A RESURGENT Swindon Town delivered their strongest performance of the season to date when comprehensively beating inform Yeovil Town 0-3 at Huish Park this afternoon.

A dominant opening half went unrewarded before Steven Alzate, Matt Taylor and Elijah Adebayo all rippled Nathan Baxter’s goal in the second half – earning Swindon a timely three points and placing them level on points with play-off occupants Forest Green Rovers.

It was the performance Town fans had been patiently waiting for, especially when taking last Saturday’s below-par performance at home to Bury – which ended in a one-goal defeat.

Phil Brown opted to make three changes to the side that were beaten at home by Bury a week earlier.

Jak McCourt, Jermaine McGlashan and Ellis Iandolo all missed out with Olly Lancashire, Toumani Diagouraga and Keshi Anderson stepping in.

Yeovil meanwhile opted to field all but one of five goalscorers from last week’s six-goal domination job at Newport County – Olufela Olomola was relegated to the bench.

Swindon controlled the opening exchanges of the game but failed to create any meaningful chance on goal.

The best opportunity came just after the opening five minutes had passed when Matt Taylor’s free kick from inside Yeovil’s half was met in the box by Elijah Adebayo.

Town’s forward headed the ball down in hope to find either Alzate or Dunne in front of him, but Yeovil cleared their lines as the score remained level.

It was another five minutes until Swindon were presented with their next chance after successfully defending Yeovil’s first attack.

A through ball in the direction of Adebayo was eventually struck on target, but it deflected onto Nathan Baxter’s left post – earning Town their first corner.

Luke Woolfenden’s blocked effort granted Olly Lancashire with his first chance on goal, though his right-footed effort was dragged wide of the Glovers’ goal.

Adebayo continued to dominate down the left wing and was rewarded with a free kick when a sloppy challenge out of frustration by Mugabi presented Town with a free kick from a dangerous position.

Anderson poached the ball in the 18-yard box after Yeovil appeared to be in a state of control. However, his cross was headed over Baxter’s crossbar when Adebayo met the ball in the six-yard box as the home side again escaped conceding a sloppy goal.

Mugabi’s inability to deal with Adebayo in the opening 20 minutes of the half continued to haunt the hosts when he passed the ball out for a Town corner when under little pressure.

A solid clearance from Yeovil was rescued by Town when Anderson again stole the ball in midfield before Adebayo’s cross from the left fell to the feet of Anderson following a clearance, though his lobbed effort crashed onto the top of Baxter’s netting.

Yeovil had their first chance on target on 27 minutes when Jordan Green escaped with the ball after James Dunne failed to win a header. His powerful drive was comfortably smuggled by McCormick, though.

A slight break in play was granted by referee Matthew Donohue as Omar Sowunmi received medical attention. Steven Alzate’s storming run into the 18-yard box on the right followed before Anderson’s powerful effort following a cross was deflected out for a corner.

Experienced Marc Richards – who experienced a quiet opening half – failed to reap the rewards from Anderson’s determined run from inside Town’s half when he was delivered a well-timed through ball by the former Crystal Palace man.

Richards was quickly hunted down by Sowunmi, who cleared the ball for a throw in.

Jordan Green had a chance to put the hosts ahead during injury time of the first half, but his effort went wide as the opening 45 ended goalless.

A subdued opening eight minutes from kick-off for the second half was followed by Keshi Anderson’s accurate and powerful shot from outside Yeovil’s area, which was superbly parried over by Yeovil stopper Baxter.

At the other end, Alex Pattison’s strike from a similar distance failed to reach the same accuracy as Anderson – the Glovers’ defender watching his effort sail over McCormick’s crossbar.

Playmaker Steven Alzate sparked jubilation in a damp away end on 58 minutes when his unchallenged strike from distance defeated Baxter’s right reach – accurately hitting the bottom left corner.

The goal failed to spark either side into life as a comparatively flat second half continued.

However goalscorer Alzate was denied a huge penalty appeal when he was bundled to the ground from behind while advancing into the 18-yard box.

A defensive blunder minutes later granted Keshi Anderson with a one-on-one opportunity directly in front of goal.

Anderson struck his effort directly at Baxter though, who made a comfortable save before the ball was cleared.

Hearts dropped in Swindon Town’s defence when McCormick slipped prior to his failed clearance, with the ball falling to Pattison on the wing.

The home side hesitated on the edge of Swindon’s penalty box though, allowing the visitors to regain possession via a throw in.

Pace continued to either side of the halfway line – Alzate again went close to scoring when his 20-yard strike was gathered by Baxter.

Thoughts of Yeovil poaching a point were washed away 10 minutes from time when Matt Taylor registered his first goal of the season from a free kick.

The left back accurately curled his shot around Yeovil’s wall before nestling into Baxter’s bottom right corner.

A momentary lapse of concentration from Anderson in Yeovil’s penalty area gifted the hosts a chance to get back in the game as Jordan Green was sent tumbling into the ground.

Substitute Olomola crashed his effort onto McCormick’s crossbar as Swindon’s two-goal lead remained intact.

Adebayo then capped Swindon’s most impressive performance of the season when curling an effort from marginally inside Yeovil’s area into Baxter’s bottom left corner – extended the visitors’ lead to three.

Yeovil Town: Nathan Baxter, Carl Dickinson, Bevis Mugabi, Omar Sowunmi, Alex Fisher (Rhys Browne, 67’), Jordan Green, Diallang Jaiyesimi (Olufela Olomola, 55’), Alex Pattison, Yoann Arquin (Jake Gray, 79’), Sessi D’Almeida, Enes Mahmutovic.

Swindon Town: Luke McCormick, Sid Nelson, Olly Lancashire, James Dunne (Martin Smith, 87’), Marc Richards (Jermaine McGlashan, 72’), Keshi Anderson, Steven Alzate (Jak McCourt, 83’), Elijah Adebayo, Toumani Diagouraga, Matt Taylor, Luke Woolfenden.