This fixture stars two contenders dwelling in the basement of the League One, Gillingham holding 20th place and Charlton Athletic in 23rd. A nice chance for one of the participants to improve their position.
- Gillingham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Charlton Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)
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.
Gillingham form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Gillingham have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
The Gillingham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Milton Keynes Dons here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in a League One match. Jamie Cumming had a busy but productive day in the Milton Keynes Dons match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. The goalie Jamie Cumming was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.2 out of ten. Cumming saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Before that, Gillingham played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Burton Albion.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 eleven games. Gillingham has won four of these, drawn four and lost three.
Gillingham are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Oxford United awaits in four days.
Gillingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Gillingham with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
It's not happening yet for Charlton Athletic on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Charlton's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away games in a row for Charlton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wycombe Wanderers in the League One. Midfielder Harry Arter was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Arter hit two key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Cheltenham Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Charlton in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Charlton Athletic, two draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Charlton Athletic, the League One home match versus Portsmouth. Busy days.
The visiting Charlton Athletic have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. The Charlton manager N. Adkins has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Gillingham victories, three draws and three Charlton Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Oliver 3 goals |   J. Stockley 2 goals | J. Tucker 1 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Gillingham | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.3 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 32% |
- All of Charlton Athletic's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Gillingham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Charlton Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
- Charlton Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Charlton Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Gillingham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Gillingham have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Oxford United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Portsmouth | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 23 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |