League One preview with statistics: Gillingham welcomes Sheffield Wednesday to MEMS Priestfield Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Gillingham played 0-1 result against Charlton Athletic in their previous week, a game to keep in mind. Next is this formidable Sheffield Wednesday team.

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gillingham and Sheffield Wednesday.

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Gillingham form and stats

With 4 League One wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Gillingham are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager Harris led his Gillingham to a defeat away at Charlton Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Doncaster Rovers and winning 1-0.

Gillingham aren't scoring a lot here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 19 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gillingham defense is not exactly impregnable. 33 goals conceded from 19 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

6-6-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday in their League One matches away.

Sheffield delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Accrington Stanley (placed 12th) in their previous fixture. Hunt was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.2. The defender Hunt served one assist, hit one key pass and won 1 of 1 duels.

Before that, Sheffield Wednesday secured a home win against Cambridge United with the score 6-0.

Sheffield Wednesday have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 23 goals have been scored. 26 goals have been conceded by Sheffield in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday - Gillingham 1-1 was the end result in these contenders' previous head to head fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
8 goals
Sheffield WednesdayB. Bannan
B. Bannan
8 goals
Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
8 goals

Gillingham missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 18 37
7 4 0 Won W 2 6 18
12 5 0 Drew D 1 6 11
19 10 5 Lost L 3 6 8
29 12 4 Scored S 8 23 60
59 33 17 Conceded C 8 26 41
89% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
68% 63% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 78%
32% 37% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 43%
18% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 30%
11% 11% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 16%
45% 37% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 49%
26% 32% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 38%
39% 47% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 19%
 
4.6 5.3 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 6.1 6.4
4.9 3.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.9 4.6
2.1 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.7
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.2 11.9 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 11.9 13.4
3.1 3.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.7
25% 19% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 34%
 
14.7 12.8 17 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 11.7 10.3
4.7 3.9 6.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in League One
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (20) in League One
  • Gillingham have the the worst goal difference (-21) at home in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.

  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 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

Sheffield Wednesday:
England:
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 Rotherham United 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

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