Comeback Win
Crystal Palace U21
Crystal Palace U21 went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 1–2
EFL Trophy · Group South · 5
Swindon Town
antwoine hackford 23'
1 – 2
FT
HT 1–1
Crystal Palace U21
Caleb Kporha 45+1'
Sebastian Williams 55'
EFL Trophy
Group South · 5Swindon Town1–2Crystal Palace U21
3
Shots in the box
8
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
23′46′55′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Swindon Town 1-2 Crystal Palace U21
Crystal Palace U21 edged out Swindon Town 2-1 at County Ground in EFL Trophy. Hackford opened the scoring for Swindon Town on 23', Kporha levelled for Crystal Palace U21 on 46' and Williams put Crystal Palace U21 back in front on 55'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Swindon Town took 3 of their 8 attempts inside the box, Crystal Palace U21 8 of 11.
Crystal Palace U21 had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Crystal Palace U21 graded out for box occupation — 8 of 11 shots in the box. Swindon Town graded out for shooting from range — 5 of 8 shots from range.
A. Hackford came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.8 for Swindon Town from 1 goal, 1 key pass and 1 shot.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
53%Possession47%
8Shots11
What the numbers say
3 readsBox Occupation
Crystal Palace U21
Crystal Palace U21 kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 11
- Share
- 73%
Shooting From Range
Swindon Town
Swindon Town could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 63% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 5 of 8
- Share
- 63%
Timeline
S. Inwood
Foul
🟨9'
antwoine hackford
⚽23'
🔄45'
Benjamin Casey ↑ Caleb Kporha ↓
Paul Glatzel ↑ Joseph Hungbo ↓
🔄45'
Jaylan Pearman ↑ Daniel Butterworth ↓
🔄45'
Dan Butler ↑ S. Inwood ↓
🔄45'
⚽45+1'
Caleb Kporha — assist: Mohamed Taha Majni
Half-time
⚽55'
Sebastian Williams — assist: Amari Sealey
🟨61'
dean benamar
Foul
Stephan Negru ↑ James Ball ↓
🔄66'
Freddie Hoare ↑ Tom Nichols ↓
🔄67'
🔄72'
Nathanael James Kalembo ↑ Joseph Gibbard ↓
🔄87'
Donte Martin ↑ Adler Bruno Sá Nogueira de Nascimento ↓
🔄87'
Jacob Fasida ↑ Sean Somade ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueCounty Ground, Swindon
RefereeA. Farmer
CompetitionEFL Trophy
Season2026
RoundGroup South · 5
StatusMatch Finished