[ 12 Sep 26 ] GILLS v Tranmere Rovers Match Thread

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- Tranmere lead the wins by 15 wins to the Gills' 10 and a further 18 meetings have been drawn. The Gills are unbeaten in 5 matches against Tranmere (winning 2) and have won 3 and lost 1 of the previous 7.
- Tranmere's last win at Priestfield came back in February 2010. Since then, they have visited 5 more times and have lost 4 of them with the Gills winning this fixture in both of the previous seasons.
- At the start of 2026, Tranmere went winless on the road in 9 away games and lost 7 of them. At the end of the season and start of this, they have won 1 and drawn 2 (both of their away games this season) from their most recent 4.
- With 2 wins and 3 draws, Tranmere are 1 of 6 sides in League 2 yet to taste defeat in a league game. They are unbeaten in 6 league games (and 7 in all competitions) after winning 2 and losing 17 of the 21 league games before them.
- Tranmere were the joint highest conceding side in League 2 last season with 79 goals, an average 1.7 per game. They have conceded 5 this season with 3 as the fewest for any side in League 2 so far.
- Tranmere are 1 of 5 sides to have scored the most second half goals in League 2 (6 each). Along with Barnet, they have scored in all 5 second halves and came after ending last season having scored after half time in just 5 of their final 16 matches.

[Sat 12th September 2026] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Tranmere Rovers
Opposition Manager: Darrell Clarke. Matchday Team: Luke McGee, Jacob Slater (David Kamara), Nathan Smith (George Nevitt), Bobby Faulkner, Joel Senior, Sam Finlay (Tom Conlon), [c ] Will Vaulks, Charlie Whitaker (Zane Okoro), Tom Ince, Dylan Jones (Jordan Davies), Joe Ironside
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (4th)
Referee: Alan Young
Attendance: 5,611 (349)

(15.00) Kick Off [ 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 ]
(15.02) Freeman has an early effort from the edge of the box well held by the ‘keeper.
(15.06) James Brophy recovers well to clear a visitors shot off the line as they look to score following a deflected clearance.
(15.36) Tranmere have a goal ruled out after the offside flag goes up.
(15.38) A Brophy free kick finds Beckles' head. He glances his shot across goal and it's tipped round for a corner.
(15.44) The visitors go close, shooting narrowly wide from inside the box.
(15.45) A minimum of 2 minutes will be added.
(15.47) Half time 0-0

(16.05) The second half kicks off.
(16.09) Good movement from the Gills to work a shot. Hale began the move by driving forward before McManus crosses into the box for McKenzie to shoot narrowly wide on the turn.
(16.17) Powerful shot from McCleary is pushed away.
(16.24) Gills have a free kick inside their own half. Hale spots the keeper off his line and goes for goal but the shot lands on top of the roof of the net.
(16.26) GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Tranmere Rovers: Dobbs
(16.37) GOAL! Gillingham 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: Hale
(16.48) At least 7 additional minutes will be played.
(16.57) FULL TIME 2-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 11th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cr1e50y62n02t
Match highlights: https://youtu.be/22f640u8fYQ?is=eGBqFq7XqcRqFFpO