Swindon Town 5-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Friday 21 December 2012
Result
Swindon Town 5-0 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Friday 21 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-0
Swindon Town 5-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Swindon Town defeated Tranmere Rovers 5-0 in the League One on Friday 21 December 2012. The half-time score was 4-0.
René Higuita opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from René Higuita (4'), Raffaele De Vita (7'), Andy Williams (21'), Matt Ritchie (33') and Andy Williams (51'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Swindon Town were 7th on 36 points from 22 and Tranmere Rovers 1st on 41 points from 22. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Tranmere Rovers 10th with 67.
Going into the match Swindon Town's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Tranmere Rovers's D-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · René Higuita
- 7'Goal · Raffaele De Vita
- 21'Goal · Andy Williams
- 33'Goal · Matt Ritchie
- 51'Goal · Andy Williams
Team news
Swindon Town expected line-up
Wes Foderingham, James McEveley, Joe Devera, Nathan Thompson, Aden Flint, Simon Ferry, Gary Roberts, Tommy Miller, Matt Ritchie, James Collins, Darren Ward
Tranmere Rovers expected line-up
Owain Fôn Williams, Liam Palmer, Zoumana Bakayogo, Danny Holmes, Ash Taylor, James Wallace, Jake Cassidy, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Adam McGurk, Ben Gibson