[ 24 Aug 24 ] Fleetwood Town v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

- Fleetwood have twice the number of wins than the Gills managed (8 and 4 respectively). A further 5 meetings were drawn. The Gills are winless in 6 ties against Fleetwood - their home 0-0 in April 2022 ending 3 consecutive losses against them home and away.
- The Gills have only once won at Fleetwood - a 2-0 win in December 2017. 2 draws followed it and, most recently, 2 defeats at Highbury including their last visit in December 2021. The Gills away record at Fleetwood stands at 1 win, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
- Fleetwood ended last season and started this season well winning 5 and losing just 1 of their last 7 matches. These came after a spell in which they won just 3 league and cup games out of a possible 28 and lost 16 of them, including a winless spell of 13 games which produced 11 losses, sending them into League 2.
- Fleetwood started the season with league and cup home matches which they won both of. It made it 4 consecutive wins at the Highbury Stadium with the 3 league matches at the start of that run all coming with a clean sheet. The 4th match saw West Brom score in Fleetwood's 2-1 home win. They last lost at home at the end of March (Cheltenham).

EFL Sky Bet League 2: Fleetwood Town v Gillingham FC
Opposition Team: David Harrington, Zech Medley (James Bolton), Harrison Holgate, Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu, MacKenzie Hunt (Phoenix Patterson), Elliot Bonds (Matty Virtue-Thick), Carl Johnston, Danny Mayor, Mark Helm (Ryan Broom), Ryan Graydon, Tommy Lonergan (Mipo Odubeko)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (6th)
Referee: Scott Jackson
Attendance:

(15:01) Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]
(15.21) Scrappy game so far. The best chance falls to Lonergan on the edge of the six-yard box but he glances a free header wide.
(15.35) Lonergan puts the ball in the net just as the offside flag goes up.
(15.46) Jayden Clarke gets the best opportunity of the game. He takes it around the 'keeper and all he needs to do is slot home but he somehow puts it wide!
(15.48) Half time 0-0

(16.04) The second half kicks off.
(16.24) Max Clark provides a vital block to ensure an effort goes wide for a corner which gets headed away. No shots on target for either side in this half as yet.
(16.30) Rowe forces the 'keeper into parrying his save and it falls to Hutton who blasts it wide when he had more time to ready himself.
(16.37) Lapslie, in a great position, puts it wide but he insists the 'keeper got a touch but the goal kick is given.
(16.49) The referee adds on 5 additional minutes.
(16.54) FULL TIME 0-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 1st
Match highlights: https://www.skysports.com/football/flee ... ort/508270
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c70j7qx4v2dt

[lidbid46]

Dack is back!! What do we think?! I think it’s great!!

[Garawa]

I am being cautious. I think he looks a way off of fitness according to the videos they sent out but what a statement of intent that is!