League Two: Tipsway are expecting an action-packed and vital battle involving Gillingham and Swindon Town at MEMS Priestfield Stadium. Both are in need of a good run!
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (1) in League Two
- Swindon Town have yet to win a game away.
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.
Gillingham form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Gillingham at their home stadium (MEMS Priestfield Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. When Gillingham hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Colchester United, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Stockport County and Harrogate Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Stress levels are on the rise for Gillingham's attacking players as they have now played 441 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kashket was their last goal scorer.
The supporters hope that Gillingham will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the EFL Trophy fixture against Charlton Athletic.
Heartbreak before that as Gillingham lost 0-1 at Carlisle United's place.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 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 2.
A fact: This club have finished 6 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.
Gillingham have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Gillingham have conceded only 2 goals. 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.
Swindon Town form and stats
The League Two season is young and Swindon Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a EFL Trophy home defeat versus Crystal Palace U21 with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Swindon travelled to Stockport County and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Swindon Town, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Swindon Town have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Gillingham won five, Swindon Town were winners in one and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  H. McKirdy 2 goals | J. Wakeling 2 goals |  S. Kashket 1 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Swindon Town missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 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 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 12.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.7 |
| 1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 17% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 38% |
| 8.5 | 8.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14.7 | 13.7 |
| 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4 |
- All of Swindon Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (1) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League Two
- Gillingham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Swindon Town have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
- Swindon Town 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Barrow | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Salford City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Walsall | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Sutton United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Newport County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
