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Lies, damned lies and statistics: Swindon Town defy form, narrative and data to deliver formidable away win at Barnet
21.10.26, 12:37 Updated 21.10.26, 12:44 6 Minute Read
From time to time, statistics just don't line up with reality. That was the case at The Hive on Tuesday evening.
Swindon Town produced the sort of performance you'd only believe if you saw it with your own eyes, because according to form, data and narrative, this should have only been one-way traffic.
It wasn't.
For all the context of what came before, and despite what the statistics might tell you about the game, Swindon were genuinely good.
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is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.