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SWINDON Town kept their League One survival aspirations alive thanks to a 3-1 victory over play-off chasing Portsmouth on Tuesday night. Former Pompey striker Brett Pitman grabbed the first two Town goals before Ronan Curtis pulled one back for Danny Cowley’s men late on. But in added time, Tyler Smith struck on the counter to give Tommy Wright’s side a slim chance of remaining in League One next term. The victory - combined with midweek wins for AFC Wimbledon and Wigan Athletic - still leaves Town six points from safety with three games left. Therefore, if Town lose to MK Dons on S...

Lee Camp: 7 Gave away a penalty but made five or six saves to prevent an absolute rout for Posh. Booked. Jordon Garrick: 6 Found it difficult to balance his priorities at wing-back but looked Town’s most dangerous attacking asset. Final ball wasn’t always as good as it could have been. Taylor Curran: 5 Switched off for the first goal as Dembele wandered by and was a little slow to react during the second too. Otherwise, he made a couple of good blocks and battled away reasonably well. Anthony Grant: 4 Jonathan Grounds: 6 Keen to play long balls up to Hope, but kept things simple a...

Swindon Town defender Jonathan Grounds has played 24 times in League One this season Photo: Dave Evans SWINDON Town defender Jonathan Grounds says his teammates must go into their home game against Peterborough United with a positive mindset as John Sheridan’s men attempt to spring a surprise result and boost their survival hopes. Town welcome second-place Posh to the County Ground on Saturday hoping to respond to a disappointing Easter Bank-Holiday weekend. Swindon lost 2-0 to Blackpool on Good Friday before going down 2-1 away at Burton Albion on Monday. Many fear John Sheri...

Lee Camp: 7 Kicking was exceptional and made a couple of good saves. Nothing he could have done about either goal. Paul Caddis: 6 Certainly had a better second half than his first. Caddis combined well with Payne going forward. Subbed. Akin Odimayo: 6 Anthony Grant: 7 Made an important block on more than one occasion. Continues to be calm and play the ball out from the back. Ellis Iandolo: N/A Dom Thompson: 5 Continues to make poor decisions on the ball and lost his marker for Burton’s winner. Subbed. Matty Palmer: 6 Despite being given the captain’s armband, Palmer didn’t exa...

ADVER Sport assess the performances of the Swindon Town players following the club's 2-1 loss away to Accrington Stanley on Saturday.