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Swindon Town must be up for the fight to beat tenacious Accrington... and set-piece fragility will be tested once again

TACTICS: There are signs Accy are vulnerable from quick transitions, particularly long diagonals picking out forward runners on the opposite flank. It will be...

15.11.24, 19:49 Updated 05.06.25, 20:10 6 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

Seven days after defeat at MK Dons, Swindon Town face a very different League Two beast when they venture to Accrington Stanley.

Whereas the Dons are a team designed to be effective in possession, Accrington make their mark when they don’t have the ball.

While MK are third in the League Two possession table for 2024/25 so far (with more than 60% of the ball), Stanley sit 18th (45.36%). For context, Swindon sit between the two in 10th (50.13%).

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Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead 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.

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