[ 2 Jan 21 ] Plymouth v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

- Plymouth edge the wins 33 to the Gills' 30 and 16 meetings have ended level. Despite having fewer wins, the Gills have won 8 of the last 11 meetings whilst Plymouth have only won 2 with 1 coming in each of the last 2 seasons in which they met.
- The home sides have won the last 4 meetings including a 3-1 win for both the Gills and Plymouth in the 2018/18 season. A 5-2 win before those mean that 15 goals have been scored in the last 3 meetings.
- Plymouth have scored 16 first half league goals (the most in the division) which has contributed to their combined home total of 473 minutes in the lead (also the highest in the division).
- Plymouth have lost 3 of their 11 home league matches this season but those 3 of have occurred in their last 4 games. Home and away, they have lost 7 of the last 9 league games winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 1 after 6 straight defeats.
- Plymouth are 1 of 3 League 1 sides to have accrued 20 home points this season (W6, D2, L3) and only Ipswich (21) have amassed more points at home.
- After 4 wins in 6 league games, Plymouth have since won 1 of their last 10. Those 4 wins were successive home wins and their only win since came in their previous home game to Tuesday's 2-3 defeat to Oxford.

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

15.24
Good tackle from Ogilvie denies a likely goal from the forward after a slow start in the pouring rain and the pitch starting to cut up.

15.32
GOAL! Plymouth 1-0 Gillingham: Jephcott

15.47 Half time 1-0 (47:03)
No League 1 side have led in more league matches at the break than Plymouth - 10 of their 20 matches saw a half time lead. 79.1% of League 1 matches have been won with a half time lead. Plymouth, however, have failed to win 5 of those 10 (4 draws and 1 defeat).

16.04
The second half kicks off.

16.14
A good O'Connor free-kick fizzes towards the back post. Ogilvie gets his head to the ball but it goes just over the bar.

16.28
Jordan Graham hits the woodwork.

16.53
O'Connor sends in a dangerous free kick. Willock, thinking it is heading in, ducks out of the way but the ball strikes the back of his head from close range and bounces centimetres wide of the goal.

16.55 FULL TIME 1-0 (97:45)

Attendance: 0 (0)
Position: 14th
Referee: Sam Allison
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMBbKOO0P4
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55450180

[gillsfan1066]

What the hell happened to Christmas, did t come and go without me knowing ?

[Garawa]

I'm planning on being rather tipsy for a lot of it so getting prepared early!

[gillsfan1066]

Seems that we played pretty well and maybe deserved a point, at least we got a few shots in on goal for a change .

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

It looks like we definitely deserved something from the game,but didn’t take the chances when they came.Burton next needs to be a win really.They’re rock bottom,and have 13 points less than us.I hope we take our chances Saturday.