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Swindon 2 Peterborough 1SkyBet League One
RESULT: Swindon Town 2 Peterborough United 1
Town scorers: Ranger 20, Kasim 70
Peterborough scorer: Knight-Percival 78
Nile Ranger showed his importance if Swindon are to entertain any hopes of a play-off place this season.
The controversial striker scored one and put in a Man-of-the-Match performance as he returned to the first team after a troubled Christmas period.
Manager Mark Cooper revealed that the 22-year-old had earlier apologised to his teammates for his bad behaviour (which included writing his car off on Christmas day) and failure to turn up for training sessions.
But with the threat of his contract being terminated, Ranger showed his desire to put things right by heading Town in to the lead just before the half-hour.
And after enduring an intense period of pressure from Peterborough in the second-half, it was Ranger's efforts in holding the ball upfront that eventually started to turn the tide.
Town's confidence in possession eventually built up to the extent that Yaser Kasim & Alex Pritchard started to exploit the gaps the visitors left when going forward.
And when Kasim picked up the ball in space in the 70th minute inside his own half, the midfielder wrapped up the points with a superb run and low shot to make it 2-0.
The Posh - Swindon's opponents in next month's LDV Trophy Semi-Final - did get one back through a bullet volley with twelve minutes to go but after after having Lee Tomlin sent-off in a bad-tempered finish the game was all but over.
Town rise to 8th.
The League One table
1 Brentford 25 21 55
2 Leyton Orient 25 31 54 -------------------------
3 Wolves 26 22 52 4 Preston 25 9 47 5 Rotherham 25 8 41 6 Peterborough 25 5 39 -------------------------
7 Walsall 25 5 38 8 Swindon 24 10 37 9 Port Vale 25 -3 36 10 MK Dons 24 5 35
Match Action
with Sport Swindon
Stevenage (A)
League One
Tuesday, 14 January 7:45pm
Gillingham (A)
League One
Saturday, 18 January 3pm |
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