SWINDON. Bradford City conquers Swindon Town 3-1. Bradford City was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with C. Lavery (17′), L. Sutton (40′) and T. Robinson (75′). Swindon Town reduced the distance with a penalty (78′) by J. Payne, but there was not much to do for them. Swindon Town was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (73%).
The match was played at the The Energy Check County Ground stadium in Swindon on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Ross Joyce who had the assistance of G Read and Christopher Kidd. The 4th official was Carl Brook. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.2 degrees Celsius or 54.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- ! 73 Ball Possession 27
Shots
- 8 Total 13
- 5 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 138 Attack 76
- 59 Dangerous attack 31
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Swindon Town was in firm control of the ball 73% while Bradford City was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swindon Town was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Bradford City was able to find the solution to win this match.
Swindon Town shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Bradford City shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards (R. Hunt, M. Baudry and B. Gladwin). Regarding the opposition, Bradford City received 3 yellow cards (T. Robinson, C. Lavery and R. O’Donnell).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Swindon Town will stay with 23 points like Exeter City, Harrogate Town and Hartlepool United to stay in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Bradford City will have 20 points like Leyton Orient, Sutton United and Newport County to stay in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Swindon Town will play away against Oldham Athletic on the 30th of October with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Oldham Athletic (9 draws).
Bradford City will host Forest Green Rovers on the 30th of October with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Swindon Town – Formation
Swindon Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Ben Garner decided to play with the following team: J. Wollacott
, A. Odimayo , M. Baudry , R. Crichlow , R. Hunt , B. Gladwin , J. Williams , L. Reed , J. Payne , T. Simpson and H. McKirdy .The home team had on the bench: E. Iandolo, A. Grant, L. Ward, A. Gilbert
, K. Kessler , J. Mitchell-Lawson and R. East.Substitutions
Swindon Town made 4 changes: R. Crichlow-Noble for K. Kesler (46′), J. Williams for A. Gilbert (64′), R. Hunt for J. Mitchell-Lawson (85′) and R. Hunt for J. Mitchell-Lawson (85′).
Best player: M. Baudry
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swindon Town was M. Baudry.
His rating is
with 86 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17.Bradford City – Formation
Bradford City started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Talking about the opposition, Derek Adams played with: R. O’Donnell
, O. Threlkeld , N. Canavan , P. O’Connor , Y. Songo’o , M. Foulds , L. Sutton , E. Watt , A. Gilliead , C. Lavery and A. Cook .The following players were sitting on the bench: K. Scales, R. Staunton, F. Cousin-Dawson, T. Robinson
, C. Vernam, F. Kelleher and G. Evans .Substitutions
Bradford City made 2 changes: C. Lavery for G. Evans (74′) and A. Cook for T. Robinson (74′).
Best player: L. Sutton
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bradford City was L. Sutton.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Bristol Rovers – Newport County – 1-3
- Carlisle United – Oldham Athletic – 0-0
- Exeter City – Mansfield Town – 2-1
- Forest Green Rovers – Salford City – 3-1
- Hartlepool United – Harrogate Town – 3-2
- Port Vale – Colchester United – 3-0
- Rochdale – Sutton United – 3-2
- Scunthorpe United – Crawley Town – 2-1
- Stevenage – Leyton Orient – 0-0
- Swindon Town – Bradford City – 1-3
- Tranmere Rovers – Northampton Town – 0-2
- Walsall – Barrow – 2-2