[ 16 Dec 17 ] GILLS v Bristol Rovers Match Thread

[Garawa]

- There have only been 19 draws in the 103 meetings with Bristol Rovers and the visitors edge the wins 45 to 39 however they have only won 1 of the last 7 (the Gills have won 5 of them).
- Bristol Rovers last won at Priestfield in August 1999. Since then, they have lost all of their last 6 visits - 3-1, 4-0, 4-1, 1-0, 3-2 and 1-0.
- None of Bristol Rovers' last 32 league matches have ended in draws! After 6 successive league draws last season, they have since won 15 and lost 17.
- Bristol Rovers have the 2nd highest shots at goal in League 1 with 303 (78 more than the Gills) however 184 were off target, the most in the division.
- Bristol Rovers have faced 85 shots on target and conceded from 36 of them (42.4%), the most in League 1. The Gills have faced 138 and conceded from 24 of them (17.4%), the least in League 1.
- Bristol Rovers have lost 7 of their last 8 away league matches, scoring 2 and conceding 17 in those defeats. However they sandwich a 6-0 win at Northampton (their only clean sheet on their travels).
- The Gills had conceded 24 league goals this season before today but Bristol Rovers have conceded 23 in only the second halves of games. Their 25 second halve goals scored however is the most in League 1.
- Both sides last season won their home league tie by scoring goals in second half stoppage time - the Gills scored 2 whilst Bristol Rovers scored 1.

15.01 Kick-Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]

15.01
Holy makes a great double save in the first 14 seconds.

15.28
Penalty! Wagstaff is fouled in the penalty area.

15.29
Byrne has the penalty touched onto the post and away before he follows up the rebound.

15.29
GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Bristol Rovers: Byrne
At the 11th attempt, the Gills finally score their first goal in the 1st half of a home league match this season! It is only their 2nd goal in 17 home league games despite 8 being scored in their 1st halves of the 5 cup games this season.

15.38
GOAL! Gillingham 2-0 Bristol Rovers: Lacey

15.47 Half-time 2-0 (47:03)
When losing at half-time, Bristol Rovers have lost all 8 games in the league and 6 out of 6 away from home.

16.03
The second half kicks off.

16.05
GOAL! Gillingham 3-0 Bristol Rovers: Parker

16.11
GOAL! Gillingham 4-0 Bristol Rovers: Byrne

16.22
Penalty! Wagstaff is fouled in the penalty area. Byrne misses the penalty.

16.49
GOAL! Gillingham 4-1 Bristol Rovers: Sercombe

16.53 FULL-TIME 4-1 (95:49)

Attendance: 4,227 (309)
Position: 19th
Referee: Antony Coggins
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtj2U1tgJ14
BBC Match Report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42290057

[gillsfan1066]

Keeping these facts close to the chest are we Mr.garawa, know something we don't, know something like..............da da da dum..... SOMEONES NOT PLAYING???
just asking ,no accusation in my typing fingers WHAT SO EVER .

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

A big game tomorrow at home to Bristol Rovers.The last game v Bristol Rovers was very dramatic after Cody`s two late goals,we would take the same late goals tomorrow.We have a busy time coming up now,we need a win!

[Garawa]

Well I KNOW that Aaron Morris is out if that helps!

[gillsfan1066]

Ha HAAAAAAAA, something else the rest of us didn't know, lol.

[gillsfan1066]

WWWWOOOWWW HHHOOOOO , THAT"S THE WAY TO DO IT SAID SOOTY TO MR.SWEEP. (ask your grandfather) , 4-1 TO THE GOOD GUYS, JUST THE START OF WHAT ME THINKS IS GOING TO BE A CHARGE UP THE TABLE, THANK YOU FOOTIE GODS, THANK YOU.

[gillsfan1066]

Did I read this right we missed not one but TWO penalties, get those boys in there Monday morning Space Telescope and make sure we DON'T miss another penalty all season, goals are to hard to come by to miss the dam things ?

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

I was shocked to see the score when I got home.4-1 and could have been more,plus two penalty misses.Byrne`s second is goal of the season right there,a great finish.It was nice to get that first league home win under Lovell,and get out of the bottom 4.If we can take it into Carlisle on Tuesday then we have a good chance to get through.

[Garawa]

I was a line between Martin taking the kick and Byrne in the middle. From where I sat, it looked like Martin fizzed it in and hit hit Byrne's head and looped in! The replays show what a great goal it was! (Link to the match highlights is in the match summary at the very top). Everyone seems to have a different man of the match too which shows what a performance it was. For me, it was Wagstaff who, along with Martin and Eaves, was still running full speed at 90 minutes. Byrne of course had a good game despite missing two penalties so hopefully they can take that confidence into the Xmas games and get some points!

Fleetwood are falling like a stone. I felt last season they would drop and possibly go down but changed my mind when they appointed Rosler but now I'm not sure! If we can win at Rotherham, we can win at Fleetwood like Jekyll and Hyde Peterborough did on Sunday. If Oxford defend like they did in the cup game then that looks good for points also. There's just 4 points between us and the 6 teams above us, one of which is Fleetwood who 10 games ago were 1 point off the play-offs and 14 places and 12 points clear of the Gills!