Swindon Town 2-1 Rochdale

Two goals in two first-half minutes helped Swindon Town overcome a Rochdale side that was forced to play almost 80 minutes with 10 men.

John O'Sullivan was shown a straight red card for his tackle on Yaser Kasim.

Fabien Robert latched onto Brad Berry's cross to open the scoring for Swindon before Ben Gladwin added a second, with his 30-yard effort deflecting past goalkeeper Joel Castro Pereira.

Oliver Lancashire pulled one back from close-range, but Swindon held on.

Rochdale manager Keith Hill told BBC Radio Manchester:

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Hill on Swindon v Rochdale

"I think the officials, every single one of the officials, have let both teams down today with that standard of refereeing.

"My lads have given it everything. Every ounce of sweat, blood and they've got nothing for it, absolutely nothing. They've been severely let down today.

"When we're down to 10 men and we're playing against such an outstanding side who keep the ball very well, it's very difficult."

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Line-ups

Swindon

• 1Vigouroux
• 27Barry
• 29Rossi Branco
• 34El-Abd
• 6Turnbull
• 18Thompson
• 8Kasim
• 17GladwinSubstituted forBalmyat 90+2'minutes
• 4RobertSubstituted forRodgersat 85'minutes
• 20Obika
• 10AjoseSubstituted forHyltonat 78'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Ormonde-Ottewill
• 15Brophy
• 19Balmy
• 24Hylton
• 25Belford
• 26Rodgers
• 32Ojamaa

Rochdale

• 44Castro Pereira
• 3Bennett
• 4McNultyBooked at 90mins
• 6Lancashire
• 25Rose
• 8LundBooked at 71mins
• 28CampsSubstituted forMendez-Laingat 54'minutes
• 7VincentiSubstituted forAndrewat 54'minutes
• 12McDermottBooked at 40minsSubstituted forBarry-Murphyat 40'minutes
• 16O'SullivanBooked at 12mins
• 40HendersonBooked at 58mins

Substitutes

• 1Lillis
• 5Eastham
• 9Andrew
• 19Mendez-Laing
• 20Barry-Murphy
• 27Cannon
• 34Hooper

Referee:

David Webb

Attendance:

7,149

Match Stats

Home TeamSwindonAway TeamRochdale

Possession

Home60%

Away40%

Shots

Home8

Away4

Shots on Target

Home3

Away2

Corners

Home4

Away5

Fouls

Home8

Away15

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Swindon Town 2, Rochdale 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Swindon Town 2, Rochdale 1.

Booking

Posted at 90'+6'

Jimmy McNulty (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+5'

Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Jimmy McNulty (Rochdale).

Substitution

Posted at 90'+2'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Jeremy Balmy replaces Ben Gladwin.

Posted at 90'+1'

Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).

Posted at 88'

Attempt missed. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Louis Thompson (Swindon Town).

Posted at 86'

Michael Rose (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Anton Rodgers replaces Fabien Robert.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Michael Rose (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Louis Thompson (Swindon Town).

Posted at 83'

Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 80'

Adam El-Abd (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Calvin Andrew (Rochdale).

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Jermaine Hylton replaces Nicky Ajose.

Posted at 77'

Attempt blocked. Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.

Booking

Posted at 71'

Matthew Lund (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 71'

Louis Thompson (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).

Posted at 69'

Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).

Posted at 68'

Attempt missed. Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Michael Rose.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Rhys Bennett.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Louis Thompson (Swindon Town).

Posted at 62'

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Goal!

Posted at 60'

Goal! Swindon Town 2, Rochdale 1. Oliver Lancashire (Rochdale) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Rose with a cross.

Posted at 59'

Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Yaser Kasim.

Booking

Posted at 58'

Ian Henderson (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 58'

Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 58'

Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale).

Posted at 55'

Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 55'

Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale).

Substitution

Posted at 54'

Substitution, Rochdale. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Callum Camps.

Substitution

Posted at 54'

Substitution, Rochdale. Calvin Andrew replaces Peter Vincenti.

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