Gillingham - Tranmere Rovers: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Gillingham have some catching up to do from their 21st position, and the first chance is vs Tranmere Rovers. Read more!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (21) in League Two

Gillingham have less rest than Tranmere Rovers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Stockport County.

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Gillingham form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Gillingham have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.

Alexander was the last player to score a league goal for Gillingham and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Gillingham haven't scored in 294 minutes. Gillingham are confident in defense, having played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Gillingham drew their last game, 0-0 away at Stockport County (placed 6th). Masterson, defender, was given a rating of 7.24/10 in that game, top of the team. Masterson won 5 of 7 duels.

0-0 away at Harrogate Town before that.

It should be noted that a glance at the 20 latest league matches reveals that 16 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Gillingham have scored {11 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Tranmere Rovers have produced an overall stat of 5-4-8 so far.

Tranmere Rovers delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hartlepool United (placed 22nd) in their previous fixture.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Crawley Town.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tranmere Rovers as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tranmere have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Tranmere Rovers - Gillingham 3-0. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Gillingham won four games, one match ended with a tie and Tranmere Rovers got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Tranmere RoversJ. Hawkes
J. Hawkes
8 goals
Tranmere RoversK. Hemmings
K. Hemmings
8 goals
GillinghamT. Nichols
T. Nichols
3 goals

Gillingham missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 4 17 35
8 6 3 Won W 0 5 13
11 4 3 Drew D 2 4 9
15 6 0 Lost L 2 8 13
21 11 6 Scored S 2 13 35
37 16 3 Conceded C 4 18 33
82% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
62% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 66%
18% 19% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 24% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 6%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
24% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 35% 34%
35% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 35% 43%
59% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 31%
 
4 5.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 4.8 5.1
4.6 4.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 4.7
1.6 1.3 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.5 10.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.9 10.8
1.6 2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.4
38% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 25% 30%
 
11.9 10.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.3 10.1
3.4 2.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 2.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (21) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (28) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly more corners at home than 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 35 21 9 5 46 22 18 13 4 1 25 6 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 72
2 Carlisle United 34 17 10 7 56 34 18 10 5 3 28 16 16 7 5 4 28 18 22 61
3 Stevenage 33 17 9 7 46 30 16 12 1 3 29 10 17 5 8 4 17 20 16 60
4 Northampton Town 34 16 11 7 47 32 17 8 5 4 22 15 17 8 6 3 25 17 15 59
5 Bradford City 34 16 10 8 42 29 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 9 4 4 20 14 13 58
6 Stockport County 35 16 8 11 48 31 18 9 6 3 24 13 17 7 2 8 24 18 17 56
7 Salford City 35 16 8 11 51 37 18 8 5 5 23 18 17 8 3 6 28 19 14 56
8 Mansfield Town 33 16 7 10 54 43 16 7 5 4 29 25 17 9 2 6 25 18 11 55
9 Sutton United 35 15 9 11 40 39 18 11 4 3 24 14 17 4 5 8 16 25 1 54
10 Barrow 35 15 6 14 38 41 17 9 2 6 21 15 18 6 4 8 17 26 -3 51
11 Swindon Town 33 13 10 10 44 36 16 7 5 4 25 15 17 6 5 6 19 21 8 49
12 Tranmere Rovers 35 13 9 13 35 33 18 8 5 5 22 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 2 48
13 Doncaster Rovers 34 14 5 15 36 45 17 9 1 7 22 20 17 5 4 8 14 25 -9 47
14 Walsall 33 10 14 9 35 29 17 7 6 4 21 14 16 3 8 5 14 15 6 44
15 AFC Wimbledon 34 10 12 12 36 39 17 6 6 5 20 19 17 4 6 7 16 20 -3 42
16 Grimsby Town 32 10 9 13 35 41 16 3 8 5 16 19 16 7 1 8 19 22 -6 39
17 Crewe Alexandra 33 8 15 10 29 40 18 6 6 6 18 20 15 2 9 4 11 20 -11 39
18 Newport County 34 9 11 14 33 40 16 4 4 8 15 21 18 5 7 6 18 19 -7 38
19 Harrogate Town 35 8 11 16 40 51 18 4 7 7 22 27 17 4 4 9 18 24 -11 35
20 Colchester United 35 9 8 18 31 42 17 4 7 6 16 18 18 5 1 12 15 24 -11 35
21 Gillingham 34 8 11 15 21 37 16 6 4 6 11 16 18 2 7 9 10 21 -16 35
22 Hartlepool United 35 6 11 18 37 63 17 3 7 7 19 29 18 3 4 11 18 34 -26 29
23 Crawley Town 33 6 8 19 34 57 15 6 2 7 22 26 18 0 6 12 12 31 -23 26
24 Rochdale 35 6 7 22 29 52 18 3 3 12 15 26 17 3 4 10 14 26 -23 25

