- The Gills lead the wins 19 to Lincoln's 15 and there have been 12 draws. The sides last met in April 2011, the 4th meeting between the sides in 20 years.
- The Gills last beat Lincoln at Priestfield in March 1999 (4-0). The most recent 3 meetings have seen the home side score 1 goal in total and the away side win each one: Lincoln 0-4 Gills, Gills 0-1 Lincoln, Gills 1-2 Lincoln.
- Since the Gills and Lincoln played out a 0-0 draw in February 1995, the 8 games between the sides have seen the Gills score 16 goals (failing to score twice) and Lincoln score 6 (failing to score 4 times).
- Lincoln started the season with 4 successive wins in all competitions making it 10 wins from 18 crossing over from last season. Their 3-0 over Rotherham in the Checkatrade Trophy on Tuesday was only their 3rd win in the 18 played since.
- Lincoln have been behind in their away league games for 434 minutes (the most in the division) - an average of 48.2 minutes for every away game. They have managed just 6 leads, however the average length of each (58.0) is also the most in the division.
- Lincoln City visit Priestfield having picked up just 2 points out of 24 from their last 8 league games on the road. They have conceded in all of those 8 games (14 goals) and at least twice in 5 of them.
- Lincoln have lost 11 of their last 18 matches in all competitions with 9 of them coming in 3 runs of 3 successive defeats. They are, however, unbeaten in 3 - their last away match being an FA Cup draw at Ipswich.
- Lincoln scored 12 goals and conceded 4 in their opening 6 league games but have since scored 6 and conceded 17 goals (including a 0-6 home defeat to Oxford) in their last 10 league games thanks, in part, to 5 blank sheets in 9 games.
15.01 Kick Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]
15.25
GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Lincoln City: Mandron.
15.49 Half time 1-0
Lincoln are winless when behind at the break in league. They have drawn 1 and lost 6 with all bar 1 of the defeats coming in their away matches.
16.05
The second half kicks off.
16.32
Mikael Mandron hits the crossbar.
16.52
Bonham palms a point blank save from 5 yards out over the bar for a corner.
16.54 FULL TIME 1-0
Attendance: 5,567 (453)
Position: 14th
Referee: Christopher Pollard
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gkxAr5-cn8
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50356063