- The Gills lead the wins over Accrington by 8 wins to 5. There have only been 3 draws and these have come in the last 9 meetings.
- Accrington won on their last visit to Priestfield, their only win after winning 4 and drawing 2 of the 6 visits before. They are unbeaten in 2 visits keeping clean sheets in both and have restricted the Gills to scoring 2 goals in the last 4 home games against them.
- In games between the Gills and Accrington, the homes sides have neither won nor scored a goal in 5 attempts. The away sides have won 4 of those games (3 for the Gills) and the last home win came at Priestfield in March 2013.
- Accrington have won 2 and drawn 1 of their last 4 league games and won their last away league game 3-2 at Charlton. This followed 4 defeats and a draw on the road in the league.
- Accrington won 4 games in a row in all competitions back in August and have since won 4 of the subsequent 13 and 3 of those wins have come in their last 5 games.
- Accrington conceded just 5 goals in their opening 6 league matches but have conceded 20 in the 8 games since. Despite being in 11th position in the table, those 25 goals against is the joint highest total in the division.
(15.00) Kick Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]
(15.18) Lloyd carves open Accrington and Akinde, on his wrong foot, skies the game's first effort over the bar.
(15.27) A good Dempsey corner finds Oliver but he blazes a header over when likely to score.
(15.42) Stanley go close but fluff an excellent shot.
(15.47) Half time 0-0
(16.04) The second half kicks off.
(16.11) O'Keefe drives a shot just wide of goal.
(16.23) Carayol forces a good save before a goal-saving slide tackle prevents the Gills from taking the lead.
(16.34) Ehmer's turn to produce a last ditch tackle to keep the score at 0-0.
(16.43) Dempsey hits the post and Stanley head another effort off the line.
(16.51) FULL TIME 0-0
Attendance: 3,609
Position: 18th
Referee: Christopher Pollard
Match highlights:
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59019087