- The Gills are unbeaten in their last 3 meetings with Sunderland and 2 of their 3 wins in the 13 matches played between sides have come in the last 2 games.
- The Gills have lost once at Sunderland in 3 visits and have scored in every away tie there (9 goals in 6 games). They have however lost 4 of those 6 games (3-4, 1-2, 1-2 and most recently 2-4) and have not won.
- Sunderland have managed 1 goal against the Gills in 3 games after scoring 4 in each of the previous 2 meetings and 13 in the previous 4.
- Sunderland's home draw with Fleetwood and away loss at Coventry have come after 4 consecutive league wins. The Gills away draw at Lincoln and home loss to AFC Wimbledon have come after 3 consecutive league wins.
- Since Sunderland lost away to the Gills in the league back in December, they have lost just twice in 16 league matches. It is exactly the same number of league games and defeats the Gills have had since losing to AFC Wimbledon back in November.
- Sunderland's last home league defeat came in their last game of November (1-2 against Burton) and have since won 5 and drawn 4. The Gills last away league defeat also came in their last game of November (0-1 against AFC Wimbledon and have since won 2 and drawn 6.
- Sunderland's 1-1 draw with Fleetwood in their last home game was their first home goal conceded after 5 successive home clean sheets. 3 of those 6 games saw them score 3, 3 and 4 goals.
- Sunderland's 34 league games have seen them concede just 10 second half goals, the fewest in League 1. Their 28 goals conceded is the fewest in League 1 and only Cheltenham (27) have conceded fewer in the EFL.
15.00 Kick Off [ 4 - 4 - 2 ]
Max Ehmer starts and becomes the Gills 28th player to reach 250 appearances.
15.30
Bonham is called in to make a good save.
15.45
The Gills pick up 3 yellow cards in 2 minutes, one for protesting over the position of the wall and another for line drawn by the referee.
15.48 Half time 0-0
16.04
The second half kicks off.
16.18
After firing wide when likely to score, Lafferty sees Bonham somehow gather the ball as he was about to poke it in from 1 yard out.
16.22
Hanlan with an excellent chance to score but hits his shot into the ground which takes the pace off the ball and it is cleared from danger.
16.23
GOAL! Sunderland 1-0 Gillingham: Lafferty
16.33
GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Gillingham: Mandron
16.37
Gills have gone 4-3-3. The Sunderland keeper has pull off a magnificent save from Mandron shot on his wrong foot. A minute later, he has to force a good shot away from Tucker.
16.42
GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Gillingham: Lafferty
16.55
GOAL! Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham: Mandron
16.56 FULL TIME 2-2
Attendance: 29,822 (473)
Position: 11th
Referee: Anthony Coggins
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix6VE8YMx7M
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51685274