Swindon 2 Bradford 1 

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RESULT: Swindon Town 2 Bradford City 1

Swindon scorers: Luongo 15, 34

Bradford scorer: Clarke 54

 

 

Swindon Town's promotion ambitions are back on track after an edgy win over the visiting Bantams.

 

Following a run of three defeats, it was crucial for the Robins to get off to a good start and Aussie star Massimo Luongo was only too happy to oblige with a superb first-half performance.

 

Southampton loanee Jack Stephens found the much sought-after striker in midfield, who proceeded to surge forward into the box and slot low into the corner.

 

Luongo hadn't had his fill yet though, and the lead was soon doubled as he reacted quickly to a loose ball in the box, to thump home with aplomb.

 

The second-half was less impressive from the home side, and despite a chance for Luongo to grab his hattrick, it was Bradford that looked more likely to score.

 

The pressing soon paid off for Bradford, with Billy Clarke capitalising on an error from skipper Nathan Thompson and leaving the 27-year old with the simplest of finishes past Foderingham.

 

More scares were to come late on, but Swindon to their great credit held on, leaving them just a couple of points behind the MK Dons in second place.

 

Town manager Mark Cooper commented "I think we needed to get back on track - the three points were most important thing. I thought we were outstanding in the first half and the game could have been out of sight. We were a bit wasteful in front of goal. 2-0 is a funny scoreline. In the first ten minutes of the second half we played with our hearts not our heads and made it end to end when we needed to control the tempo and pace of game."
 

The top of League One
 

1 Bristol City 32 31 67
2 MK Dons 32 35 62

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3 Swindon 32 24 60
4 Preston 31 19 59
5 Sheff Utd 31 9 52
6 Bradford 31 5 45

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7 Doncaster 32 -1 45
8 Fleetwood 32 -1 44
9 Oldham 31 -3 43
10 Chesterfield 320 42
 

Swindon Town v Bradford City

Match Action

with Swindon Sport

Crewe (A)

Saturday 28 Feb, 3.00pm

 

Gillingham (H)

Tuesday 03 March, 7.45pm

 

Notts County (H)

Saturday 07 March, 3.00pm