Gillingham vs Portsmouth: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Gillingham - Portsmouth in League One: Stats, line-ups, tables, the latest developments and reports. Check out our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League One

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 results here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 248 minutes without scoring a league goal. V. Oliver was the last player to find the net.

The Gillingham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Cheltenham Town here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in a League One match. Midfield player Oliver Lee got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Lee hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Gillingham lost 0-2 at Crewe Alexandra's place.

Gillingham have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Gillingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portsmouth form and stats

3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Portsmouth in their League One matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Portsmouth, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Portsmouth, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Lincoln City (placed 16th) in the League One last time out. Attacker George Hirst got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Hirst scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Portsmouth secured a home win against AFC Wimbledon with the score 2-1.

Portsmouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Portsmouth have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Gillingham won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Portsmouth managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
8 goals
GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
6 goals
PortsmouthJ. Marquis
J. Marquis
4 goals

Gillingham missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Gillingham Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 19
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 8
8 3 2 Drew D 2 3 5
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
16 7 2 Scored S 3 11 25
26 13 4 Conceded C 2 12 22
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
84% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 63%
26% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 53%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 32%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
58% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 42%
16% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 42%
32% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 21%
 
4.9 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 4.7
5.7 4.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.4 5.3
2.2 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 13 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.4 12.1
3.9 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.6
22% 18% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 36%
 
15.4 13.6 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.1 10.8
5.5 4.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.5 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League One
  • 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 (14) 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 18 11 4 3 34 13 10 6 2 2 22 10 8 5 2 1 12 3 21 37
2 Wycombe Wanderers 19 11 4 4 30 21 9 7 0 2 15 11 10 4 4 2 15 10 9 37
3 Plymouth Argyle 19 10 6 3 32 20 10 6 3 1 16 9 9 4 3 2 16 11 12 36
4 Wigan Athletic 17 11 2 4 32 15 9 5 1 3 12 8 8 6 1 1 20 7 17 35
5 Sheffield Wednesday 19 8 8 3 26 19 9 5 3 1 13 6 10 3 5 2 13 13 7 32
6 Sunderland 17 10 2 5 28 22 8 7 0 1 16 4 9 3 2 4 12 18 6 32
7 Oxford United 17 9 4 4 29 18 10 7 2 1 21 9 7 2 2 3 8 9 11 31
8 Milton Keynes Dons 18 9 4 5 33 24 9 6 1 2 15 10 9 3 3 3 18 14 9 31
9 Portsmouth 19 8 5 6 25 22 9 5 2 2 14 10 10 3 3 4 11 12 3 29
10 Cheltenham Town 18 7 5 6 24 28 9 5 2 2 13 11 9 2 3 4 11 17 -4 26
11 Bolton Wanderers 19 7 4 8 27 27 9 4 3 2 14 13 10 3 1 6 13 14 0 25
12 Burton Albion 19 7 4 8 20 23 10 5 2 3 16 12 9 2 2 5 4 11 -3 25
13 Ipswich Town 19 6 6 7 34 29 10 3 5 2 19 16 9 3 1 5 15 13 5 24
14 Charlton Athletic 19 6 5 8 26 26 10 3 3 4 15 14 9 3 2 4 11 12 0 23
15 Cambridge United 19 5 8 6 26 33 10 3 5 2 14 15 9 2 3 4 12 18 -7 23
16 Lincoln City 18 5 6 7 20 23 9 2 3 4 8 12 9 3 3 3 12 11 -3 21
17 Accrington Stanley 18 6 3 9 22 36 8 4 1 3 12 15 10 2 2 6 10 21 -14 21
18 AFC Wimbledon 17 5 5 7 24 28 8 2 4 2 13 13 9 3 1 5 11 15 -4 20
19 Morecambe 18 5 4 9 29 33 9 3 3 3 14 13 9 2 1 6 15 20 -4 19
20 Gillingham 19 3 8 8 16 26 9 2 3 4 7 13 10 1 5 4 9 13 -10 17
21 Shrewsbury Town 18 4 4 10 17 25 9 4 2 3 12 11 9 0 2 7 5 14 -8 16
22 Fleetwood Town 17 3 5 9 28 32 9 2 2 5 15 16 8 1 3 4 13 16 -4 14
23 Doncaster Rovers 18 3 4 11 11 32 8 3 3 2 8 8 10 0 1 9 3 24 -21 13
24 Crewe Alexandra 19 2 6 11 16 34 9 2 3 4 10 16 10 0 3 7 6 18 -18 12

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.