This could be an interesting match as Gillingham have their presumed home advantage while Sunderland are ahead 5 points in the League One table.
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 Sunderland.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Gillingham are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Gillingham, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Gillingham haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 380 minutes ago. J. Graham scored that one.
Gillingham faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ipswich Town (0-1). Preceding that match was a defeat to Fleetwood Town (0-2).
Gillingham are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Crewe Alexandra awaits in three days.
The Gillingham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. On the other hand, Gillingham have conceded 7 goals.
Sunderland form and stats
2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sunderland in their League One matches away.
Sunderland has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Rochdale for a League One game that ended a draw (2-2). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Portsmouth.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sunderland are hosting Ipswich Town in the League One only three days away.
Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Sunderland's manager P. Parkinson has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Gillingham wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Graham 4 goals |   C. Wyke 4 goals | C. Maguire 2 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Gillingham | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 85 | 47 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 48 | 115 |
| 30 | 17 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 29% |
- All of Gillingham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in League One
- Sunderland have not yet lost a game away.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Hull City | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Oxford United | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 6 |