'City in decline long before Guardiola'
A squad growing old and poor recruitment threaten to leave Pep Guardiola managing Manchester City in the Europa League, writes Phil McNulty
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League Table & Stats
 England Division Three (South)
| Home | Away | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | GA | Pt | Res | Res | |||
| 1 | Brentford | 42 | 1.84 | 62 | D0-0 | L0-1 | |
| 2 | Exeter City | 42 | 1.83 | 58 | D2-2 | L0-5 | |
| 3 | Norwich City | 42 | 1.60 | 57 | L2-4 | L2-5 | |
| 4 | Reading | 42 | 1.45 | 51 | L0-1 | L1-7 | |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 1.22 | 46 | W1-0 | L3-4 | |
| 6 | Coventry City | 42 | 1.38 | 44 | L1-2 | L1-2 | |
| 7 | Gillingham | 42 | 1.18 | 44 | D1-1 | L1-3 | |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 42 | 1.15 | 44 | W2-1 | L0-6 | |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 1.09 | 44 | D1-1 | L0-1 | |
| 10 | Torquay United | 42 | 1.07 | 44 | D0-0 | L3-4 | |
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 1.05 | 44 | L1-2 | D2-2 | |
| 12 | Brighton and Hove A | 42 | 1.01 | 42 | W5-1 | L1-5 | |
| 13 | Southend United | 42 | 0.79 | 41 | D2-2 | D0-0 | |
| 14 | Luton Town | 42 | 1.00 | 39 | D1-1 | L2-6 | |
| 15 | Bristol City | 42 | 0.92 | 37 | L1-4 | L1-5 | |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 0.83 | 37 | D0-0 | L2-4 | |
| 17 | Aldershot | 42 | 0.85 | 36 | W3-2 | W1-0 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth | 42 | 0.74 | 36 | W2-0 | L1-5 | |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 0.70 | 31 | W6-2 | L0-3 | |
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 0.63 | 29 | D3-3 | L1-7 | |
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 0.58 | 29 | W2-0 | W2-1 | |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 42 | 0.57 | 29 | |||
| Swindon Town | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 22nd | 20th | 21st |
| Played | 42 | 21 | 21 |
| Won | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Drawn | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| Lost | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 20th | 22nd | 13th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 1-2-3 | 1-4-1 | 1-1-4 |
| Goals (F-A) | 5-10 | 5-5 | 5-17 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 20th | 22nd | 9th |
| Goals scored | 60 | 36 | 24 |
| Failed to score | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Since failing to score | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 21st | 15th | 22nd |
| Goals conceded | 105 | 29 | 76 |
| Clean sheets | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 22nd | 20th | 22nd |
| Goal difference | -45 | +7 | -52 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 6th | 16th | 1st |
| Goal total | 165 | 65 | 100 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 28 | 11 | 17 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | w/o win in last 5 | ||
| Home | w/o win in last 3 | ||
| Away | lost last 3 | ||
| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 1-2-3 | 3-2-1 | 1-1-7 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 4-8 | 7-6 | 2-14 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
D0-0 |
D0-0 D1-1 |
L1-5 |
| Occurence | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Swindon Town | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Division Three (South) | 22nd | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 105 | -45 | .352 |
| English FA Cup | Third Round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | .600 |
| TOTAL | 45 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 109 | -42 | .372 | |