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

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priestfield Stadium

The host team, Gillingham, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Morecambe have proven both competence and determination. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
  • Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League Two

Gillingham and Morecambe should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

The Gillingham fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Harrogate Town and win 1-0. A late climax in the match against Harrogate Town as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Williams. Ogie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Ogie won 8 of 12 duels.

Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Leyton Orient in the EFL Trophy. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gillingham handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

One betting fact: This club have played 7 league games in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.

Gillingham have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot.

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Morecambe form and stats

No League Two points yet away for Morecambe, from their first 2 matches.

Impressive finishing from Mellon secured the home win 1-0 against Salford City in their previous game. Moore was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.72. The agile goalkeeper Moore topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-2 defeat away at Harrogate Town before that.

We have checked recent matches where Morecambe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Some information for sports bettors considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.

A new game in only three days for Morecambe, the EFL Trophy home match versus Liverpool U21. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Morecambe has managed {0 goals} and let in 5 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Gillingham have not lost in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Morecambe.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeM. Mellon
M. Mellon
3 goals
GillinghamA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
2 goals
GillinghamR. McKenzie
R. McKenzie
1 goals

Gillingham missing players

Morecambe missing players

Gillingham Morecambe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 2 6
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
5 2 1 Scored S 0 0 6
5 3 0 Conceded C 3 5 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
29% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
14% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
71% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
5.7 7.3 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5.3
4.3 2.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3 3.2
2.4 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.5 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 14 17 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7 9.7
3.1 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.5 2.5
23% 17% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
11.1 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 27 21.5 14
3.4 2.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Morecambe's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gillingham have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gillingham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Morecambe have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Morecambe have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League Two
  • Morecambe have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 7 5 0 2 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 3 2 0 15
2 Notts County 7 4 2 1 13 11 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 14
3 Mansfield Town 7 3 4 0 14 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 3 0 8 5 7 13
4 Milton Keynes Dons 7 4 1 2 14 12 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 0 2 10 10 2 13
5 Swindon Town 6 3 3 0 20 11 3 2 1 0 13 5 3 1 2 0 7 6 9 12
6 Crewe Alexandra 7 3 3 1 17 11 4 2 2 0 11 7 3 1 1 1 6 4 6 12
7 Wrexham 7 3 3 1 17 15 4 2 1 1 14 13 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 12
8 Barrow 6 3 2 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 11
9 Walsall 7 3 2 2 11 11 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 7 9 0 11
10 Crawley Town 7 3 2 2 11 13 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 0 2 1 4 10 -2 11
11 AFC Wimbledon 7 2 4 1 10 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 2 0 7 2 4 10
12 Grimsby Town 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 10
13 Newport County 7 3 1 3 15 14 3 2 1 0 9 3 4 1 0 3 6 11 1 10
14 Morecambe 6 3 1 2 6 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 10
15 Accrington Stanley 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 10
16 Bradford City 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 1 5 -2 9
17 Stockport County 7 2 2 3 10 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 8
18 Salford City 7 2 1 4 9 11 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 2 0 2 6 6 -2 7
19 Forest Green Rovers 7 2 1 4 5 12 4 0 0 4 2 11 3 2 1 0 3 1 -7 7
20 Colchester United 6 2 0 4 8 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 6
21 Harrogate Town 7 2 0 5 4 8 3 1 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 6
22 Tranmere Rovers 7 1 0 6 8 12 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 3
23 Sutton United 7 1 0 6 10 16 4 1 0 3 5 6 3 0 0 3 5 10 -6 3
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 0 2 5 5 14 4 0 2 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 2

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.