The campaign has been difficult for Walsall up to now, while Gillingham have enjoyed many victories. Will the away side take another scalp at Poundland Bescot Stadium?
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). When Walsall hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mansfield Town, Notts County, AFC Wimbledon, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Stockport County and Wrexham), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Stress levels are on the rise for Walsall's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game. Draper was their last goal scorer.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Forest Green Rovers in the EFL Trophy last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Heartbreak before that as Walsall lost 0-4 at Sutton United's place.Walsall has scored {5 goals-1} so far and conceded {5 goals-2} from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only. When Walsall hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Grimsby Town, Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Colchester United, Doncaster Rovers, Forest Green Rovers and Sutton United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Gillingham form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Gillingham's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away matches in a row for Gillingham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 vs Portsmouth in the EFL Trophy.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Milton Keynes Dons.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Walsall have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus Gillingham.Top Goalscorers
  F. Draper 4 goals |  I. Hutchinson 2 goals |  D. Johnson 2 goals |
Walsall missing players
Gillingham missing players
| Walsall | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 21 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 58% |
| 67% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 33% |
| 42% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 17% | 33% |
| 17% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 11.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9 | 11.7 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 25% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 13.9 | 14.6 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
- Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
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