Match Report
Gillingham U18 went into the game 8th in the table on 45 points; Oxford United U18 sat 5th on 53 — an 8-point gap. Gillingham U18 had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Gillingham U18 were scoring 2.1 and conceding 2, Oxford United U18 2.25 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.9 goals per team per game.
Oxford United U18 had lost three in a row. Gillingham U18 had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Oxford United U18, 4.