League One match preview: Swindon Town versus Gillingham

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Energy Check County Ground (15728 seats)

Season ticket holders at The Energy Check County Ground haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Swindon Town languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Gillingham will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Swindon Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Swindon Town nor Gillingham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Swindon Town form and stats

7-1-10 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Swindon Town, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One, so far this season. Swindon has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Sheridan and the players.

The Swindon Town fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at The Energy Check County Ground: A 1-2 defeat against Oxford United (placed 9th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Accrington Stanley (1-2).

Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Brett Pitman for missing a penalty kick versus Oxford United in the 72nd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Swindon has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Swindon defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Gillingham form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Two away games in a row for Gillingham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Fleetwood Town in the League One. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Ipswich Town.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Lincoln City.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gillingham have scored 20 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Gillingham - Swindon Town 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Swindon victory, four draws and five Gillingham wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
9 goals
GillinghamJ. Graham
J. Graham
8 goals
SwindonB. Pitman
B. Pitman
7 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swindon Town Gillingham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 18 6 Played P 6 16 34
9 7 1 Won W 3 6 14
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
21 10 5 Lost L 2 7 15
40 20 4 Scored S 11 20 45
62 27 13 Conceded C 8 20 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 67% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 62% 79%
62% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 41%
32% 22% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 32%
18% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 19% 15%
59% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 47%
6% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 18%
35% 39% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 31% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.9 1.3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.1 8.8 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.2 10.5
3.1 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.9
37% 33% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 34% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Swindon Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most matches over the total-line (21) in League One
  • Swindon Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 35 20 5 10 59 29 17 10 2 5 19 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 30 65
2 Peterborough United 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 33 18 7 8 52 32 17 8 3 6 27 21 16 10 4 2 25 11 20 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 31 17 4 10 51 39 17 11 3 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 55
6 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
7 Ipswich Town 32 15 6 11 37 33 18 9 3 6 19 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 4 51
8 Charlton Athletic 34 14 9 11 48 45 16 5 4 7 26 30 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 51
9 Oxford United 32 14 8 10 46 37 15 7 4 4 19 12 17 7 4 6 27 25 9 50
10 Accrington Stanley 32 14 8 10 44 38 16 8 4 4 21 13 16 6 4 6 23 25 6 50
11 Blackpool 30 14 6 10 36 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 48
12 Crewe Alexandra 34 13 9 12 43 43 17 9 5 3 27 16 17 4 4 9 16 27 0 48
13 Gillingham 34 14 5 15 45 46 18 8 2 8 25 26 16 6 3 7 20 20 -1 47
14 Fleetwood Town 34 12 10 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 17 5 3 9 17 19 9 46
15 Plymouth Argyle 34 12 9 13 44 55 18 9 4 5 27 27 16 3 5 8 17 28 -11 45
16 Milton Keynes Dons 34 11 9 14 47 48 16 5 7 4 24 20 18 6 2 10 23 28 -1 42
17 Shrewsbury Town 31 10 11 10 35 36 15 4 6 5 20 20 16 6 5 5 15 16 -1 41
18 Burton Albion 32 10 7 15 40 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 16 5 5 6 19 24 -16 37
19 Bristol Rovers 33 9 6 18 34 53 16 6 1 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 33
20 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
21 Northampton Town 34 8 8 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 17 3 4 10 17 31 -21 32
22 Swindon Town 34 9 4 21 40 62 18 7 1 10 20 27 16 2 3 11 20 35 -22 31
23 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 18 4 7 7 17 29 -24 30
24 Rochdale 34 6 10 18 41 63 17 1 7 9 17 35 17 5 3 9 24 28 -22 28

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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 Hull City 35 20 5 10 59 29 17 10 2 5 19 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 30 65
2 Peterborough United 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 33 18 7 8 52 32 17 8 3 6 27 21 16 10 4 2 25 11 20 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 31 17 4 10 51 39 17 11 3 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 55
6 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
7 Ipswich Town 32 15 6 11 37 33 18 9 3 6 19 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 4 51
8 Charlton Athletic 34 14 9 11 48 45 16 5 4 7 26 30 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 51
9 Oxford United 32 14 8 10 46 37 15 7 4 4 19 12 17 7 4 6 27 25 9 50
10 Accrington Stanley 32 14 8 10 44 38 16 8 4 4 21 13 16 6 4 6 23 25 6 50
11 Blackpool 30 14 6 10 36 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 48
12 Crewe Alexandra 34 13 9 12 43 43 17 9 5 3 27 16 17 4 4 9 16 27 0 48
13 Gillingham 34 14 5 15 45 46 18 8 2 8 25 26 16 6 3 7 20 20 -1 47
14 Fleetwood Town 34 12 10 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 17 5 3 9 17 19 9 46
15 Plymouth Argyle 34 12 9 13 44 55 18 9 4 5 27 27 16 3 5 8 17 28 -11 45
16 Milton Keynes Dons 34 11 9 14 47 48 16 5 7 4 24 20 18 6 2 10 23 28 -1 42
17 Shrewsbury Town 31 10 11 10 35 36 15 4 6 5 20 20 16 6 5 5 15 16 -1 41
18 Burton Albion 32 10 7 15 40 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 16 5 5 6 19 24 -16 37
19 Bristol Rovers 33 9 6 18 34 53 16 6 1 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 33
20 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
21 Northampton Town 34 8 8 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 17 3 4 10 17 31 -21 32
22 Swindon Town 34 9 4 21 40 62 18 7 1 10 20 27 16 2 3 11 20 35 -22 31
23 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 18 4 7 7 17 29 -24 30
24 Rochdale 34 6 10 18 41 63 17 1 7 9 17 35 17 5 3 9 24 28 -22 28

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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.