League One match preview and statistics: Gillingham fight Peterborough United

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 16.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priestfield Stadium

This could be an interesting match as Gillingham have their presumed home advantage while Peterborough United are ahead 12 points in the League One table.

Insights:
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Peterborough United has the most points from losing position (15) in League One

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Charlton Athletic, so at least Gillingham are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gillingham form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Gillingham have to build on here at Priestfield Stadium in the League One.

Happy days for Gillingham in their previous game, a League One match away at Charlton Athletic (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Lincoln City (0-3).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Bristol Rovers in only four days. This game is also played here at Priestfield Stadium.

Gillingham has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Peterborough United form and stats

5-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Peterborough United in their League One matches away.

Peterborough United won their last game, 2-1 versus Ipswich Town played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Crewe Alexandra.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Peterborough as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Peterborough United have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Gillingham, four draws and four wins for Peterborough United. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
15 goals
GillinghamJ. Graham
J. Graham
7 goals
GillinghamK. Dempsey
K. Dempsey
6 goals

Gillingham missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Gillingham Peterborough United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 6 Played P 3 13 26
11 5 0 Won W 1 5 15
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
12 7 5 Lost L 1 6 7
35 16 1 Scored S 2 11 40
37 20 12 Conceded C 3 14 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 81%
41% 36% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 42%
30% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
15% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
44% 36% 17% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 46%
19% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 35%
37% 50% 83% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 10.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.6 12
3.9 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 4.7
33% 28% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Peterborough United has the most points from losing position (15) in League One
  • Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lincoln City 26 16 4 6 38 20 13 7 1 5 19 15 13 9 3 1 19 5 18 52
2 Hull City 28 15 4 9 41 24 14 8 2 4 15 8 14 7 2 5 26 16 17 49
3 Peterborough United 26 15 4 7 40 24 13 10 2 1 29 10 13 5 2 6 11 14 16 49
4 Portsmouth 26 14 6 6 44 23 15 6 4 5 22 15 11 8 2 1 22 8 21 48
5 Doncaster Rovers 25 15 3 7 43 30 13 9 2 2 25 13 12 6 1 5 18 17 13 48
6 Sunderland 27 11 11 5 39 24 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 6 6 1 21 8 15 44
7 Charlton Athletic 28 12 7 9 43 38 13 4 4 5 23 24 15 8 3 4 20 14 5 43
8 Accrington Stanley 24 12 5 7 35 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 11 5 2 4 18 16 10 41
9 Plymouth Argyle 28 11 8 9 39 43 15 8 4 3 23 19 13 3 4 6 16 24 -4 41
10 Oxford United 25 12 4 9 41 33 11 6 2 3 17 10 14 6 2 6 24 23 8 40
11 Crewe Alexandra 28 11 7 10 36 35 14 7 4 3 22 14 14 4 3 7 14 21 1 40
12 Ipswich Town 25 12 3 10 30 27 14 8 0 6 16 14 11 4 3 4 14 13 3 39
13 Milton Keynes Dons 28 10 8 10 38 33 13 4 6 3 19 15 15 6 2 7 19 18 5 38
14 Gillingham 27 11 4 12 35 37 14 5 2 7 16 20 13 6 2 5 19 17 -2 37
15 Fleetwood Town 28 9 8 11 32 25 14 6 5 3 19 9 14 3 3 8 13 16 7 35
16 Blackpool 24 10 4 10 28 26 10 6 1 3 13 10 14 4 3 7 15 16 2 34
17 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 9 8 26 28 12 3 5 4 15 15 13 5 4 4 11 13 -2 33
18 Rochdale 27 6 8 13 41 54 14 1 6 7 17 31 13 5 2 6 24 23 -13 26
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 6 7 13 29 47 11 2 2 7 14 23 15 4 5 6 15 24 -18 25
20 Bristol Rovers 26 6 6 14 24 43 12 3 1 8 11 20 14 3 5 6 13 23 -19 24
21 Wigan Athletic 26 6 6 14 27 47 13 2 4 7 14 27 13 4 2 7 13 20 -20 24
22 Swindon Town 28 7 3 18 32 53 15 5 1 9 15 23 13 2 2 9 17 30 -21 24
23 Northampton Town 27 6 6 15 20 43 14 3 3 8 8 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -23 24
24 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 51 13 3 2 8 18 28 13 2 5 6 14 23 -19 22

Read more about League One

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.