Gillingham FC Forum

- The Gills face the side sitting 22nd in the league for a second successive match. A win against Rochdale would see the Gills reach the 50 point mark.
- A win for the Gills will level the results at 16 wins each and there have also been 16 draws.
- Rochdale have won their last 3 home games against the Gills, scoring 10 goals and conceding 1. They have lost their last 4 trips to Priestfield, scoring 1 goal and conceding 8. Their last win here came in September 2012.
- The Gills have won 2 out their last 7 home league matches whilst Rochdale have won 2 of their last 11 on the road (losing 5 of their last 6).
- Rochdale started the new year with 10 defeats in 12 games in all competitions and their most recent 4 straight defeats saw them drop from 18th to 22nd. Rochdale still sit in 22nd despite subsequently winning 2 and drawing 1.
- 46 League 1 games have seen teams concede 4 or 5 goals in the match. Rochdale have suffered that fate in 9 of their 38 matches including 5 in just 10 games when 29 goals were conceded. Since those 10 games, they have conceded 4 goals in 4 games.
- Rochdale have conceded 43 second half goals with 25 of them coming in the final 20 minutes. The Gills have conceded 35 second half goals with 11 coming in the final 20 minutes.
- Rochdale have conceded the most goals in the division (76) and their 41 conceded in away games is equal to or more than 7 side's total amount conceded.

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

15.39
GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Rochdale: Henderson
Rochdale have lost 4 matches when scoring first however only 1 have come in 7 games away from home (5 wins). Only AFC Wimbledon have lost more.

15.44
Mark Byrne hits the crossbar.

15.49
GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Rochdale: Byrne

15.50 Half time 1-1 (48:00)
Mark Byrne's goal for the Gills was only their 3rd first half goal scored by the club at Priestfield in the last 12 matches.

16.07
The second half kicks off.

16.43
Deliberate hand ball in the penalty area but no penalty given.

17.00 FULL-TIME 1-1 (101:04)

Attendance: 4,686 (137)
Position: 13th
Referee: Alan Young
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klbjh1F2T-I
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47676235

Seems like 2 points dropped reading the scrolls, lots of shots off target,but we seem to be pretty safe on 48 points with half the teams below us having bloody awful goals for/goals against in the minus 20's. P'Boro, The Shrews and Plymouth all seem to have gone of the boil of late so I can see the Gills ending up with 54/55 points ,about the same as last year which must mean Lovell will be gone.
Losing 20 goals a season from Tommy Boy Eaves won't be easy to replace, and our only permanent signing in the winter was for Burke wasn't it, were Lopez, King, Holmes and Campbell all on loan signings ?
I sure hope Scally acts quickly once the season ends,replacing Lovell and bringing in the players we are going to need to make a serious challenge for a top 6 finish next season, and not wait till the middle of July to bring whats left to Priestfield.

It wasn’t the best of games.We had the better chances with Burke missing a sitter.Byrne hitting the bar before his equaliser.I thought the ref and linesman were poor too.Both of their strikers should have been sent off for targeting Ogilvie.They tend to settle for a draw in the second half.It’s a point closer to safety.