwardly though and the resulting shot is blocked as Mansfield clear their lines again. 0-0
11' A bright start from Swindon so far. Paul Caddis' 7th minute effort is the closest we have come to a goal but the hosts are looking dangerous. 0-0
7' CHANCE SWINDON.
Paul Caddis nearly bags a goal on his return to the club. He picks up the ball on the right of the box, cuts inside and curls a shot goal bound with his left foot. It's curling and bounces off the post across the goal line before Mansfield clear. 0-0
7' Doughty attempts a ball over the top as Hunt rushes into the box. But it's too hard and Mansfield clear for a throw-in. 0-0
5' With five minutes gone, it appears that Swindon are playing in a 4-1-3-2 formation. Grant is acting as the holding midfielder, with Doughty pushed upfield playing in behind both Doyle and Yates. 0-0
3' Having played the ball out to the right-wing, Woolery creates space for himself before delivering a ball into the box. Doyle is stretching for it but it's just out of reach. 0-0
2' Eoin Doyle picks up the ball 25 yards out from goal. He runs into the box but his touch is heavy and out for a corner that comes to nothing.
1' With Paul Caddis in the side for today's game, Rob Hunt has switched to left-back. 0-0
KICK-OFF:
Mansfield get the game underway. 0-0
The teams are out and we are nearly ready for kick-off.
Swindon Town are playing in their traditional Red and White. Mansfield however are playing in an unusual teal colour.
As the players leave the pitch and head down the tunnel, Eoin Doyle is announced as Swindon's player of the month for October. Real shock that!
Swindon Town will be attempting to make it five league wins in a row today, the last time they did that was on the 13th of December 2014 as Mark Coopers Swindon Town managed a 3-1 away victory over Notts County.
We're edging nearer to kick-off so it's time for the Total Sport Swindon team to give their pre-mathc predictions.
Ryan: 3-1
Rajan: 1-0
Richie Wellens has made just one change from Town's last league victory in a 2-1 away win at Salford. Ellis Iandolo takes his place on the bench as Paul Caddis makes his start for the club after signing.
Following Swindon's mid-week cup exit to Cheltenham. Richie Wellens will be delighted to have the leagues top scorer Eoin Doyle back in his side. However, is the clock ticking for Doyle as the January transfer window looms and Bradford weigh up the decision to bring the on-loan striker back to the club?
We're just over 30 minutes away from kick-off. You can find out everything you need to know about today's game in our preview below.
https://www.totalswindon.com/sport/matchday-live-swindon-town-v-mansfield-town/
Mansfield come to the County Ground today sitting in 14th position of the League Two table. However they are unbeaten in their last six away games in both the league and cup.
A big miss for Mansfield is that the teams joint top scorer Danny Rose - 7 goals - is out through injury after the striker tweaked his hamstring in the clubs last outing against Macclesfield. He will be out for 3/4 weeks.
The absence of Dion Donohue has taken people by surprise after Swindon manager Richie Wellens declared that Donohue would be signing a contract with the club on Wednesday morning.
The big team news coming out of the Swindon camp is that club legend Paul Caddis makes his first start for the Robins after returning to the club. His last outing for Swindon came on May 5th 2012. Coincidentally, Swindon were top of the league then as well.
Mansfield Town XI:
Logan, Preston, Pearce (C), Mellis, Maynard, Shaughnessy, Sweeney, Cook, Gordon, Hamilton, Smith.
TEAM NEWS: Paul Caddis makes his first start for the club.
Swindon XI: Benda, Fryers, Baudry (C), Yates, Doughty, Woolery, Lyden, Hunt, Doyle, Caddis, Grant.
STFC are Swindon's top football team, based at The County Ground Stadium.
The County Ground, County Road, Swindon, Wiltshire , SN1 2ED
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90' FULL TIME: Swindon Town 1-0 Mansfield Town. Swindon stay top of the league as they win their fifth league game in a row thanks to Eoin Doyle's goal.