League Two: Gillingham - Northampton Town news and facts

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

The season has been demanding for Gillingham so far, while Northampton Town have enjoyed many victories. Will the visitors get the points at MEMS Priestfield Stadium?

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most scored goals (29) in League Two

These are active days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the Carabao Cup. That game was an away game at Brentford, so at least Gillingham are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gillingham form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Gillingham at their home stadium (MEMS Priestfield Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Gillingham.

Gillingham haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 196 minutes ago. Baggott scored that one.

The Gillingham coach Harris and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Brentford in the Carabao Cup.

In the match before, 1-1 away to Fylde (FA Cup).

It should be noted that a look at the 16 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gillingham, as the FA Cup home game vs Fylde is only three days away.

Gillingham have scored {4 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gillingham have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Northampton Town form and stats

Playing away, Northampton Town have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the League Two this season.

Two away games in a row for Northampton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Chesterfield in the FA Cup.

A draw for Northampton Town before that, at their own venue hosting Newport County (1-1).

Northampton Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Northampton in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: Gillingham won five, Northampton Town triumphed in two and we saw three draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
12 goals
Northampton TownK. Bowie
K. Bowie
3 goals
GillinghamS. Kashket
S. Kashket
2 goals

Gillingham missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Gillingham Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 1 8 17
2 2 0 Won W 1 4 9
7 4 3 Drew D 0 3 5
7 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 4 2 Scored S 3 13 29
17 6 2 Conceded C 2 9 19
81% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 76%
6% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 59%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 35%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 18%
25% 25% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 65%
31% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 18%
62% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 24%
 
4.8 5.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.5 4.2
4.9 6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.2 4.6
1.8 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.2 10.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.8 10.8
1.2 1.5 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.4 3.9
32% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 43%
 
11.1 11.5 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.2 10.2
2.9 2.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) 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 (15) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
  • Northampton Town have the most points from losing position (11) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most scored goals (29) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 17 12 3 2 26 11 9 7 1 1 14 4 8 5 2 1 12 7 15 39
2 Stevenage 17 11 3 3 24 15 8 7 0 1 14 5 9 4 3 2 10 10 9 36
3 Northampton Town 17 9 5 3 29 19 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 32
4 Barrow 17 10 1 6 24 17 9 7 0 2 15 7 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 31
5 Bradford City 17 8 6 3 23 14 9 3 5 1 11 6 8 5 1 2 12 8 9 30
6 Swindon Town 17 8 6 3 23 17 8 5 2 1 12 6 9 3 4 2 11 11 6 30
7 Carlisle United 17 7 7 3 26 19 8 4 3 1 13 8 9 3 4 2 13 11 7 28
8 Salford City 17 8 3 6 19 14 8 3 2 3 9 7 9 5 1 3 10 7 5 27
9 Mansfield Town 17 8 3 6 26 23 9 4 3 2 15 13 8 4 0 4 11 10 3 27
10 Tranmere Rovers 17 7 4 6 18 13 9 4 2 3 12 7 8 3 2 3 6 6 5 25
11 Doncaster Rovers 17 7 4 6 20 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 7 11 -1 25
12 Walsall 17 6 5 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 1 3 4 6 9 5 23
13 Grimsby Town 16 6 5 5 18 14 7 1 4 2 7 6 9 5 1 3 11 8 4 23
14 Stockport County 17 6 4 7 21 19 9 4 3 2 12 8 8 2 1 5 9 11 2 22
15 AFC Wimbledon 17 6 4 7 22 24 9 4 2 3 12 10 8 2 2 4 10 14 -2 22
16 Crewe Alexandra 16 4 7 5 15 20 8 3 3 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 4 12 -5 19
17 Sutton United 17 5 4 8 16 23 8 4 2 2 10 8 9 1 2 6 6 15 -7 19
18 Newport County 17 4 4 9 15 20 8 2 1 5 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 9 -5 16
19 Rochdale 17 4 3 10 13 23 8 2 1 5 7 10 9 2 2 5 6 13 -10 15
20 Crawley Town 16 3 5 8 18 28 7 3 0 4 11 13 9 0 5 4 7 15 -10 14
21 Harrogate Town 17 3 4 10 17 27 8 2 3 3 10 12 9 1 1 7 7 15 -10 13
22 Gillingham 16 2 7 7 6 17 8 2 4 2 4 6 8 0 3 5 2 11 -11 13
23 Hartlepool United 17 2 6 9 15 30 9 2 4 3 7 11 8 0 2 6 8 19 -15 12
24 Colchester United 17 2 5 10 14 25 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 0 1 7 5 14 -11 11

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.