Home advantage could prove decisive in Sutton United - Gillingham battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Thu 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

It's time for Sutton United - Gillingham! Forget the ups and downs, this match could be awesome!

Insights:
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sutton United and Gillingham.

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Sutton United form and stats

6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Sutton United so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sutton after consecutive victories at their own ground.

It's back home for Sutton United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Crawley Town away with the result 2-1. Milsom and Kizzi found the net in that victory. The striker Bugiel edged out all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Bugiel dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Leyton Orient (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sutton handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sutton United, as the League Two home game vs AFC Wimbledon is only three days away.

Sutton United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. Sutton are not conceding a lot of goals here at Falkirk Community Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

There's been little loot from Gillingham's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Gillingham only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Baggott was the last player to score for the away team. Gillingham haven't scored a league goal in the last 646 minutes.

Gillingham might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Colchester United proved too strong as Gillingham slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at MEMS Priestfield Stadium.

A loss, in the Carabao Cup away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, before that. Gillingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Low on goals? 17 of this team's most recent 18 league matches have had two or less goals.

Gillingham have another fixture away from home in just four days, a League Two match against Stevenage. A hard fixture list for the guests!

Gillingham are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 10 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Gillingham have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other already this season, with the final score Gillingham - Sutton United 1-0 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedW. Randall
W. Randall
5 goals
Sutton UnitedR. Milsom
R. Milsom
3 goals
Sutton UnitedH. Beautyman
H. Beautyman
2 goals

Sutton United missing players

Gillingham missing players

Sutton United Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 4 10 21
8 6 4 Won W 0 0 2
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
10 3 0 Lost L 3 6 11
21 12 7 Scored S 1 2 6
29 10 2 Conceded C 7 13 25
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 81%
70% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 57%
39% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 10% 10%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 45% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 20% 19%
26% 36% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 29%
35% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 80% 71%
 
5 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.7
5 4.7 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 4.4
1.8 1.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 11.5 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.8 9.5
3.1 3.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 0.8 1
29% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 27%
 
9.6 9.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.3 10.8
2.9 2.5 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3 2.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (2) away in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (19) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gillingham have yet to win a game away.
  • Gillingham is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Sutton United have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Leyton Orient 21 16 3 2 35 12 11 9 1 1 19 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 23 51
2 Stevenage 21 13 5 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 15 44
3 Northampton Town 22 12 7 3 37 22 11 6 3 2 18 11 11 6 4 1 19 11 15 43
4 Carlisle United 22 9 9 4 33 23 11 5 5 1 15 9 11 4 4 3 18 14 10 36
5 Swindon Town 23 9 8 6 26 23 12 5 4 3 14 10 11 4 4 3 12 13 3 35
6 Mansfield Town 22 10 5 7 30 28 11 5 4 2 18 15 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 35
7 Barrow 22 11 2 9 28 26 11 8 0 3 18 9 11 3 2 6 10 17 2 35
8 Walsall 21 9 6 6 27 18 10 6 2 2 17 8 11 3 4 4 10 10 9 33
9 Bradford City 21 9 6 6 26 21 10 3 5 2 12 9 11 6 1 4 14 12 5 33
10 Salford City 21 9 5 7 24 19 11 3 4 4 11 12 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 32
11 Stockport County 21 9 4 8 31 22 11 5 3 3 15 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 9 31
12 AFC Wimbledon 22 8 7 7 26 25 11 5 3 3 14 11 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 31
13 Doncaster Rovers 22 9 4 9 24 30 10 5 1 4 13 12 12 4 3 5 11 18 -6 31
14 Tranmere Rovers 22 8 6 8 23 18 11 5 2 4 15 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 5 30
15 Sutton United 23 8 5 10 21 29 11 6 2 3 12 10 12 2 3 7 9 19 -8 29
16 Grimsby Town 21 7 6 8 24 23 10 2 5 3 11 11 11 5 1 5 13 12 1 27
17 Crewe Alexandra 20 6 7 7 18 24 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 2 4 4 5 14 -6 25
18 Newport County 22 6 5 11 21 25 11 3 1 7 9 14 11 3 4 4 12 11 -4 23
19 Harrogate Town 21 6 4 11 27 32 11 4 3 4 16 16 10 2 1 7 11 16 -5 22
20 Crawley Town 22 5 6 11 23 34 12 5 1 6 15 17 10 0 5 5 8 17 -11 21
21 Hartlepool United 22 4 6 12 20 40 10 2 4 4 7 16 12 2 2 8 13 24 -20 18
22 Colchester United 22 4 5 13 19 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 12 1 1 10 7 18 -10 17
23 Rochdale 21 4 3 14 15 31 11 2 1 8 9 17 10 2 2 6 6 14 -16 15
24 Gillingham 21 2 8 11 6 25 11 2 4 5 4 12 10 0 4 6 2 13 -19 14

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.