- Results are very close between the sides: The Gills have won 13 meetings, 14 have been drawn and Blackpool have won 15. The Gills are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings and have won 3 of them, scoring 10 goals.
- The Gills last lost at Blackpool in January 2016, their only defeat there in 8 visits (securing 2 wins themselves). Since that defeat, the Gills have drawn 1-1 and most recently enjoyed 3-0 and 3-2 wins.
- Blackpool lost all 3 of their home league matches this season in consecutive games back in October (2-3 v Lincoln, 1-4 v Ipswich and 0-1 v Charlton). They are unbeaten in the 13 home games since (7 wins) and are the only League 1 side not to have lost of their last 9.
- Blackpool have won their last 5 away league matches, all with clean sheets, but have drawn 5 of their last 6 at home keeping only 1 clean sheet.
- Blackpool are unbeaten in 12 league games (7 wins) whilst the Gills have lost 2 of their last 11 (6 wins). In the last 8 game form table, the Gills are 3rd and Blackpool 4th.
- After facing Wigan, who had faced the most shots on target (187), they now face Blackpool who have faced the fewest in the division (98). The Gills had taken 152 league shots on target themselves.
- Blackpool have only been behind in their home league matches for a total of 165, the shortest length of time in League 1. It equates to an average of just 9.7 minutes in each of their 17 home games played.
15.00 Kick Off [ 4 - 4 - 2 ]
15.05
GOAL! Blackpool 1-0 Gillingham: Yates
15.09
Good chance for Akinde to equalise but he chooses to square it to Oliver and Blackpool get enough bodies behind the ball.
15.14
Scorer Yates has a good chance to make it two but fires just wide.
15.15
GOAL! Blackpool 1-1 Gillingham: Graham
15.20
GOAL! Blackpool 2-1 Gillingham: Yates
15.30
GOAL! Blackpool 3-1 Gillingham: Kaikai
15.38
O'Keefe forces a good save from the Blackpool 'keeper.
15.48 Half time 3-1
16.04
The second half kicks off.
16.12
A Blackpool challenge looks out of control. Graham goes to ground but the referee deems the ball was touched by the defender so no penalty is given.
16.20
GOAL! Blackpool 4-1 Gillingham: Embleton
16.45
Blackpool drive from the half-way line but the shot is deflected just wide.
16.50
10 minutes of stoppage time is added after a lengthy injury to a linesman
16.59 FULL TIME 4-1
Attendance: 0 (0)
Position: 9th
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Match highlights:
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56560284