w/c 10th April 2021

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w/c 10th April 2021

Postby Garawa » Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:42 pm

Saturday 10th
Match day - Gills v Shrewsbury (League 1)

Sunday 11th
5 of the 12 home League 1 sides failed to score on Saturday and only late goals for 3 sides prevented it being 8. Just 8 goals were scored by the home sides but the away sides scored a total of 28. There has been 625 home goals this season and 600 away. 154 more home goals were scored last season.

Monday 12th
The 0-0 against Shrewsbury was the first for the Gills this season and the first in a home game for over 2 years, the last being January 2019. They have had 235 home 0-0s in their history. Since the last home 0-0, the Gills have competed in 5 away 0-0s adding to a total of 180 in their history.

Tuesday 13th
The Gills suffered 2 home league blank sheets in their 17 games last season and have had 8 from 21 this season. Despite this, they have scored (and conceded) more home goals. Home and away they have had 12 shut outs compared with 10 last season but are averaging more goals per game (1.4 compared with 1.2).

Wednesday 14th
The Gills currently have a positive goal difference in their away games, something last achieved in their promotion season of 2012/13. That season they scored 29 away league goals and have scored 28 this season with 3 games still to play.

Thursday 15th
The Gills drew 12 away league matches last season and started this season with 1 in the first 11. Home AND away, they have drawn 7 this season and drew 10 the season prior to last season.

Friday 16th
Prior to the Shrewsbury game, the Gills had won the same number of home games (9) as last season and had drawn the same number of games (3). The extra 3 matches resulted in defeats and the 8 home losses matches the total from 2013/14, the most number of home defeats for 16 seasons.
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