League Two fixture prediction and statistics for the Gillingham vs Accrington Stanley duel

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priestfield Stadium

It's round two of the League Two campaign and everything to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Gillingham-Accrington Stanley!

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

Last season, Gillingham's league results were 14 wins, 13 draws and 19 losses, providing 17th place in the League Two. In these 46 matches they scored {36 goals} and gave away 49. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Gillingham generated 11-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 20 conceded.

The Gillingham goalkeeper Jake Turner is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Gillingham's previous fixture was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-1 against Southampton. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. McKenzie (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.65/10. McKenzie scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Stockport County.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Gillingham after this match as they are travelling to Sutton United for a League Two game in only three days.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Let's have a look at how Accrington Stanley performed last season in the League One: They landed a 23rd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 24 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {77 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 12 with 13/38 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Carabao Cup home defeat versus Bradford City with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Quirk, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Quirk won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that, Accrington secured a home win against Newport County with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Accrington Stanley in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Accrington Stanley, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barrow in just three days.

Head 2 Head

Gillingham-Accrington Stanley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gillingham five wins, Accrington Stanley two wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamR. McKenzie
R. McKenzie
1 goals
Accrington StanleyJ. Nolan
J. Nolan
1 goals
Accrington StanleyK. Adedoyin
K. Adedoyin
1 goals

Gillingham missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
 
17 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 19
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Gillingham Last season Accrington Stanley
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 11   Won W   5 11
13 5   Drew D   6 11
19 7   Lost L   12 24
36 21   Scored S   13 40
49 20   Conceded C   38 77
87% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 93%
65% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 72%
24% 22%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
4% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 22%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 9%
30% 30%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
37% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 24%
46% 35%   Failed to Score F T   48% 41%
 
3.9 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.6
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   3 7
 
9.5 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 12.1
2.1 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.4
37% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 26%
 
11.5 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13 13.1
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27

Accrington Stanley:
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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 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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