National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gillingham or Cheltenham Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Gillingham nor Cheltenham Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gillingham form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Carabao Cup for Gillingham, as the manager S. Evans led his troops to eliminate Crawley Town, and reach the 2nd Round. Gillingham was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Carabao Cup.Only two League One home games for Gillingham so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. In general it's been a long time since Gillingham tasted defeat here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Gillingham's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Morecambe. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Daniel Adshead was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Adshead had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
A 1-1 draw away in the League One before that, with AFC Wimbledon the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Gillingham perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gillingham as a small favourite), we find ten games. Gillingham has won three of these, drawn four and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gillingham as they are travelling to their away game against Shrewsbury Town in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Gillingham at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bristol Rovers in order to reach 2nd round of Carabao Cup. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The League One season is young and Cheltenham Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Cheltenham Town lost away at Fleetwood Town (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Alfie May got a player rating of 7.61 in the game. "Man of the match" May scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Ipswich Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cheltenham Town in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Cheltenham Town, five draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Burton Albion.
3 goals so far away for Cheltenham Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these teams: Gillingham won four, Cheltenham Town were winners in two and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Williams 2 goals | C. Wright 2 goals |  V. Oliver 1 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Gillingham | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
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