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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 1993Full-time: Swindon Town 1-2 Oxford United
90' GOAL SWINDON
There is a scramble at the goal-line and Taylor Curran taps the ball into the back of the net.
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90' There will be five minutes of added time.
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86' SWINDON SUBSTITUTIONS
Off - Conroy, Broadbent
On - Curran, Odimayo
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85' That goal had been coming, however it is even more disappointing given the fact that it was scored by a player who had been on the pitch for less than a minute. Swindon have lost this game, now it is about damage limitation.
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82' GOAL OXFORD
Dan Agyei is on for less than 30 seconds and scores Oxford's second with a driven shot across goal that nestles in the bottom corner.
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80' OXFORD SUBSTITUTION
Off - Taylor, Barker
On - Agyei, Parrilon
76' Swindon had a glorious chance to get back into the game with that penalty and the miss seems to still be playing on the mind of the Town players. Pitman cuts a disappointed figure as Swindon try to rally once again.
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72' Oxford Substitutions
Off - Kelly, Sykes
On - Hanson, Shodipo
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71' PENALTY SAVED
Pitman's effort is saved by Stevens and Oxford's lead remains intact.
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70' SWINDON PENALTY
Atkinson clips the back of Grant's heels and Swindon have a penalty and a chance to get back into the game.
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69' Matty Taylor looks to volley on-target from close-range but his shot is high, wide, and never bothering Trueman.
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64' Swindon win a corner as Garrick's pass inside the Oxford box is cleared behind. Caddis takes the corner, the ball comes out to Twine who hits a volley straight out of the ground.
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63' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION:
Off - Palmer
On - Hope
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62' Rob Atkinson takes Caddis on down the left-wing before firing a low effort towards Trueman's near post as the keeper is called into action and puts the ball behind for a corner.
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57' Matty Taylor skips around the edge of Swindon's box after a diagonal ball from Moore, he eventually pulls the trigger and his shot is just wide of the goal. Straight up the other end Anthony Grant tries his luck from range with his shot going just wide.
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54' Oxford win their first corner of the half. Rob Atkinson rises highest to make good contact with the ball but his effort is over the bar.
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50' Dion Conroy is shown a yellow card for bringing down Sykes just on the edge of the Swindon penalty box. Sykes looked through on goal before Conroy's involvement.
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48' Back underway and Swindon are on the front-foot attempting to grab an early equaliser. Garrick finds space for himself inside the Oxford box with his powerful pass into the feet of Pitman failing to result in a shot on goal.
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45' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION:
Off - Lyden
On - A Grant
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The players are back out and we are almost ready to get back underway.
HALF-TIME: Swindon Town 0-1 Oxford United
47' Oxford have a corner as Trueman fails to deal with a simple cross. Forde whips the ball into the area with Ruffels attempting an overhead kick that
comes to nothing.
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46' Swindon get their first shot on target as Payne's cross from the left-wing is controlled by Garrick inside the Oxford box before his weak shot is saved easily.
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45' There will be 3 minutes of added time.
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45' Brandon Barker takes Broadbent on in a foot race and almost gets the better of the Swindon defender before Thompson comes across to intervene and wins a free-kick for Swindon.
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42' Swindon have enjoyed the majority of possession over the last ten minutes however Oxford's defence looks strong through the middle with Pitman getting little joy in attacking areas. This is a nervy game but Swindon must improve if they want to get anything out of it.
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38' Oxford have another corner. Forde puts a cross deep into the Swindon box as Garrick clears for Swindon.
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35' We finally get back underway. Jordan Lyden is sporting a bandage around his entire head.
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33' Mark Sykes is shown a yellow card for the challenge.
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32' Thompson has been shown a yellow card for his involvement in the scuffle.
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31' It's Lyden down not Broadbent, we are still awaiting a decision from the referee.
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30' Sykes not Taylor, apologies.
30' There is a scuffle on the pitch as Matt Taylor puts in a terrible challenge on Broadbent. Could this be a red card.
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29' Oxford look to have got a second as a cut-back from Barker finds Taylor inside the Swindon six-yard box, however Broadbent produces a brilliant diving save to deny the striker.
