[ 1 Mar 25 ] GILLS v Morecambe Match Thread

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- The Gills have won 8 of the 13 matches with Morecambe and have lost just 1 - a 2-1 away defeat back in October 2011. The 8 games since have seen 6 Gills wins including all of the last 3 (the latter 2 of those coming away from home).
- The Gills have won 5 of the 6 home games against Morecambe, scoring 13 goals and conceding 3. The only game at Priestfield the visitors did not lose was their second visit which ended 1-1 back in April 2011.
- 4 of Morecambe's 7 league wins have come on the road. Those 4 wins came in 7 away games earlier in the season and since them they have lost all 5, scoring just the 1 goal and conceding 7.
- Home and away, Morecambe have lost their last 2 league games, have lost 4 of their last 5 and have also lost 7 of the last 9 with the other games ending in wins. Their 21 defeats in 33 games is the most in the division. The Gills are winless in 13 games and have lost 7 of them.
- Morecambe have the joint fewest clean sheets in League 2 with 4 and also have the most blank sheets, failing to score in 17 of their 33 league matches this season.
- Both the Gills and Morecambe have managed 10 first half goals in League 2 - the fewest amount by the 24 teams. Accrington's goal against Tranmere on Tuesday meant that Morecambe no longer had the worst defence in the division with 51 goals conceded.
- Morecambe have been behind the most times in League 2 (26 deficits in 33 games), been behind for the longest period of time (1,161 minutes) and have the worst difference of minutes leading and behind (-652 minutes).

[Sat 1st Mar 2025] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Morecambe
Opposition Manager: Derek Adams. Matchday Team: Harry Burgoyne, David Tutonda (Ged Garner), Jamie Stott, Max Taylor, Luke Hendrie (Ross Millen), Callum Cooke (Adam Lewis), [c] Yann Songo'o, Harvey Macadam, Lee Angola (Jordan Slew), Andrew Dallas (Gwion Edwards), Marcus Dackers
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (23rd)
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
Attendance: 5,612 (85)

(15.00) Kick Off [ 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 ]
(15.05) Great through ball for Gbode in the box. Perfect slide tackle for a corner denies him a shooting opportunity.
(15.13) A lucky deflection comes off the back of a visitor head and falls in front of goal just too far ahead of a red shirt to be able to have a simple tap in.
(15.21) Nevitt shoots from distance and it just clears the bar.
(15.41) Nevitt has an opportunity to shoot just inside the box. It bounces away from him and Gbode powers it over the bar.
(15.43) Hutton wiggles his way inside the box and hits it to the near post where it is hacked away from 2 yards out.
(15.45) 1 minute is added to the half.
(15.46) Half time 0-0

(16.01) The second half kicks off.
(16.05) Gbode turns his man inside the area and gets tripped. The ref says corner rather than penalty.
(16.13) Great save from the keeper to tip Gbode's top corner effort from going in. Ehmer then curls a shot just wide from the corner.
(16.21) Gbode again is hacked down inside the box but nothing is given.
(16.30) Gbode beats his man and yet again goes down in the box. It's a corner instead.
(16.35) GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Morecambe: McKenzie
(16.46) The 4th official indicates 3 minutes will be added to the half.
(16.49) FULL TIME 1-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 18th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cx2e6r9dk97t
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBsEgDX684