This is only the 4th meeting with Bury at Priestfield since we last beat them at home (back in December 1999).
The Gills have won just 2 of the last 10 meetings with Bury. Overall Bury lead the head to head wins 21 to 19 and there have been 10 draws.
After failing to win in their opening 5 League 1 games, Bury then won 6 in a row before failing to win in any of the 4 games after.
Bury won their last league game 4-3 but have lost both of their last 2 away from home, their only league away defeats this season.
Although the Gills are the second highest scorers in the division, Bury have scored 3 or more goals on 5 occasions, 1 more than the Gills.
3:04 Kick-Off
3:05
John Egan captains the Gills this afternoon. He has an 70% win rate from 10 games as captain (Nelson 50% from 2 games, Loft 33.3% from 9).
3:08
GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Bury.
The Gills have won 3 of the 6 games they conceded first in this season.
3:10
GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Bury: Samuel
At home this season we've scored the opening goal 5 time and conceded it 6 times but have scored the 2nd and 3rd goals in 15 out of 17 occasions
3:14
GOAL! Gillingham 2-1 Bury: Egan
3:25
The Gills have now scored more goals after 17 league games than in the title winning season of 2012/13.
3:52 Half-time: 2-1
4:02
Only 6 sides have led at the break in fewer league games than the Gills however the previous 4 half time leads have culminated in wins.
4:08
The second half begins
4:27
Harry Lennon clears a ball off the line.
4:50
GOAL! Gillingham 3-1 Bury: Osadebe
4:53
Ryan Jackson clears a ball off the line.
5:01 FULL-TIME: 3-1
The Gills didn't achieve 12 wins last season until the 35th game, 13 more than this season.
Position: 1st
Attendance: 6,063 (212)
Referee: Keith Stroud