Evenly matched teams: Gillingham vs Fleetwood Town match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Fleetwood Town have finished evaluating following their 2-3-game against Oxford United and are eager to meet Gillingham. Get all the knowledge!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Gillingham have scored home.

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's struggle is real here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium with only 19 points collected from 21 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-7-10. When Gillingham hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town), they have won 3 of 6 matches! Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Gillingham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cheltenham Town that ended 2-2. Gillingham's goalie Chapman played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Cheltenham Town with a stunning eight saves.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Wycombe Wanderers.

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 six and lost two.

Gillingham aren't scoring a lot here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, with only 13 goals from 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gillingham have conceded 34 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Gillingham has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 6 times.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Fleetwood Town's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 21 away games in the League One. Fleetwood Town only have 3 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 7 draws.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Oxford United with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Hayes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Hayes scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 1-2 loss hosting Accrington Stanley before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fleetwood Town playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were zero Fleetwood Town wins, three draws and nine defeats.

The visiting Fleetwood Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 27 goals from 21 games. Fleetwood have conceded 41 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Fleetwood Town - Gillingham 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Gillingham wins - draws - Fleetwood Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
10 goals
Fleetwood TownG. Garner
G. Garner
7 goals
Fleetwood TownD. Andrew
D. Andrew
6 goals

Gillingham missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 42
8 4 3 Won W 2 3 8
15 7 3 Drew D 3 7 14
20 10 0 Lost L 1 11 20
34 13 5 Scored S 8 27 57
64 34 2 Conceded C 6 41 74
88% 81% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 95%
67% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 81% 81%
33% 33% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 60%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 48% 38%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 24% 24%
47% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 64%
26% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 14%
40% 48% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 26%
 
4.6 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.1 4.1
5 3.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.2 5.4
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.6
6 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
10.3 12.1 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 9.2 11
3.1 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 4
26% 18% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 34%
 
15.1 12.8 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 13.9 13.6
4.9 3.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.8 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Gillingham have scored home.
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (13) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League One
  • Gillingham have the the worst goal difference (-21) 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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
6 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
7 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
13 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
14 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
6 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
7 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
13 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
14 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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