w/c 6th August 2022

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Saturday 6th
Match day - GILLS v Rochdale (League 2)

Sunday 7th
The Gills won a home game against Rochdale for only the 5th time in a little over a year with the last 3 wins coming away from home. The last 16 wins saw 8 away and 8 at home with 3 coming on a Tuesday evening, 1 on a Sunday and 1 on a Wednesday. The 3 Saturday wins came in March 21, August 21 and August 22.

Monday 8th
The Gills win against Rochdale was their first home win since 8th February 2022. The 1-0 win was their 3rd clean sheet in the 8 home games played since that win and those 8 games have registered just 2 Gills goals.

Tuesday 9th
Match day - AFC Wimbledon v GILLS (EFL Cup R1)

Wednesday 10th
Two 90th minute plus goals against AFC Wimbledon prevented what would have been a 6th penalty shoot-out in the competition in 5 seasons. The previous 5 shootouts saw 21 penalties successfully converted and 25 conceded. These came after 30 seasons without one in that competition.

Thursday 11th
Neil Harris' 21 games in charge have seen 9 clean sheets and 20 goals conceded. The previous 9 clean sheets spanned 41 games and the last 20 goals conceded before Neil arrived came in just over 7 games (24 in 8 games).

Friday 12th
The Gills last 3 goals scored at AFC Wimbledon have all been in the 90+ minutes and account for 3 of the 5 scored since the start of last season. The 2 scored in the cup game on Tuesday were only the second & third last minute/stoppage time goals scored in 48 games.