Table
  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 35 21 9 5 46 22 18 13 4 1 25 6 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 72
2 Carlisle United 34 17 10 7 56 34 18 10 5 3 28 16 16 7 5 4 28 18 22 61
3 Stevenage 33 17 9 7 46 30 16 12 1 3 29 10 17 5 8 4 17 20 16 60
4 Northampton Town 34 16 11 7 47 32 17 8 5 4 22 15 17 8 6 3 25 17 15 59
5 Bradford City 34 16 10 8 42 29 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 9 4 4 20 14 13 58
6 Stockport County 35 16 8 11 48 31 18 9 6 3 24 13 17 7 2 8 24 18 17 56
7 Salford City 35 16 8 11 51 37 18 8 5 5 23 18 17 8 3 6 28 19 14 56
8 Mansfield Town 33 16 7 10 54 43 16 7 5 4 29 25 17 9 2 6 25 18 11 55
9 Sutton United 35 15 9 11 40 39 18 11 4 3 24 14 17 4 5 8 16 25 1 54
10 Barrow 35 15 6 14 38 41 17 9 2 6 21 15 18 6 4 8 17 26 -3 51
11 Swindon Town 33 13 10 10 44 36 16 7 5 4 25 15 17 6 5 6 19 21 8 49
12 Tranmere Rovers 35 13 9 13 35 33 18 8 5 5 22 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 2 48
13 Doncaster Rovers 34 14 5 15 36 45 17 9 1 7 22 20 17 5 4 8 14 25 -9 47
14 Walsall 33 10 14 9 35 29 17 7 6 4 21 14 16 3 8 5 14 15 6 44
15 AFC Wimbledon 34 10 12 12 36 39 17 6 6 5 20 19 17 4 6 7 16 20 -3 42
16 Grimsby Town 32 10 9 13 35 41 16 3 8 5 16 19 16 7 1 8 19 22 -6 39
17 Crewe Alexandra 33 8 15 10 29 40 18 6 6 6 18 20 15 2 9 4 11 20 -11 39
18 Newport County 34 9 11 14 33 40 16 4 4 8 15 21 18 5 7 6 18 19 -7 38
19 Harrogate Town 35 8 11 16 40 51 18 4 7 7 22 27 17 4 4 9 18 24 -11 35
20 Colchester United 35 9 8 18 31 42 17 4 7 6 16 18 18 5 1 12 15 24 -11 35
21 Gillingham 34 8 11 15 21 37 16 6 4 6 11 16 18 2 7 9 10 21 -16 35
22 Hartlepool United 35 6 11 18 37 63 17 3 7 7 19 29 18 3 4 11 18 34 -26 29
23 Crawley Town 33 6 8 19 34 57 15 6 2 7 22 26 18 0 6 12 12 31 -23 26
24 Rochdale 35 6 7 22 29 52 18 3 3 12 15 26 17 3 4 10 14 26 -23 25

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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.