[ 2 May 26 ] GILLS v Shrewsbury Town Match Thread

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- Shrewsbury lead the wins by 26 victories to the Gills' 20 and a further 26 have been drawn including each of the last 2 meetings and 4 of the previous 5. The Gills are winless in 5 matches against Shrewsbury and have lost 1 of them since the Gills last win in January 2020.
- The Gills are unbeaten in the last 3 games at home to Shrewsbury and haven't conceded in them (the previous 2 matches both ending 0-0). They followed the Shrews last win at Priestfield back in April 2019, the last of a 6 game unbeaten run for them at the Gills that saw them win 4 of them.
- The Gills have won both their last 2 final day matches when played away from home but they have drawn 1 and lost 1 of the last 2 when the final day game has been at Priestfield. The Gills have won 13 and lost just 3 of their last 22 final day matches at home.
- Shrewsbury started the season with 1 win in their opening 11 league games before winning 3 of the 5 that followed. Then came a winless spell of 8, part of a spell of 1 league win in 13 before winning 6 out of 7. Their most recent games after have seen 2 wins.
- Shrewsbury are winless in 4 league games on the road, their last being a 0-0 which ended 3 consecutive defeats. That run followed 3 consecutive away league wins, their only wins on the road in 18 away league games during which they have lost 11 of them.
- Shrewsbury (19th) have been ahead for 695 minutes in the league whilst the Gills (18th) have been ahead for 651. Shrewsbury had been ahead the least in the first half of the season, a total of 272 minutes. The Gills have been ahead for 267 minutes in the second half of the season.
- Shrewsbury have had the lowest proportion in League 2 of their attempts at goal being on target with just 27.2% of their being accurate and on target.
- Shrewsbury have won the joint fewest number of corners in League 2 with 177, an average of 3.9 per game. Their last 10 matches have seen just 27 corners won whilst the Gills have seen 47 won and 47 conceded in their last 10 matches. There have been a total of 372 in their matches for the Shrews and their opponents - the fewest of any League 2 side.

[Sat 2nd May 2026] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Shrewsbury Town
Opposition Manager: Gavin Cowan. Matchday Team: Will Brook, Josh Ruffels, Will Boyle, Isaac Lee (Luca Hoole), Kevin Berkoe, Taylor Perry, Will Gray (Isaac England), Tom Sang, Iwan Morgan (Hugo Aiston), [c] John Marquis (Tommy McDermott), George Lloyd (Bradley Ihionvien)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (19th)
Referee: David Rock
Attendance: 6,145 (541)

(15.01) Kick Off [ 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 ]
(15.16) A strong cross from the right from the visitors finds the head of Ruffels in perfect position on the edge of the 6 yard box but he heads just over.
(15.18) Half hearted appeals for a Shrewsbury penalty are waved away.
(15.26) Morgan charges down the left and weaves between a couple of defenders before crashing a shot off the left post.
(15.38) A Shrewsbury free kick is floated to the far post where it is headed into the empty part of the net before Jonny Williams heads clear from just a couple of yards out.
(15.46) 3 minutes will be added.
(15.49) Half time 0-0

(16.04) The second half kicks off.
(16.17) With the goal gaping, somehow Marquis gets his shot completely wrong and blazes over with Morris stranded.
(16.26) Hale tries his luck from distance and its narrowly wide.
(16.34) The 4th official comes out and the Gills players rush to the touchline to form a guard of honour for retiring Sam Vokes who comes off holding his face to hide his tears.
(16.36) McDermott receives a through ball and lifts the ball over the advancing Morris but the shot drifts wide of the post and McDermott repeatedly punches the pitch on disgust.
(16.43) On his final game before retiring, Morris pulls off a fantastic save to keep the score at 0-0.
(16.49) The fourth official indicates a minimum of 5 minutes of the season is left.
(16.51) GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Shrewsbury Town: McCleary
(16.55) What a save from Morris from a direct Shrewsbury free kick, tipping the shot round his far post at full stretch.
(16.56) FULL TIME 1-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 17th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c78q598zdy9t
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EpCWVsAesg