MATCHDAY LIVE: Swindon Town v Bradford City

FULL-TIME: SWINDON TOWN 1-3 BRADFORD CITY

90' There will be 5 minutes of added time.

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85' Five minutes left in this game and Swindon look well short of ideas. Bradford have been the dominant team in this game and deserve the three points.

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77' GOAL SWINDON

Payne slots the penalty into the bottom right corner to give Swindon a slither of hope.

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76' SWINDON PENALTY

O'Connor is deemed to have handled the ball inside the box.

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74' BRADFORD SUB

Theo Robinson comes off the bench and scores with is first touch of the game. Brillaint finish.

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74' BRADFORD SUB

Off - Cook, Watt

On - Evans, Robinson

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67' Lavery is shown a yellow card for a bad challenge on Kesler-Hayden.

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66' Bradford keeper Richard O'Donnell is shown a yellow card for timewasting.

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63' SWINDON SUB

OFF - Williams

ON - Gilbert

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59' Swindon have a chance to get back into the game as Williams gets on the end of a cross. He attempts to put his header back across goal when an effort on goal would've been the better option. Payne then shoots from 25-yards out, the keeper spills the effort but a free-kick is awarded to Bradford to halt Swindon's momentum.

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58' WHAT A MISS

Cook is found on the counter-attack by Gilliead. He twists Rob Hunt inside out but his shot from inside the box is blasted over the bar.

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60' Gladwin puts a good ball into the box that falls to Kesler-Hayden. He shoots but pulls his effort back across goal and Bradford clear.

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54' Today's attendance is announced as 9461.

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50' Alex Gilliead skips past Reed before shooting from range. His shot is blocked by Odimayo and Bradford have a corner. The corner eventually ends with Sutton shooting over.

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49' Rob Hunt is shown a yellow card for bringing down Paudie O'Connor on the counter-attack.

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47' Swindon win a corner as Watt puts the ball out of play. Payne puts a good ball in but Songo'o clears.

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45' The players are back out and Swindon have made a substitution.

Off - Crichlow

On - Kesler-Hayden

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HALF-TIME: SWINDON TOWN 0-2 BRADFORD CITY

45' The second Bradford goal really was a case of poor defending. A deep cross from Matthew Foulds was missed by Crichlow, Cook hits the ball against the post and the rebound is followed in by Levi Sutton who was ;left unmarked in the box.

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45' There will be 3 minutes of added time.

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43' Reed takes the free-kick. It's on-target but straight at the keeper who punches clear.

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41' More on that goal at half-time but Swindon have won a free-kick 20 yards out through Jonny Williams. The ref took an age to blow but eventually does and Swindon have a chance before half-time.

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40' GOAL BRADFORD

Levi Sutton scores as the ball bounces back of the post into his path.

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35' Crichlow nearly puts the ball into the back of his net as his clearance from a cross nestles onto the top of the Swindon goal. Watt puts the resulting corner deep into the Bradford box but Swindon clear.

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31' Swindon have another corner. Payne again takes but it is cleared at the near-post. A ball comes back in but the Bradford keeper comes off his line to collect.

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28' Swindon win a corner as McKirdy exchanges passes with Williams inside the Bradford box. Payne whips the ball in but the visitors clear easily.

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26' The free-kick is hit towards the back-post and Swindon clear through Gladwin.

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25' That Bradford goal seems to have disrupted Swindon as Mathieu Baudry is shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Alex Gillead. Bradford have a free-kick 35 yards out.

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20' Lavery almost has his second. Reed tries to clear but the ball bounces into the path of Lavery. He shoots but Baudry slides in at the last-minute to deflect behind for a corner.

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20' Ben Gladwin is shown a yellow card for a rash challenge on Sutton in the middle of the pitch.

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18' Correction it wasn't a header, it was a right-footed shot on the volley from Lavery who had his back to goal.

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17' The long-throw in from the right by Threlkeld was flicked on by Andy Cook and the bounce left Lavery with an easy header that looped over Wollacott into the bottom corner.

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16' GOAL BRADFORD

Long throw-in and Lavery scores with a header into the bottom corner.

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12' Gladwin takes out Crichlow in midfield and Bradford look to break but the final pass is poor and Swindon win possession back.

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7' Louis Reed looks to play a chipped ball in behind the Bradford defence. Harry McKirdy is chasing it but the pass has too much power on it and Bradford clear.

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6' Swindon Head Coach Ben Garner has opted to switch from his usual 5-3-2 formation with Town playing a back four and almost looking to play in a 4-4-2 formation. Bradford currently struggling to get on the ball much.

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3' Swindon win a free-kick on the right-hand side of Bradford's box. it's taken quick and the ball is out of play.

2' Swindon with an early chance as Gladwin slips a through ball into Simpson. His first-time shot is blocked an d Swindon have a corner that comes to nothing.

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KICK OFF: Bradford get the game underway.

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The players are walking out of the tunnel now and we are almost ready to get underway here at the County Ground. The County Ground is packed and I'm predicting a 3-1 home win.

Ahead of today's clash, Swindon Town Head Coach, Ben Garner said:

"It's a big challenge and their manager has been very successful in this league. they are very good in transitions and pose a threat on the counter-attack as well as from set-pieces. They are a difficult outfit but If we hit our levels then I'm confident we can get the victory. You never know what will happen on the day and the previous run of results for teams but watching their recent run of games they looked very very good against Bristol Rovers and we know how tough a test this will be."

Here inside the County ground the players have finished warming up and are heading down the tunnel for some final pre-match preparation. This is an interesting encounter today with Swindon unbeaten in their last 6 league fixtures and Bradford winless in their last 3, losing 3-1 to Hartlepool in midweek.

Bradford are 6 points worse off than Ben Garner's men this season and Derek Adams will be hoping his side can get back to winning ways in front of a packed County Ground.

Bradford manager Derek Adams is boosted by the return of club Captain Niall Canavan whilst Levi Sutton makes his 100th appearance in the EFL.

BRADFORD CITY XI

O'Donnell

Threlkeld

O'Connor

Canavan (C)

Songo'o

Cook

Gilliead

Foulds

Watt

Sutton

Lavery

Swindon Town make just the solitary change for today's clash as Ellks Iandolo drops to the bench in place of the retuning Ben Gladwin.

SWINDON TOWN XI:

Wollacott

Odimayo

Crichlow

Baudry

Gladwin

Simpson

Payne (C)

McKirdy

Williams

Hunt

Reed

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Iandolo

Ward

Mitchell-Lawson

Gilbert

Kesler-Hayden

East

Grant

Let's take a look at how the two team's line-up coming into today's fixutre.

So Swindon return to the County Ground today for their seventh home game of the season as Ben Garner seeks to get just his second win in front of a home crowd.

Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for today's Matchday Live blog as Swindon Town welcome Bradford City to the County Ground in the latest round of League Two fixtures.