Swindon Town 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Swindon Town 2-1 Rotherham United

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium, Swindon · half-time 1-0

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Swindon Town 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Swindon Town won against Rotherham United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 October 2026 at The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jack Thomson opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Jack Thomson (45+3') and Joseph Hungbo (81'). Rotherham United scored through Denzel Hall (87').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card and 4 red cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 15th on 16 points from 13 and Rotherham United 23rd on 12 points from 13. In the current table Swindon Town are 13th on 19 points and Rotherham United are 22nd on 12 points.

Swindon Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Thomson of Swindon Town (8.2), ahead of Dan Butler (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Red card · Jili BuyabuRotherham United
  • 45+3'Goal · Jack ThomsonSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Kieran NgwenyaRotherham United
  • 79'Red card · Dominic IorfaRotherham United
  • 80'Red card · Alex BruceRotherham United
  • 80'Red card · Alex BruceRotherham United
  • 81'Goal · Joseph HungboSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Matty VirtueSwindon Town
  • 87'Goal · Denzel HallRotherham United · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13Swindon Town145451517-219LDWDW
22Rotherham United142661825-712LLDDL

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Team news

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

Connor Ripley, James Ball, Stephan Negru, Billy Kirkman, Mitch Clark, Jack Thomson, Matty Virtue, Dan Butler, Tom Nichols, Joe Snowdon, Aaron Drinan

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Julian Eyestone, Joe Rafferty, Denzel Hall, Dominic Iorfa, Kieran Ngwenya, Brandon Cover, Jayce Fitzgerald, Josh Austerfield, Aaron Nemane, Paul Mullin, Jili Buyabu

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