About Match
4 points and 10 places separate them: Gillingham 11th with 9, Accrington Stanley 21st with 5. Gillingham have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.33/1 for Gillingham and 1.67/2.17 for Accrington Stanley (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.33. If Gillingham win, their total rises to 12 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Gillingham are unbeaten in 5.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 9 wins for Gillingham, 6 draws and 5 for Accrington Stanley, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 35% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 30% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match takes place at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in Gillingham (capacity 11,582).