Rochdale (A) - 18 Oct 14

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The Gills are looking for the first win on the road in the league at the 11th attempt and their first win in 6 home and away.

13 League 1 matches have seen a side score 4 goals or more in a match. Rochdale have scored 3 of them whilst the Gills have conceded in 2 of them.

Rochdale have scored 13 goals from 5 away matches (the best in the league) but only 6 goals at home having played an extra game.

Rochdale and the Gills met 4 times in the FA Cup back in 1915, 1947 and 1951. Despite both being ever-present in the football league, since the first league encounter in 1959 they have only met a further 34 times.

We will be precisely 25% of the way through the league campaign this afternoon - 1 of today's League 1 games will put the number of games played at 138. Before today there had been 56 home wins in League 1, 44 away wins, 37 draws and 376 goals.

Defeat today would give the Gills the same number of points and wins after 13 league games as they managed at the same stage last season.

The 3-0 defeat at home to Scunthorpe was the 35th time we had lost by that scoreline at home and the first since March 2008.

Rochdale have conceded the most penalties in League 1 (4) whilst the Gills have been awarded 5, the second highest number in the division.

3:00
Kick-Off

3:24
GOAL! Rochale 1-0 Gillingham
The Gills have scored first in 6 League 1 games, Rochdale in 5 however the Dale won all 4 of the previous games whilst the Gills won 3 & lost 2.

3:48
Rochdale are caught offside (44 mins). It's the 6th time they have done so in the game, the most of any of our opponents in a Gills game this season.

3:49
Half-time: 1-0

3:57
Rochdale have won all 4 league matches in which they led at half time, a total only bettered by Swindon's 5 leads/wins.

4:32
Gills final change, McGlashan comes on for only his second appearance as a substitute in his Gills career so far.

4:41
GOAL! Rochdale 1-1 Gillingham: McDonald
The Gills have lost 7 points in the final 10 minutes of matches (including cup games). If it stays like this we will have picked up 3.

4:54
FULL-TIME: 1-1