[ 25 Oct 25 ] GILLS v Salford City Match Thread

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- The Gills have won 4 of the 6 meetings with Salford. The only games they did not win bookend the meetings - the 2-2 draw at Salford in April and the 0-3 home loss the first time the sides met in December 2022.
- On the 20th of September, the Gills won a 5th league game out of 6 whilst Salford won a third consecutive league match. At that point both sides had won 6 of their 9 games - the only defeats being for City (2). Since then, both sides have lost 3 of their last 4 league games.
- Salford have won 3 and lost 3 (including their last 2) of their 6 away games this season. Since back to back away league defeats in February, their 13 away league games have produced 7 wins and 3 defeats.
- Salford's 11 leads taken in their 13 league games is the joint highest number in the division along with Harrogate. Those leads are 4 more than they have conceded, also the joint highest difference in League 2 along with Walsall.
- In the previous round of games, the Gills' 20 attempts off target was the most until Salford managed 20 last weekend against Oldham. In those matches, the Gills had 30 attempts in total (on and off target) whilst Salford had 29.
- Salford win an average of 6.23 corners per game and, along with Colchester and Walsall, have won the joint highest (14) in any League 2 match this season. The Gills give away an average of 3.54 and have given away only 5 more than the best side in the division (Cambridge).

[Sat 25th October 2025] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Salford City
Opposition Manager: Karl Robinson Matchday Team: Matt Young, Ossama Ashley (Matt Butcher), Ollie Turton, Ben Woodburn (Josh Austerfield), Kelly Nmai (Fabio Borini), Kadeem Harris, Brandon Cooper, Kallum Cesay, Adebola Oluwo, Daniel Udoh, [c] Luke Garbutt
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (7th)
Referee: David Rock
Attendance: 6,174 (89)

(15.00) Kick Off [ 4 - 3 - 3 ]
(15.01) Straight from the kick off, Morris kicks the ball out for a throw, goes down and hobbles off after treatment. After a 4 minute stoppage, Turner comes on.
(15.07) GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Salford City: Udoh
(15.09) Gills corner causes panic. Several Gills players can't quite get to the ball to tap home from excellent positions.
(15.21) Penalty The Gills have a penalty after Coleman is fouled in the box.
(15.22) Dack's penalty is saved.
(15.26) GOAL! Gillingham 0-2 Salford City: Cesay
(15.29) Speculative cross by Garbutt becomes a shot after a wicked deflection and Turner has to get down quick to save at his near post.
(15.35) GOAL! Gillingham 1-2 Salford City: Andrews
(15.40) Fantastic hold up play then a perfectly weighted cross from Vokes allows McKenzie time to run into the box and get a header at goal but the keeper does well to position himself and narrow the size of the goal.
(15.41) A powerful Cesay shot is narrowly wide of Turner's left post.
(15.42) Seconds later, Udoh has another excellent effort, this time it's narrowly over the bar.
(15.45) At least 8 minutes will be added.
(15.53) Half time 1-2

(16.08) The second half kicks off.
(16.14) Andrews' header from a corner is headed off the line and Dack's fierce rebound is parried away by the keeper.
(16.17) Palmer-Houlden runs onto a through ball, heads the ball into the box before half-volleying narrowly wide. It looked in and the Gills' players protest is was deflected.
(16.19) After a scrambled effort that can't be forced over the line, the Gills are again denied inches from goal. Andrews' header is blocked on the line before a strong Dack volley is parried away by the 'keeper.
(16.38) Nmai shoots along the outer edge of the side netting and most of the ground thought it was in.
(16.53) The 4th official indicates a minimum of 4 minutes will be added
(16.58) FULL TIME 1-2

Gills' League Position After Game: 8th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwyp7e4d9get
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8MTBFc1jBY