w/c 8th April 2023

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Saturday 8th
The Gills have won an impressive 8 home league wins out of 9 in the second half of the season after winning just 2 in the first half of this season. Those wins, and the 6 which preceded them across the previous 2 seasons, mean that the Gills' previous 8 home league wins spanned 39 matches.

Sunday 9th
The Gills kept their 9th clean sheet in 17 games against Doncaster which followed a spell of 9 in the 35 league and cup games which preceded them. Those first 35 games saw 20 goals scored and 42 conceded but the recent 17 have witnessed 21 goals scored and 14 conceded.

Monday 10th
Match day - Northampton Town v Gills (League 2)

Tuesday 11th
Max Ehmer took part in his 350th Gills game in the match with Northampton. He has already been involved in 49 games this season and is 159 short of playing more than the 4,401 minutes from last season. Here is his Gills' career in numbers.
Minutes Played – 30,790 (average of 87.97 per game)
Goals Scored – 17
Goal Assists – 19
Shots On Target – 60
Shots Off Target – 94
Woodwork Hit - 6
Fouls Won – 286
Fouls Conceded – 346
Yellow Cards – 66.
Red Cards – 1.

Wednesday 12th
The Gills' league record in the second halves of games is slightly improved over the first. If the goals in either half contributed to results, the first half goals would have won 41 points (W7, D20, L14) and the second half goals would have awarded 50 (W10, D20, L11).

Thursday 13th
The Gills are winless in 5 games on the road and have lost 3 in a row. The first half of the season saw the Gills winless in their opening 12 league games on the road, a run which also included 3 successive defeats. The club have however scored in 2 away league games in a row for only the second time this season.

Friday 14th
Northampton's winning goal was the 8th of the 58 goals scored by the opposition to have occurred in the final 10 minutes (plus stoppage time) of all league and cup games this season. The Gills have scored 9 of their 42 goals in the final 10 minutes of games. Just 7 have been scored in the opening 10 minutes (3 for the Gills).