Matchday Live: Cherries v Swindon (From Thisisdorset)

4:56pm

Report and post-match video to follow on the website.

4:52pm

Three minutes stoppage time.

4:52pm

All Swindon now in the closing stages.

4:46pm

Richard Hughes replaces Harry Arter.

4:43pm

Conditions have improved marginally here now, but still tricky for the players and the game is poorer for it.

4:43pm

Wes Thomas is booked for a late tackle.

4:36pm

Simon Ferry replaces Tommy Miller for Swindon

4:36pm

Wes Thomas coming on for Brett Pitman.

4:35pm

Wes Fogden coming on for Josh McQuoid.

4:33pm

Foderingham keeps out Grabban's header from Pugh's cross.

4:32pm

Attendance: 8,777.

4:31pm

James gather's Martin'sa header from Ritchie's cross, while Pitman's effort flashes wide.

4:28pm

Great save from David James to keep out Roberts' effort.

4:27pm

De Vita coming on for Swindon.

4:23pm

Cherries dominating now..... All out attack.

4:21pm

Eunan O'Kane in action during the first half

4:19pm

Arter wheels away after scoring for Cherries

4:18pm

Harry Arter celebrates his first-half goal

4:10pm

Foderingham saves well from Arter from close range.

4:07pm

Teams back out in dry kit for the second half.....

3:59pm

It's game on here.... referee has deemed the surface playable.

3:55pm

Referee has asked for a further five minutes for work on the pitch..... Conditions could see this abandoned.

3:45pm

One minute atoppage time.

3:42pm

Lewis Grabban fires wide with Josh McQuoid in a good position down the right. Poor decision .

3:36pm

Incredible miss from James Collins. A mix-up between Cook and James left Collins with an open goal but he blazed wide.

3:29pm

That's the first goal Swindon have conceded for four games.

3:24pm

A Micky Hubbard penalty puts Wimborne 1-0 up.

3:22pm

Bournemouth Lions losing 21-3 against Redruth in the rugby at half-time.

3:21pm

David James lucky there. Almost slid out of his box with ball in hand. Ball broke free but he was able to clear it at the second attempt.

3:17pm

Header from Andy Williams is saved by James.

3:11pm

Great free kick from Daniels, but Grabban can't direct his header goalwards.

3:10pm

Cherries well on top here.

3:09pm

Great ball from Harry Arter finds Pugh down the left, but Grabban can't get on the end of his cross.

3:06pm

Good work from Pugh down the left, but McQuoid can't direct his header into the path of Lewis Grabban.

3:05pm

Tommy Miller's shot is pushed over the bar by David James. Corner comes to nothing.

3:03pm

The rain is absolutely lashing down now

3:02pm

Eunan O'Kane's speculative effort from distance flies over.... 

3:00pm

Swindon to kick off, kicking towards the North Stand

2:56pm

Teams coming out now to a sell-out crowd.....

2:36pm

The referee - Phil Gibbs
Deputy head teacher at an inner city school in Birmingham, Gibbs ran the London Marathon in 1987.
Gibbs has issued 57 yellow cards and two red cards so far this season.

2:30pm

2:28pm

View from the dugout...
Cherries boss Eddie Howe said: “It is a really good match up and they have been on a terrific run. They have scored a number of goals and haven’t conceded many either so their record is up there as one of the best in the league. They are on a really good run and so are we. It is set up to be a good game between two good teams."

Robins boss Paolo di Canio said: “They’ve had, including the cups, something like 14 good results in a row. In some way they look like us last year when we came from a good run. They have a very high confidence, there is a very solid team, it is clear that the manager handled this group. In some way they play similar to us, very attacking with the two full-backs pushing very high.
"They use the wide areas very well so they’re very similar but if we play with the determination we have to in the first two games then we can damage them and we can be the first team in a few weeks that hurts them in a good way.”

2:27pm

Views from the dressing room
Robins midfielder Simon Ferry said: "Both teams are on a good run and you'd fancy both of us to be up there at the end of the season.
"They've changed a lot [since Swindon's 4-0 win in September] but we're still looking to keep our run going.
"We want to go there and get another win."

Cherries midfielder Harry Arter said: "As you have seen in their past four games, they punished teams if they were not at it.
“We have to make sure we have a good start. Training has been good this week and the lads have been on it."

2:23pm

Last time out
Who needs reminding of that dark, dark day at the County Ground in September?
Arguably the beginning of the end for beleaguered Paul Groves, Cherries were handed a 4-0 thumping by the hosts.
One-time Cherries transfer target Matt Ritchie scored twice and there were goals from Adam Rooney and Andy Williams as Groves's men limped back to Dorset with their tails between their legs.

2:16pm

Good afternoon from Dean Court. The pitch is looking fine despite the horrible weather.

Three changes for Cherries: Matt Tubbs, Richard Hughes and Shwan Jalal make way, with Eddie Howe bringing back Brett Pitman, Lewis Grabban and David James following last weekend's 1-1 FA Cup draw with Wigan.