Match Report
Gillingham U18 went into the game 8th in the table on 45 points; Luton Town U18 sat 2nd on 57 — a 12-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Gillingham U18: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Gillingham U18 were scoring 2.1 and conceding 2, Luton Town U18 2.74 and 1.74, against a competition average of 1.9 goals per team per game.
Luton Town U18 carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Gillingham U18 had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Luton Town U18, 13.
9 meetings are on record — 1 won by Gillingham U18, 6 by Luton Town U18, 2 drawn, at 4.56 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 89% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 78%.