Gillingham vs AFC Wimbledon match preview: Even contest expected at MEMS Priestfield Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Fixate on their own playing style or adapt for the opposing team? Both Gillingham and AFC Wimbledon have to try something more fresh than earlier. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (17) in League One
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Gillingham nor AFC Wimbledon 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.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham's results here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 4 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. When Gillingham hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

Gillingham's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Plymouth Argyle (placed 5th). The versatile forward Thompson bested all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Thompson dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Morecambe that finished 1-1.

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 13 games. Gillingham has won five of these, drawn five and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gillingham as they are travelling to their away game against Lincoln City in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Gillingham have scored 12 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Gillingham has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

There's been little loot from AFC Wimbledon's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the League One. AFC Wimbledon only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. When AFC Wimbledon is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town is teams we like to compare Gillingham with. AFC Wimbledon are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Accrington Stanley fixture.

Wimbledon lost away at Bolton Wanderers (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Guinness-Walker got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, top player of the team. Guinness-Walker hit one key pass and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sunderland.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by AFC Wimbledon in our archives, and the results are: six wins for AFC Wimbledon, one draw and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Doncaster Rovers in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wimbledon have scored 18 goals in 16 league games away. In the opposite end, AFC Wimbledon have conceded 29 goals in their away games. When AFC Wimbledon is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other already this season, with the final score AFC Wimbledon - Gillingham 1-1 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gillingham two wins, four draws and AFC Wimbledon four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
7 goals
AFC WimbledonJ. Rudoni
J. Rudoni
7 goals
AFC WimbledonA. Assal
A. Assal
6 goals

Gillingham missing players

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham AFC Wimbledon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 4 16 32
5 4 3 Won W 3 4 6
11 4 2 Drew D 0 3 13
17 9 0 Lost L 1 9 13
26 12 5 Scored S 8 18 37
55 30 2 Conceded C 6 29 51
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
73% 65% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 75%
33% 35% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 50%
21% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 34%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 12%
52% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 56%
21% 29% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 12%
36% 41% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 38%
 
4.6 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 3.8
5.2 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.6 6.1
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.1 11.6 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.4 10.9
3.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.8
25% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 35% 31%
 
14.9 12.6 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13.8 12.4
4.9 3.9 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AFC Wimbledon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the most conceded goals (30) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (17) in League One
  • Gillingham have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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