Swindon Town 2-0 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Swindon Town 2-0 Gillingham

League Two · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Swindon Town 2-0 Gillingham: match report

Swindon Town won against Gillingham 2-0 in the League Two on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ryan Tafazolli opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Ryan Tafazolli (59') and Aaron Drinan (90+1'). Gillingham did not score.

Discipline: Swindon Town received 5 yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 2nd on 43 points from 23 and Gillingham 11th on 32 points from 23. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Gillingham 17th with 53.

Swindon Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Gillingham in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Tafazolli of Swindon Town (8.3), ahead of Connor Ripley (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swindon Town wins, 3 draws and 1 for Gillingham.

Going into the match Swindon Town's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Gillingham's D-D-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Filozofe MabeteSwindon Town
  • 25'Yellow cardSwindon Town
  • 59'Goal · Ryan TafazolliSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Josh AndrewsGillingham
  • 83'Yellow card · Max ClarkGillingham
  • 83'Yellow card · Tom NicholsSwindon Town
  • 86'Yellow card · J. TaborSwindon Town
  • 87'Yellow card · Armani LittleGillingham
  • 89'Yellow card · Connor RipleySwindon Town
  • 90+1'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Swindon Town 0, draws 3, Gillingham 1.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Connor Ripley, Will Wright, Ryan Tafazolli, Filozofe Mabete, Joel McGregor, Gavin Kilkenny, Tom Nichols, Finley Munroe, Darren Oldaker, Aaron Drinan, Ollie Palmer

Gillingham line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jake Turner, Remeao Hutton, Sam Gale, Andy Smith, Max Clark, Armani Little, Ethan Coleman, Elliott Nevitt, Jonathan Williams, Aaron Rowe, Josh Andrews