Town suffered a disappointing 2-1 home defeat to MK Dons with two early goals for the Dons giving them victory at The County Ground on Saturday afternoon.
MK Dons' Stephen Wearne scored twice in the first 10 minutes to make it a difficult turnaround for Town as they looked to fight back from an early two-goal deficit this afternoon.
Charlie Austin scored a late consolation for Swindon as they looked to find something from the game, but it was to be too little too late as MK Dons, unfortunately, came away with all three points.
Gavin Gunning made three changes to the midweek away draw to Gillingham, with Saidou Khan, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy and Aaron Drinan given the chance to impress in place of captain Charlie Austin, Dawson Devoy and Jake Cain.
It was far from an ideal start for Swindon, with MK Dons opening the scoring in just the fourth minute, with Stephen Wearne capitalising on a defensive miscommunication at the back for Town.
Things went from bad to worse for Town four minutes later, with Wearne scoring his second from close range and leaving Swindon with plenty of work to do to get back into the game.
Udoka Godwin-Malife looked to get his side back into it five minutes later, but could unfortunately only guide an effort inside the MK penalty area just past the left post.
Another chance came for Town in the 17th minute, when Paul Glatzel looked to shoot inside the MK penalty area this time.
Still, despite claims for a penalty being waved away by the referee, the away side would also eventually clear the resulting corner shortly after.
Two efforts came in from Sean McGurk just past the 30-minute mark, but frustratingly, neither could test MK's Michael Kelly in the visitor's goal with any particular danger.
One late opportunity came Swindon's way with the opportunity to pull a goal back just before the break, but unfortunately, MK's Lewis Bate was able to get back and stop Town from creating the chance with any real danger, ending a difficult first 45 for Swindon.
Half-time: Swindon 0 MK Dons 2
Swindon Town: Bycroft, Blake-Tracy (C), McEachran, Khan, Glatzel (Elbouzedi 74), Hepburn-Murphy (McKirdy 55), McGurk (Austin 45), Kokolo, Godwin-Malife, Drinan (Cain 82), McCarthy
Goal: Austin 89
Subs not used: Brann, Brewitt, Minturn
MK Dons: Kelly, Norman, O'Hora, Gilbey (C), Payne (Williams 90), Tomlinson, Harvie, Wearne (Dennis 66), Kemp (Tezgel 90), Lofthouse (Lewington 66), Bate (Robson 74)
Goals: Wearne 4, 8
Subs not used: Harness, Tripp
Referee: Scott Tallis
Attendance: 8,789 (697 away fans)