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26' Oxford win the first corner of the game, Forde puts the ball into the box with Moore climbing highest to head on target as Trueman gets down to save well.
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25' Liam Kelly gets into the Swindon box and looks to cut the ball back for Taylor, however Caddis intervenes at the last second to clear the danger.
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21' Cameron Brannagan works the ball onto his right-foot as he drifts towards the edge of the Swindon box before unleashing a powerful shot that goes wide of the upright.
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18' Swindon take their free-kick early as Twine eventually shoots from 35-yards out which has Stevens scrambling before going wide of the post.
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16' Jordan Garrick looks sharp on the right-wing as he taps the ball around Ruffles and gets into the Oxford box. His resulting low ball across the face of goal is poor however and Stevens collects comfortably.
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12' Oxford happy to knock the ball around with Swindon being stretched early in this game. The home side look shaky at the back as they invite pressure on themselves.
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9' The resulting free-kick is poor and Swindon clear upfield.
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7' Lyden is deemed to have fouled Oxford Captain Elliot Moore with a sliding tackle inside the Swindon half. It looked like a great slide tackle as he won the ball, but referee Charles Breakspear deems to have seen it otherwise and shows Lyden a yellow card.
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6' Definitely too far out as Twine's effort goes well over the bar.
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5' Rodriguez brings down Palmer around 35 yards out. Swindon have a free-kick, Twine steps up to take it but surely this is too far out.
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2' GOAL OXFORD. Brandon Barker shoots from outside the box, it takes a deflection and Oxford lead.
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1' Swindon look to have set-up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with both Jordan Lyden and Matty Palmer acting as the defensive midfielders. A new set-up from John Sheridan, will it work tonight.
KICK-OFF: Oxford United get us underway.
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Oxford have won the toss and will get the game underway.
The players are out and kick-off is just moments away. Can Swindon record a famous double for the first time in over 20 years. Let's find out over the next 90 minutes of action.
So just ten minutes to go until kick-off at the County Ground. Comment below with your predictions. We're going for a 2-2 draw.
Oxford United XI:
GK: Stevens
RB: Ford
CB: Moore
CB: Atkinson
LB: Ruffles
RM: Kelly
CM: Gorrin
LM: Branagan
RW: Sykes
LW: Barker
ST: Taylor
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Eastwood
Hall
Agyei
Hanson
Grayson
Shodipo
Chambers-Parillon
And here is how Oxford manger Karl Robinson lines his side up to take on Swindon.
Swindon Town XI:
GK: C Trueman
RB: P Caddis
CB: D Conroy (C)
CB: T Broadbent
LB: D Thompson
CM: J Lyden
CM: S Twine
RM: M Palmer
LM: J Payne
ST: B Pitman
ST: J Garrick
SUBSTITUTIONS:
T Curran
A Odimayo
A Grant
J Grant
A Matthews
E Iandolo
So let's take a look at how the two side's line-up coming into tonight's match.
In contrast, Swindon are arguably in their best form since the beginning of the season with John Sheridan's Robins out of the relegation zone, albeit by the skin of their teeth with just one point separating them from the four teams below them.
Swindon have faced a tough run of games recently most notably away against League leaders Lincoln City and high-flying Sunderland, however Town have managed to pick up 7 points during the process and will be looking to continue their positive run of form tonight.
Since Swindon inflicted defeat on Oxford at the Kassam Stadium back in November, Karl Robinson's side have been one of the league's most in-form team as they went on a ten-game unbeaten streak which came to an end against Doncaster Rovers at the start of February.
However recent form may be of some concern to Oxford fans with the U's winless in their last five gams and scoring just once during the process.
Swindon emerged victorious in the first match between these two sides earlier in the season as Tom Broadbent's heroics saw the Robins come from behind to win 1-2.
Swindon last did the double over Oxford back in 2000 as the two teams battled it out in League Two. Since then Oxford have recorded 7 wins over Swindon.
Good evening and welcome to the County Ground for tonight's A420 derby as Swindon Town host Oxford United in the latest round of League One fixtures.
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 1993In case you missed it see what’s in this section
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