Evenly matched teams: Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 23.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Here's all you should learn, and then some, about the Gillingham - Cheltenham Town game!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League One
  • Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

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.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham, who have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in League One, have collected 9 points from their League One home games so far after 2-3-3.

Gillingham lost their last game at Crewe Alexandra (placed 24th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Jamie Cumming had a busy but productive day in the Crewe Alexandra match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Jack Tucker, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Tucker hit the woodwork once and won 7 of 9 duels.

A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cheltenham Town.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Gillingham as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Portsmouth are visiting.

Gillingham aren't scoring a lot here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Gillingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-3-4 (8 played).

The supporters enjoyed Cheltenham's previous game versus Shrewsbury Town (placed 21st), a League One 2-1 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Duff when Kyle Joseph scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. Midfielder Daniel Crowley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.53. Crowley hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that, Cheltenham secured a home win against Gillingham with the score 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Bolton Wanderers.

Cheltenham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). For Cheltenham, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these participants: Gillingham won three, Cheltenham Town were winners in two and we saw five draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
6 goals
Cheltenham TownK. Joseph
K. Joseph
4 goals
GillinghamD. Lloyd
D. Lloyd
3 goals

Gillingham missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Gillingham Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 8 17
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 6
8 3 2 Drew D 1 3 5
7 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
16 7 2 Scored S 5 9 22
24 11 2 Conceded C 7 17 28
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
28% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 53%
11% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 35%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 38% 18%
61% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 71%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
28% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 18%
 
4.8 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.5 4.8
5.8 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.1 6.5
2.2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13 11 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.8 12.1
4 4.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.1 4.1
22% 19% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 31%
 
15.6 13.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 12.9 12.6
5.5 4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 4.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cheltenham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 Plymouth Argyle 18 10 6 2 32 17 9 6 3 0 16 6 9 4 3 2 16 11 15 36
2 Rotherham United 17 10 4 3 32 13 10 6 2 2 22 10 7 4 2 1 10 3 19 34
3 Wigan Athletic 16 11 1 4 30 13 9 5 1 3 12 8 7 6 0 1 18 5 17 34
4 Wycombe Wanderers 18 10 4 4 27 21 9 7 0 2 15 11 9 3 4 2 12 10 6 34
5 Milton Keynes Dons 17 9 4 4 32 22 9 6 1 2 15 10 8 3 3 2 17 12 10 31
6 Sunderland 16 10 1 5 27 21 8 7 0 1 16 4 8 3 1 4 11 17 6 31
7 Sheffield Wednesday 18 7 8 3 24 18 8 4 3 1 11 5 10 3 5 2 13 13 6 29
8 Oxford United 16 8 4 4 26 17 9 6 2 1 18 8 7 2 2 3 8 9 9 28
9 Portsmouth 18 7 5 6 22 22 9 5 2 2 14 10 9 2 3 4 8 12 0 26
10 Ipswich Town 18 6 6 6 34 27 9 3 5 1 19 14 9 3 1 5 15 13 7 24
11 Cheltenham Town 17 6 5 6 22 28 9 5 2 2 13 11 8 1 3 4 9 17 -6 23
12 Charlton Athletic 18 6 4 8 24 24 10 3 3 4 15 14 8 3 1 4 9 10 0 22
13 Bolton Wanderers 18 6 4 8 24 27 8 3 3 2 11 13 10 3 1 6 13 14 -3 22
14 Cambridge United 18 5 7 6 24 31 9 3 4 2 12 13 9 2 3 4 12 18 -7 22
15 Burton Albion 18 6 4 8 16 23 9 4 2 3 12 12 9 2 2 5 4 11 -7 22
16 Lincoln City 17 5 6 6 20 20 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 3 3 12 11 0 21
17 Accrington Stanley 17 6 3 8 22 32 8 4 1 3 12 15 9 2 2 5 10 17 -10 21
18 Morecambe 17 5 3 9 27 31 8 3 2 3 12 11 9 2 1 6 15 20 -4 18
19 AFC Wimbledon 16 4 5 7 21 26 7 1 4 2 10 11 9 3 1 5 11 15 -5 17
20 Gillingham 18 3 8 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 7 11 10 1 5 4 9 13 -8 17
21 Shrewsbury Town 17 4 3 10 16 24 8 4 1 3 11 10 9 0 2 7 5 14 -8 15
22 Fleetwood Town 16 3 5 8 27 29 9 2 2 5 15 16 7 1 3 3 12 13 -2 14
23 Doncaster Rovers 17 3 4 10 11 29 8 3 3 2 8 8 9 0 1 8 3 21 -18 13
24 Crewe Alexandra 18 2 6 10 14 31 9 2 3 4 10 16 9 0 3 6 4 15 -17 12

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.