Match Report
The table read 14th (Gillingham, 55 pts) against 23rd (Scunthorpe United, 46 pts), 9 points apart. On the form table Gillingham stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Per game in the league, Gillingham were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.57, Scunthorpe United 1.15 and 1.8, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Gillingham's winless run stood at 5. Gillingham had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Scunthorpe United, 10.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 5 for Gillingham, 3 for Scunthorpe United and 2 drawn, at 2.9 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 70% of meetings brought at least three goals.
With 100 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, L. Swabey was the man in the middle. The venue was MEMS Priestfield Stadium in Gillingham, with room for 11,582 spectators. Gillingham led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.