Gillingham vs Sutton United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Gillingham - Sutton United in League Two: Stats, line-ups, fixtures, the latest developments and news. Get our full preview!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (2) in League Two
  • Sutton United have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in League Two

15 - 9 - 18 with 57-56. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sutton United when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sutton United play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Gillingham and Sutton United 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 played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Gillingham haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 256 minutes ago. Mandron scored that one.

Gillingham shared the glory with Hartlepool United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Morris was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.35 out of ten. Morris topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Mansfield Town (0-2).

It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Brighton U21 are coming to town in three days.

The lack of attacking qualities in Gillingham means that they have only scored 1 goal in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Gillingham are not conceding a lot of goals here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Sutton United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The manager Gray was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue The Borough Sports Ground. Sutton suffered a 1-2 loss to Salford City (placed 5th). John was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender John won 5 of 9 duels.

A loss, in the EFL Trophy away at Leyton Orient, before that.

Sutton United have another fixture away from home in just three sleeps, a League Two fixture vs Stevenage. A hard timetable for the guests!

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sutton United have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedW. Randall
W. Randall
3 goals
Sutton UnitedH. Beautyman
H. Beautyman
2 goals
Sutton UnitedJ. Neufville
J. Neufville
2 goals

Gillingham missing players

Sutton United missing players

Gillingham Sutton United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 4 10
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
2 1 0 Scored S 0 3 12
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 6 11
70% 60% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 90%
50% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 70%
10% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 10%
10% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
40% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
80% 80% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
5.1 6.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.8 5.9
5.3 7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 5.2
2.5 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 10.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.5 11.8
0.9 1.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.4
22% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 35%
 
11 12 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 9.9
2.8 2.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.1
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 (1) at home in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (2) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (9) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sutton United have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
  • Sutton United have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in League Two
  • Sutton United have yet to win a game away.

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

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.