w/c 25th March 2023

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Saturday 25th
Match day - GILLS v Carlisle Utd (League 2)

Sunday 26th
The Gills' record for successive home wins in the EFL is 10 set in 1963. The Gills have won 7 of their last 8 with the Bradford defeat being the only blemish. The Gills' previous 7 home league victories have spanned 3 seasons and 37 matches at Priestfield.

Monday 27th
Carlisle were League 2's highest scorers when they arrived at Priestfield. Neither they nor the Gills managed a shot on target in the first half and the Gills restricted them to just 3 shots (1 on target in the game), 2 fewer than the 5 by Rochdale and Crawley (both home wins).

Tuesday 28th
The Gills have just edged the possession over their opponents in all 4 of their most matches. In the 46 games which preceded them, they had only enjoyed more possession in 8 of them.

Wednesday 29th
The last 15 games have seen the Gills take 30 of the 45 points available (66.7%) and these have followed the previous 23 league games in which just 14 points were earned from a possible 69 (20.3%). At the current rate of 66.7%, the Gills would earn 92 points after 46 games.

Thursday 30th
Shaun William's scored his 3rd goal in the game against Carlisle and all have come in winning games, matching the joint highest amount this season by Lewis Walker and Tom Nichols. All of Williams' goals had been the winning goal making his 3 winners the most by a Gills player this season.

Friday 31st
The Gills were bottom of the League 2 table at the midway point of the season (after 23 games) but are top of the table since and are the only side to have won 9 games in the second half of the campaign.

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