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

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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.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Swindon Town wins, 2 draws and 0 for Tranmere Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · René HiguitaSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Raffaele De VitaSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · Andy WilliamsSwindon Town · 3-0
  • 33'Goal · Matt RitchieSwindon Town · 4-0
  • 51'Goal · Andy WilliamsSwindon Town · 5-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Swindon Town 3, draws 2, Tranmere Rovers 0.

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