Swindon Town 2-4 Cardiff City: Bluebirds round off pre-season campaign with win over the Robins

Cardiff City rounded off their pre-season campaign with a six-goal thriller against Swindon Town, running out 4-2 winners at the County Ground.

The Bluebirds were tremendous in the first half, when Max Watters, Andy Rinomhota and Ryan Wintle all found the back of the net. It was a bit of a different story in the second half as the intensity dropped ever so slightly and Swindon pulled a couple of goals back, however Sheyi Ojo's well-taken ensured the victory was in the bag.

There was a lot of anticipation leading up to the announcement of team news, with many believing Steve Morison would name as close to what he believed was his best starting XI as possible. And it looked like he did just that.

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Roma837ine Sawyers, who looked like he was playing a different sport he was so much better than his Swindon counterparts, was named at the tip of a midfield three, while Mahlon Romeo and Jamilu Collins were the full-backs of choice.

And the Bluebirds utterly dominated proceedings from the off.

Sheyi Ojo found joy constantly down the right-hand side and drifted infield to cause a bit of menace, too. It was that movement which prompted the first chance of the half when he struck a clean shot from 20 yards to force Sol Brynn into an acrobatic save.

Cardiff were emboldened by Swindon's passive defending and gained total control of the match.

The first goal came courtesy of some lovely build-up play from O'Dowda, who skinned his man on the right-hand side of the area before rolling a perfectly-weighed pass into Watters' path. The striker tapped home the easiest of chances.

Just two minutes later it was a horror show for the