w/c 19th August 2023

[Garawa]

Saturday 19th
Match day - Crawley Town 0-1 GILLS (League 2)

Sunday 20th
There have been 7 goals for the Gills in their 5 games this season. For goals scored by Gills players, all first half goals have been scored by Nadesan and all second half goals by McKenzie.

Monday 21st
The Gills have won 5 games this August with 2 games still to play. They last won 5 in the month of August since 2016/7 and no season since has seen more than 2 (7 wins in total in 5 seasons).

Tuesday 22nd
The Gills have kept 5 successive clean sheets in the league, matching the club record set in August 1997.

Wednesday 23rd
The Gills first 4 league games have all been won with a clean sheet. In the last 20 seasons, the Gills have averaged 5.3 goals conceded after 4 games with 2 and 10 being the fewest and most conceded in a season after 4 league games.

Thursday 24th
The Gills have won 4 consecutive away league games, matching their record in the Football League set in February 2013. It was only bettered by a run of 7 in the Southern League season of 1894/5. It is 5 away league games unbeaten fir the first time since February 2010.

Friday 25th
The Gills have scored first in each of their last 6 league and cup matches. They only managed to score the opening goal of the game last season in 21 of the 58 matches with the first 6 taking 21 games to achieve.