Gillingham FC Forum

- This is the 113th meeting between the sides. The Gills have won 41 whilst Northampton have won 52. Just 19 matches have ended level including 2 of the last 7.
- The Gills have won 6 of the last 9 meetings whilst Northampton have won 1. The Gills last lost at Northampton in October 2010 and have won 2 and drawn 2 since.
- In games between the Gills and Northampton, the winning side has won 2-1 in each of the last 3 occasions and in 4 of the last 5. The 2-1 wins in the last 2 meetings have been for the away sides.
- Northampton have won 1 of their last 6 home league matches, a 1-0 win over Fleetwood. That goal was only goal they scored in those 6 home games.
- Northampton's 5 home league goals scored and their 16 scored from all of their 19 league matches are the lowest scoring totals in the division. They failed to score in 10 of those, the most blank sheets in the division.
- Northampton have lost their last 4 league matches and the last 2 have both been 0-4. They scored 1 goal in those 4. It is the second time this season that they have lost 4 league games in a row and scored 1 goal in them.
- Northampton have lost 6 of their 10 home league matches this season (the most home league defeats in the division) and they have failed to score in 7 of them (the most home league blank sheets in the division).
- Northampton's 6 second half league goals scored and 24 second half league goals conceded are the lowest and second highest in the division respectively. The Gills are 1 of 15 sides to have conceded, in total, the same number or fewer than those 24 second half goals.

19.45 Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]
The Gills are unchanged from Rochdale but only have 5 of the allowed subs available to them with no back up goalkeeper. Northampton have Michael Harriman, Mark Marshall, Ricky Holmes and Steve Arnold on the bench.

20.11
Akinde uses his strength and plays in Dempsey who's shot deflects just wide for a corner and prevents a certain goal.

20.15
Penalty! Ogilvie fouls Danny Rose inside the penalty area.

20.16
GOAL! Northampton 1-0 Gillingham: Hoskins (pen)

20.21
GOAL! Northampton 2-0 Gillingham: Rose

20.30
GOAL! Northampton 2-1 Gillingham: Dempsey
Captain Dempsey scores directly from a free kick.

20.32 Half time 2-1 (46:53)

20.50
The second half kicks off.

20.51
GOAL! Northampton 3-1 Gillingham: Sheehan

21.03
Northampton miss a golden chance to make it 4-1 after 2 efforts from close range first strike the post before being cleared off the line.

21.10
Willock's shot is cleared to Dempsey can't get his feet sorted and the ball skips past him in front of goal.

21.25
O'Connor shoots and the shot deflects just wide for a corner.

21.29
Akinde drills a shot inside the box which needs a good block. Ogilvie is then fouled and the Gills have a free kick close to goal which comes to nothing.

21.39
Tucker has a shot in the box that is palmed over for a corner.

21.39 FULL TIME 3-1 (96:15)

Attendance: 0 (0)
Position: 13th
Referee: Carl Boyeson
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Wgri8GxHg
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55406654

How could Northpants beat us , we had a shot on goal, what the hell , that's all we need isn't it Mr Evans , 55% of the play ,and one shot on goal, surely worth a win ? Northpants a team that up until today had lost 4 in a row and had conceded almost twice as many goals as they have scored and they whip the Gills asses.

Awful. All the stats pointed to a decent win if we applied ourselves. It seems we create little in a couple of games but have a game where we dominate and repeat the process. Not going to get anywhere like that and not helpful the players saying we are on a roll etc when the next game we allow the side to take all the chances.

Frustrating to perform like we did after the win at Rochdale the week before.The defending was poor,and Conceding the third goal just after we started the second half killed us.Fingers crossed that we can start the year well at Plymouth.