Rochdale 1-0 Swindon Town result, stats and report

Cardiff City came from a nervy second half to beat Swindon Town 3-2 in the Carabao Cup, with a substitute grabbing the winner on 77 minutes after Swindon threatened a comeback.

Bradford City saw off Rochdale 2-0 in the Carabao Cup first round, but a conversion rate that should embarrass a Sunday league side means the margin of victory flatters no one. The result is the result. The performance is a different conversation.

Grimsby Town delivered one of their most commanding performances of the League Two season, dismantling Swindon Town four goals to nil in a result that underlined everything that has made them such a formidable force in 2025/26.

Swindon Town's position as sixth-placed challengers against an Accrington Stanley side sitting sixteenth tells only part of the story. The underlying goal data reveals two clubs in very different relationships with efficiency, and that gap is hard to ignore.

Bradford City open their Carabao Cup campaign at home to Rochdale on Saturday, carrying the weight of a difficult domestic run into a competition where cup football has a habit of producing surprises.

Swindon Town host Chesterfield at the County Ground on Saturday 2 May 2026 in a League Two fixture that carries genuine weight at both ends of the table context. Two teams with identical attacking output, near-identical league positions, and everything still to play for.