Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Gillingham (16th, 56 pts) and Bury (24th, 36 pts). On the form table Bury stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 24th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Bury 0.89 scored and 1.54 conceded per game, Gillingham 1.09 and 1.2, with the league averaging 1.27.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bury 1, draws 3, Gillingham 4, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The venue was Gigg Lane in Bury, with room for 11,840 spectators. On the scoreboard, Bury led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.