w/c 13th May 2023

[Garawa]

Saturday 13th
Cheye Alexander has scored or assisted 3 goals in his last 4 games and has contributed 3 goals and 2 assists from his previous 18 games. His first 30 games for the Gills saw 2 assists and no goals.

Sunday 14th
Alex MacDonald has made 55 appearances this season. 26 of those have been as a substitute, more than the total number of starts and sub appearances of 20 other Gills players this season.

Monday 15th
There have been penalties awarded in each of the Gills' last 4 matches. There were no in-game spot kicks awarded in the preceding 14 league and cup games and these followed 3 games which saw 3 penalties awarded both for the Gills and against them.

Tuesday 16th
The Gills remained unbeaten this season when scoring the first goal, winning 16 league and cup games and drawing 5. The Gills twice overcame losing positions to win - the other 30 games in which the opposition scored first saw them win 22 and draw 6.

Wednesday 17th
Only 4 players have featured in all 4 away wins this season: Cheye Alexander and Alex MacDonald both started 2 of those games whilst David Tutonda started 3. Max Ehmer was the only player to have started all 4.

Thursday 18th
Josh Chambers has played 51 minutes for the Gills this season in 3 substitute appearances. When he has been on the pitch, the Gills have scored 3 goals and, at an average of a goal every 17.0 minutes, it is the most frequent rate in the squad. The Gills scored goals every 67.4 and 73.9 minutes with Hawkins and Nichols on the pitch.

Friday 19th
When Hawkins and Nichols have both started games as the Gills' preferred strike option, 10 of the 15 matches (66.7%) were won. The remaining 8 wins (18.6%) came in the 43 matches which saw a lone striker or a different strike partnership.