Gillingham supporters put their faith in manager Harris to deliver victory against Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priestfield Stadium

Gillingham will battle it out with Colchester United in this League Two game. Everything you must know about the game can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest conceded goals (0) in League Two
  • Colchester United have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in League Two

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham have only played one League Two game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jake Turner not having conceded a league goal in 462 minutes.

It's back home for Gillingham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Crawley Town away with the result 1-0. Turner loved the game against Crawley Town. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie Turner was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.31 out of ten. Turner saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sutton United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gillingham handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gillingham as they are travelling to their away game against Luton Town in the Carabao Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Gillingham has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Colchester United form and stats

Colchester United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League Two were 6 victories, 4 draws and 13 defeats from 23 fixtures.

The manager Garner was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground JobServe Community Stadium. Colchester suffered a 2-3 loss to Milton Keynes Dons (placed 2nd). Late heartbreak for Colchester United in the Milton Keynes Dons match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. Attacker Taylor got a player rating of 8.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Taylor scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A loss against AFC Wimbledon was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Colchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Colchester United has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Gillingham wins - draws - Colchester United wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Colchester UnitedJ. Taylor
J. Taylor
3 goals
GillinghamA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
2 goals
GillinghamR. McKenzie
R. McKenzie
1 goals

Gillingham missing players

Colchester United missing players

Gillingham Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
4 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
4 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.8 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 11 7
4.5 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 6.3
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10.7
2.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
40% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 27%
 
12.2 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19 19.3
3.2 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 6.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League Two
  • Colchester United have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in League Two
  • Colchester United is in the worst form (0-0-3)
  • Gillingham have the fewest conceded goals (0) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most clean sheets (4) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Gillingham is in the best form (4-0-0) in League Two
Gillingham Last season Colchester United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 11   Won W   6 12
13 5   Drew D   4 13
19 7   Lost L   13 21
36 21   Scored S   19 44
49 20   Conceded C   28 51
87% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
65% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   52% 59%
24% 22%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 33%
4% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 4%
30% 30%   BTTS BTTS   43% 46%
37% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 22%
46% 35%   Failed to Score F T   43% 39%
 
3.9 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.9
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.1
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.5 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 9.7
2.1 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.9 2
37% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 47%
 
11.5 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.3 11.4
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gillingham 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 12
2 Milton Keynes Dons 4 3 0 1 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 9 7 3 9
3 AFC Wimbledon 4 2 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 8
4 Accrington Stanley 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7
5 Salford City 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 7
6 Morecambe 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 7
7 Barrow 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
8 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
9 Notts County 4 2 1 1 7 8 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 7
10 Mansfield Town 4 1 3 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 5 5 3 6
11 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 3 0 10 8 3 1 2 0 8 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 6
12 Newport County 4 2 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 6
13 Swindon Town 3 1 2 0 9 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 5
14 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 5
15 Wrexham 4 1 2 1 13 13 3 1 1 1 12 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
16 Stockport County 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Walsall 4 1 1 2 7 9 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 5 8 -2 4
18 Bradford City 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -3 4
19 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
20 Sutton United 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
21 Harrogate Town 4 1 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 3
22 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -5 3
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 3 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 -7 1
24 Colchester United 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.