Match Report
5 points and 18 places separated them: Gillingham 21st with 3, Walsall 3rd with 8. Per game in the league, Gillingham were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.25, Walsall 2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 22 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Gillingham, 13 draws and 6 for Walsall, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 23% of these meetings ended in a home win.
With 55 matches recorded and 1.4 yellow cards per game, E. Heaslip was the man in the middle. The match was played at MEMS Priestfield Stadium (capacity 11,582). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Walsall: Isaac Moore (81'), James Connolly (89'), Aaron Pressley (90')
Key stats
Possession: Gillingham 44% · Walsall 56% · Total shots: 17-17 · On target: 7-5 · Corners: 6-9