The season has been a struggle for Gillingham so far, and the same description fits Colchester United. These students from the school of hard knocks would trade their mothers for some important points here.
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
- Colchester United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League Two
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham's struggle is real here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium with only 10 points collected from 10 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4. When Gillingham hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Newport County, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Gillingham, their manager Harris and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Stress levels are on the rise for Gillingham's attacking players as they have now played 556 minutes without scoring in a league game. Baggott was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Gillingham will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Carabao Cup fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Midfielder Williams was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.85 (out of ten) in that game. Williams hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, a home win hosting Dagenham & Redbridge in the FA Cup. 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 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 20 latest league fixtures reveals that 16 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gillingham as they are travelling to their away game against Sutton United in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Gillingham have scored {4 goals} here in 10 league matches, a depressing statistic. 11 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Gillingham has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Colchester United form and stats
There's been little loot from Colchester United's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 11 away games in the League Two. Colchester United only have 0 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Colchester play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Sutton United (placed 16th). It's possibly a bad omen for Colchester United that their goalie O'Hara managed six saves in the Sutton United fixture, but still were unable to hinder a defeat.
Prior to that match, the Colchester manager Bloomfield faced defeat when travelling to Mansfield Town and losing 1-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colchester United playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game Colchester return home for a League Two game against AFC Wimbledon. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Colchester United when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As for defending, Colchester United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gillingham six wins, two draws and Colchester United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Chilvers 3 goals |  A. Newby 3 goals |  S. Kashket 2 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Gillingham | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 29 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 55% | 62% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 38% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.4 | 8 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 27% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 86% | 90% |
| 10.9 | 11.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.9 | 11.3 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Colchester United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Colchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Colchester United have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
- Colchester United have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League Two
- Colchester United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League Two
- Colchester United have the fewest points (1) away in League Two
- Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Colchester United have yet to win a game away.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League Two
- Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (18) in League Two
- Gillingham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Gillingham is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Barrow | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 15 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
