[ 22 Nov 25 ] GILLS v Barnet Match Thread

[Garawa]

- Barnet lead the wins by 8 to the Gills' 6 and just 4 have been drawn. Both sides have won 2 of the last 4 meetings with 3 of them ending with a 3-1 scoreline, the other being a 1-0 Barnet win at Priestfield in the previous meeting.
- The Gills and Barnet haven't met since the 2012/3 season when both fixtures were won by the away side - 6 of the 7 wins in the last 9 meetings have been won by the away side (3 wins each).
- In all competitions, Barnet have won at Priestfield in 4 of their previous 5 visits scoring 11 goals and conceding 6. The 9 home games against Barnet have seen 3 Gills wins and 4 Barnet wins after the first 2 meetings were drawn. There have been just 3 clean sheets in those games (1 for the Gills).
- Barnet are winless in 4 games in all competitions and have won 1 of their last 6 games following a 6 game league and cup unbeaten run that produced 4 wins. After losing 5 and winning 2 of their first 9 games, Barnet have won 5 and lost 2 of the 12 played since.
- In League 2, Barnet lost their opening 3 games before losing just 2 of the 13 played since. They are unbeaten in 7 on the road where 4 of their 6 league wins this season have come giving them the joint highest number of away points won in the division.
- Barnet have the best shot on target difference in League 2 (+34) and their 79 on target is only 1 fewer than the league best. They have faced just 9 in their last 5 league matches whilst taking 27 shots on target of their own. The Gills have taken 29 in their last 5 league games.
- Barnet's 110 corners won is the most in League 2 and they have taken 32 in their last 4 (averaging 8 per game). The 52 conceded is the fewest in the division and they have given away just 11 (an average of 2.8 per game).

[Sat 22nd November 2025] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Barnet
Opposition Manager: Dean Brennan Matchday Team: Kieran Slicker, Danny Collinge, Adam Senior, Lee Ndlovu (Oli Hawkins), Callum Stead (Britt Assombalonga), Idris Kanu, Ryan Glover (Ollie Kensdale), Mark Shelton, Kane Smith (Rhys Browne), Nik Tavares, Nnamdi Ofoborh (Ben Winterburn)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (11th)
Referee: Ben Atkinson
Attendance: 5,778 (406)

(12.32) Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]
(12.49) GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Barnet: Stead
(12.58) Good chance for the visitors to tap home but can't quite get on the end of the cross.
(13.06) A very well connected shot by Dack forces the 'keeper to get down quick and parry away right on the goal line.
(13.11) Barnet work space and beats Turner but Dack clears off the line and the follow up is sent over with the Gills stretched.
(13.18) At least 3 minutes will be added to the half.
(13.20) GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Barnet: Dack
(13.21) Half Time 1-1

(13.37) The second half kicks off.
(13.47) A long range Barnet effort from outside the box clear the bar by a couple of inches
(14.22) The 4th official signals a minimum of 4 additional minutes.
(14.24) A dangerous free kick is perfectly delivered for Assombalonga but he can't make the contact he needs to slot home.
(14.27) FULL TIME 1-1

Gills' League Position After Game: 7th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c4gpnzyzqk8t
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDBprqsZEak

[sotongill]

Barnet ?

[Garawa]

Yep. Crawley was in my head as I headed out!

[lidbid46]

Watching it on TV it seemed more evident than watching live how lacking in quality there is at this level. I can't remember anyone trying to take a defender on successfully or playing a collection of passes designed to unlock the other teams defence; the game simply consisted of honest endeavour, hard running, pushing, shoving and fouling, and then lots of moaning at the officials. I guess it's always less exciting on TV, but I really couldn't see what anyone could have become excited about, apart from the goals. Obviously the one piece of quality came from Dack's free kick, but surely the players at this level should be able to produce more than that?