[ 27 Nov 18 ] Bristol Rovers v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

- The Gills have played Bristol Rovers on 105 previous occasions, winning 40 and losing 45. Just 3 of the 20 draws have come in the last 16 meetings - all with Rovers as the home side.
- Bristol Rovers have won 1 of the last 9 meetings whilst the Gills have won 6. The Gills have, however, won 1 and lost 3 of their last 7 visits to the Memorial Stadium.
- Bristol Rovers' home record and the Gills' away record are both the same so far this season - Won 2, Drawn 2 and Lost 5.
- Bristol Rovers fans have witnessed the fewest goals in League 1 this season. 17 (for and against) have been scored in their home games whilst just 35 (for and against) have been scored in total.
- Bristol Rovers have taken the fewest number of leads in the league (5) but have won 4 games. The Gills have taken 10 leads but have only won 5 games.
- Bristol Rovers have 9 league blank sheets out of 19 matches. Their 16 goals is 11 fewer than the Gills however their 19 conceded is 14 fewer.

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

19.53
GOAL! Bristol Rovers 0-1 Gillingham: List
Bristol Rovers score the first goal the least in League 1 (26.3% of games) whilst the Gills are the joint highest for conceding it (63.2%). Rovers have lost all 10 (5 at home) when conceding first.

20.00
Zakuani hobbles off with a back injury.

20.33 Half time 0-1 (47:18)
The Gills are unbeaten when leading at half-time in the league - winning 3 out of 5. Bristol Rovers have lost all 6 when losing at the break.

20.51
The second half kicks off.

21.04
GOAL! Bristol Rovers 0-2 Gillingham: Reilly

21.09
Tomas Holy pulls off a great save to prevent Garmston from registering an own goal.

21.15
RED CARD! Callum Reilly (Gillingham) is sent off for dangerous play.

21.23
Bristol Rovers hit the bar through a deflection and out for a corner.

21.32
GOAL! Bristol Rovers 1-2 Gillingham: Sercombe.

21.35
Tomas Holy pulls off a decent save to prevent former Gill Stefan Payne from equalising in the 90th minute.

21.36
The referee signals there will be an additional EIGHT minutes of stoppage time.

21.40
Sercombe (Bristol Rovers) strikes the woodwork for the second time in the match.

21.42
Max Ehmer throws himself on the line to block a certain goal.

21.43 FULL-TIME 1-2 (100:26)

Attendance: 6,583 (192)
Position: 18th
Referee: Ollie Yates
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3co4PF1l4OY
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46270609

[gillsfan1066]

Three desperately needed points for the good guys, I wasn't there to see the triumph of course, but it seems that Bristol Rovers were hard done by not to get a point out of tonight's game. Anyway well done the Gills, now onto Slough and a place in the 3rd round for a pay day.
I don't think this win has changed my thoughts about the Gills,there is some serious problems at Priestfield, starting with the manager who is out of his depth and some of the players who I just don't think are good enough to be playing for GFC.
Wake up Scally, take your head out of the sand and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW before it is too late..

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

A massive win.A decent performance,but we really were holding on for the last 25 minutes.Reilly scored a great goal,but silly of him to go in like that and get a red card.They pulled a goal back,then hit the post late on.Those 8 minutes felt like 25.A big three points which puts us 4 points ahead of Rovers now.