'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 | Cardiff City | 42 | 3.10 | 66 | W3-2 | L0-5 | |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 1.85 | 57 | W3-2 | L0-7 | |
| 3 | Bristol City | 42 | 1.68 | 51 | D1-1 | L1-3 | |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 42 | 1.15 | 49 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 42 | 1.25 | 46 | W4-1 | W1-0 | |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 1.15 | 46 | W2-1 | L1-3 | |
| 7 | Bournemouth | 42 | 1.33 | 44 | L1-3 | L2-5 | |
| 8 | Southend United | 42 | 1.18 | 44 | W2-1 | L0-2 | |
| 9 | Reading | 42 | 1.12 | 43 | D2-2 | D3-3 | |
| 10 | Port Vale | 42 | 1.08 | 43 | W2-1 | D1-1 | |
| 11 | Torquay United | 42 | 0.85 | 42 | L2-4 | W5-1 | |
| 12 | Notts County | 42 | 1.00 | 40 | W4-2 | D0-0 | |
| 13 | Northampton Town | 42 | 0.96 | 40 | W3-1 | L1-4 | |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 0.85 | 40 | W1-0 | L0-3 | |
| 15 | Exeter City | 42 | 0.87 | 39 | W2-0 | D1-1 | |
| 16 | Watford | 42 | 0.80 | 39 | W5-0 | D1-1 | |
| 17 | Brighton and Hove A | 42 | 0.75 | 38 | D2-2 | W4-1 | |
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 0.79 | 37 | W1-0 | L1-4 | |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 0.72 | 32 | W2-0 | D0-0 | |
| 20 | Aldershot | 42 | 0.61 | 32 | W7-0 | L0-2 | |
| 21 | Norwich City | 42 | 0.64 | 28 | D1-1 | W5-1 | |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 0.50 | 28 | W6-1 | D1-1 | |
| Swindon Town | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 4th | 2nd | 12th |
| Played | 42 | 21 | 21 |
| Won | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| Drawn | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Lost | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 2nd | 8th | 9th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 4-2-0 | 4-1-1 | 1-3-2 |
| Goals (F-A) | 10-5 | 11-8 | 11-13 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 3rd | 2nd | 8th |
| Goals scored | 84 | 56 | 28 |
| Failed to score | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Since failing to score | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 15th | 10th | 18th |
| Goals conceded | 73 | 25 | 48 |
| Clean sheets | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Current clean sheets | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 6th | 3rd | 16th |
| Goal difference | +11 | +31 | -20 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd |
| Goal total | 157 | 81 | 76 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 27 | 15 | 12 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | unbeaten in last 6 | ||
| Home | unbeaten in last 5 | ||
| Away | drew last 2, w/o win in last 4 |
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| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 5-2-2 | 4-1-1 | 2-2-2 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 6-4 | 9-2 | 2-7 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
D1-1 |
W2-1 |
D1-1 |
| Occurence | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Swindon Town | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Division Three (South) | 4th | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 84 | 73 | +11 | .580 |
| English FA Cup | Second Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | .500 |
| TOTAL | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 76 | +13 | .576 | |