MATCHDAY LIVE: Swindon Town v Salford City

FULL-TIME: Swindon Town 1-2 Salford City

88' Swindon Sub

Off - Hunt

On - Parsons

1-1

85' GOAL SALFORD

Salford have a corner deep in the match and score to take the lead as Ryan Watson heads into the net.

1-2

78' SUBSTITUTIONS

Off - Winter

On - McAleny

Swindon Sub:

Off - Barry

On - Mitchell-Lawson

1-1

76' There are just under15 minutes left inside the County Ground and Swindon despite controlling possession don't look like scoring. Salford seem happy for a draw and Swindon have to gamble.

1-1

73' Aguiar shoots wide as he fails to steer his effort on target after being set up by Iandolo's pass.

1-1

71' Kelly is shown a yellow card.

1-1

70' SUBSTITUTIONS

Off- Shephard, Smith

On - Lund, Bolton

Harry McKirdy was also subbed moments ago for Jonny Williams.

1-1

66' That goal was just too easy as Hunter's cross was tucked in by Shephard who was under little pressure from Swindon's defence.

1-1

65' GOAL SALFORD

Liam Shephard equalises as he gets on the end of a cross at the near-post.

1-1

60' Swindon go close to scoring again as Aguiar's delightful ball finds Barry at the back-post. His first-time shot looks goalbound but King does well to get down at the near-post and save for a corner that comes to nothing.

1-0

55' GOAL SWINDON Iandolo's attempt from outside the box is blocked for a corner. Tomlinson whips it in and McKirdy scores with his head to give Swindon the lead.

1-0

51' Aguiar tries his luck from range and has his shot well saved by the keeper to keep the match goalless.

0-0

45' The teams are back out and we are underway again. Swindon will need a much improved second half. 0-0

HALF TIME: Swindon Town 0-0 Salford City

43' Swindon have a free-kick halfway inside Salford's half with Reed putting the ball to the back post and Cooper doing well to hook it back across goal. Goalkeeper Tom King remained alert and gathered well with Salford then breaking forward and winning a corner that came to nothing.

0-0

39' Ryan Watson smashes a shot from outside the box goalbound. His effort beats Wollacott but clips the post and is out for a goal-kick.

0-0

35' Harry McKirdy has a good chance as he is played through on the wing by Aguiar but opts to try and nutmeg goalkeeper Tom King. The keeper stands tall and saves well as Salford clear.

0-0

30' HOW HAS THAT NOT GONE IN?! Matt Smith gets on the end of a cross, his header is off the bar and Liam Shephard is standing on the goal line with the simple task of touching the ball into an empty net. He somehow takes an age and Wollacott eventually clears.

0-0

27' Salford with the best chance of the game as Liam Shephard plays a one-two with Brandon Thomas-Asante and is in behind the defence in the box. He picks the wrong option however and blasts a cross across the face of the Swindon goal with no one there to get on the end of it.

0-0

25' Swindon have a free-kick halfway inside the Salford half but can't muster any notable chance from that. The home side are largely in control of possession but just don't look like threatening.

0-0

19' Brandon Cooper gives a foul away as Brandon Thomas-Asante goes down near the corner flag. Ash Hunter puts the ball in but it is too close to Wollacott who gathers comfortably.

0-0

18' Your probably wondering why we haven't updated you in a while. Is it because there are so many goals that we can't keep up or is it the fact there is nothing happening? Unfortunately the latter. Barry has just had his tame effort from the edge of the Salford box tamely saved and that is as good as it gets.

0-0

8' Salford have their first attempt on target as a ball is headed back across Swindon's box with striker Matt Smith rising highest to get a head on the ball but his effort is weak and safely into the hands of Wollacott.

0-0

4' Good build-up play from Swindon ends with Tomlinson having his shot deflected into the air, Vassell has to clear behind for a corner as McKirdy lurked at the back-post. The corner was poor and came to nothing.

0-0

KICK OFF: Salford gets us underway.

0-0

So we are under 10 minutes away from kick-off at the County Ground which means it's time for our prediction. We're going for a hard-fought 3-1 home win.

Swindon Town come into today's fixture off the back of a stunning midweek 5-0 home victory over Walsall with Louie Barry, Ricky Aguiar, and Jonny Williams all on the scoresheet. That made it 3 cleansheet victories on the bounce for the Robins, scoring 11 goals in the process and moving up to 5th in the League Two standings.

Gary Bowyer's Salford City have picked up in form with The Ammies up to 11th and just 6 points outside the playoffs after a run of three games unbeaten.

Salford City manager Gary Bowyer also remains unchanged after his side won two-nil away to Leyton Orient last weekend.

GK: T King

RB: J Lowe (C)

CB: T Vassell

CB: J Turnbull

LB: C Ndaba

CM: S Kelly

CM: R Watson

LM: A Hunter

ST: B Asante-Thomas

ST: M Smith

SUBSTITUTIONS

D Love

I Touray

M Lund

C McAleny

L Bolton

J Torrance

L Loughlan

Swindon Town Head Coach, Ben Garner has confirmed that Jack Payne is still unavailable through injury, however Captain Dion Conroy is fit but has not been selected for the matchday squad. Swindon Town remain unchanged from their 5-0 win over Walsall on Tuesday.

GK: J Wollacott

RB: R Hunt

CB: B Cooper

CB: J O'Brien

LB: J Tomlinson

CM: L Reed

CM: R Aguiar

CM: E Iandolo

LW: L Barry

RW: H McKirdy

ST: J Davison

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A Odimayo

M Baudry

L Ward

J Mitchell-Lawson

J Williams

R East

H Parsons

We're in our seats currently up in the Arkells Stand waiting for the Swindon players to emerge for their warm-ups and we have some important team news to bring you. So let's run through how the two teams line up.

Good afternoon and welcome to the County Ground for today's Matchday Live commentary as Swindon Town welcome Gary Bowyer's Salford City in the latest round of League Two fixtures.