League Two game guide: Gillingham vs Stockport County

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Gillingham have had problems winning points this league season. Will they get something when Stockport County stop by MEMS Priestfield Stadium?

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (29) in League Two
  • Stockport County is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two

Gillingham and Stockport County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham have collected 34 points from their League Two home games so far after 10-4-6. Ever since the Bradford City game Gillingham has been unbeatable here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium producing four straight wins.

The fans are hoping that Gillingham will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Northampton Town (placed 2nd). The forward Hawkins bettered all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 7.14 out of 10. Hawkins served one assist and hit one key pass.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Doncaster Rovers in a game that was won 1-0.

Not much happening? In this team's last 38 league games, 30 have seen zero, one or two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gillingham, as the League Two home game vs Leyton Orient is only three days away.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gillingham here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 20 games). From these home matches, Gillingham have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stockport County form and stats

10-2-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stockport County in their League Two matches away. Having won their last three away games Stockport has no reason to fear anyone.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Stockport County goalkeeper Ben Hinchiffe is eager to challenge this, with his 219 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Stockport County are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the game against Newport County (placed 18th). As mentioned above, Stockport County was the only team on the pitch versus Newport County in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Wootton got a match rating of 8.6 in that game. Wootton scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sutton United.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

Stockport have another fixture away from home in just three days, a League Two match versus Carlisle United. A demanding schedule for the visiting team!

The visiting Stockport County have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 27 goals from 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stockport are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 18 times in 20 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gillingham have won at least one point in the last 7 games (4-3-0) against Stockport County.

As it happens, Stockport County have scored at least one goal in every league game they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's hosts; the Stockport County - Gillingham 0-0 game seven game weeks ago.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyK. Wootton
K. Wootton
14 goals
Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
10 goals
Stockport CountyW. Collar
W. Collar
9 goals

Gillingham missing players

Stockport County missing players

Gillingham Stockport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 7 20 41
12 10 1 Won W 5 10 20
11 4 1 Drew D 0 2 10
18 6 4 Lost L 2 8 11
29 17 2 Scored S 15 27 57
44 17 10 Conceded C 7 18 33
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 88%
63% 60% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 60% 66%
22% 20% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 45% 39%
2% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 15% 17%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 10% 10%
27% 25% 17% BTTS BTTS 57% 45% 44%
37% 45% 17% Clean Sheets C S 29% 40% 49%
51% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 14% 20% 20%
 
4 5.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5 5.4
4.5 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4 3.8
1.6 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9.6 10.6 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.5 12.7
1.9 2.5 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4 4.3
38% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 32%
 
11.5 10.1 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.9 10.5 8.9
3.4 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.6 2.5 2.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (29) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (32) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stockport County is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two

  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 40 23 12 5 54 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 19 9 6 4 24 17 27 81
2 Northampton Town 41 20 13 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 20 9 7 4 28 21 17 73
3 Stockport County 41 20 10 11 57 33 21 10 8 3 30 15 20 10 2 8 27 18 24 70
4 Carlisle United 41 19 13 9 60 37 20 11 6 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 70
5 Stevenage 40 19 13 8 54 37 20 14 2 4 35 15 20 5 11 4 19 22 17 70
6 Bradford City 40 18 14 8 51 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 19 9 6 4 21 15 16 68
7 Salford City 41 19 9 13 64 48 20 9 5 6 26 21 21 10 4 7 38 27 16 66
8 Mansfield Town 40 18 11 11 64 49 20 8 8 4 34 27 20 10 3 7 30 22 15 65
9 Barrow 41 18 7 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 20 6 4 10 17 30 -1 61
10 Sutton United 41 15 12 14 42 45 20 11 4 5 24 16 21 4 8 9 18 29 -3 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 41 14 11 16 39 42 21 9 6 6 25 19 20 5 5 10 14 23 -3 53
12 Swindon Town 40 13 12 15 52 50 19 7 5 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 51
13 Walsall 41 11 18 12 42 40 21 8 9 4 24 15 20 3 9 8 18 25 2 51
14 Grimsby Town 40 13 12 15 44 51 19 4 9 6 19 24 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 51
15 Doncaster Rovers 41 15 6 20 41 57 21 10 1 10 25 27 20 5 5 10 16 30 -16 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 40 11 15 14 39 51 20 8 6 6 25 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -12 48
17 AFC Wimbledon 42 11 14 17 45 51 21 7 6 8 24 24 21 4 8 9 21 27 -6 47
18 Newport County 40 11 14 15 41 47 19 5 6 8 20 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -6 47
19 Gillingham 41 12 11 18 29 44 20 10 4 6 17 17 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 47
20 Colchester United 41 10 12 19 39 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 20 5 3 12 18 27 -8 42
21 Harrogate Town 40 9 14 17 47 59 20 5 8 7 25 29 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 41
22 Hartlepool United 41 8 15 18 48 70 21 4 10 7 24 33 20 4 5 11 24 37 -22 39
23 Crawley Town 41 9 11 21 43 68 20 8 5 7 29 29 21 1 6 14 14 39 -25 38
24 Rochdale 41 8 9 24 39 62 20 4 4 12 23 32 21 4 5 12 16 30 -23 33

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.