[ 28 Jan 23 ] Swindon Town v GILLS Match Thread

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- It is very even between the sides. Swindon lead the wins 36 to the Gills' 34 and a further 31 were drawn. The Gills are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings (2 wins) and have lost just 1 of the last 12 (Feb 2017).
- The Gills' last 3 visits to Swindon have seen the game end in a 3-1 scoreline. 2 of those have been 3-1 wins for the Gills, including their previous trip in March 2021, and they have scored 3 goals there in 3 of their last 4 visits. They have won 3 and lost 1 of their last 5 trips to the County Ground.
- Swindon beat Grimsby 5-0 on Saturday to record their first home win in 5 games following a spell of 2 draws and 2 defeats. These came after they had won 5 out of 6 home league matches.
- The Gills' 8 league & cup wins this season included 3 pairs of back-to-back wins. Swindon's 11 wins included 1 pair of 2 back-to-back wins back in September and started a sequence of W - L - W - L - W - L - W - L - W. Their last 5 games have also ended W - L - W - L - W.
- Swindon scored 4 second half goals in their previous league match, as many as the Gills have managed in all of the second halves of their league games combined this season. Only 5 League 2 games have seen 5 or more goals scored and Swindon managed 2 of them.
- 4 League 2 games have seen a side manage 11 shots on target, the most in the division. Swindon account for 2 of them, all coming within 10 games. They registered 52 shots on target in those 10, only 6 fewer than the Gills managed in 25 games. Swindon also won the most corners with 164. .

(15.01) Kick Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]

(15.02) GOAL! Swindon Town 1-0 Gillingham: Williams

(15.04) GOAL! Swindon Town 1-1 Gillingham: Dieng

(15.08) PENALTY! The Gills win a penalty after Swindon handle in the box.

(15.10) GOAL! Swindon Town 1-2 Gillingham: Wright (pen)

(15.14) GOAL! Swindon Town 1-3 Gillingham: Nichols

(15.33) Swindon are allowed a free header which looked tricky for Morris. Hawkins takes no chances and heads swy from goal.

(15.45) A well timed tackle denies Nichols a chance to score his second.

(15.50) Half time 1-3

(16.06) The second half kicks off.

(16.17) PENALTY!Wright gives away a penalty after handling in the box. Morris gets something on it but it squirms gently over the line.

(16.18) GOAL! Swindon Town 2-3 Gillingham: Austin (pen)

(16.29) Masterson is on hand to thwart a very good Swindon attack. Gills break and Nichols is wrestled to the ground in the centre circle. hawkins goes down easily from the free kick but the ref waves away any appeals.

(16.38) GOAL! Swindon Town 3-3 Gillingham: Austin (pen)

(16.42) Red Card! Khan picks up a second yellow card for Swindon and is sent off.

(16.43) The Swindon keeper makes a brilliant save to prevent the Gills taking the lead but it may have been ruled out for an infringement had it gone in.

(16.51) Gills press for a winner but Swindon break. Morris makes himself big and makes a match-winning save. From the resulting corner, a shot deflects just wide with Morris beaten.

(16.57) Lapslie has a shot charged down and the ref blows the whistle immediately after.

(16.57) FULL TIME 3-3

Attendance: 10,259 (961)
Position: 23rd
Referee: Paul Howard
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soCuAki5xTo
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64356628