[ 26 Dec 15 ] Swindon v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

This is the 95th meeting between the sides. Swindon edge the wins 35 to 31 overall. The Gills are unbeaten in their last 2 trips, winning the last 3-0.

Swindon are the only side yet to keep a home clean sheet in the league and only Colchester have kept fewer in total (2).

After going winless in 7 home league games (including 5 consecutive defeats), Swindon have since won 3 out of 3 (all ending 2-1).

Swindon have won 5 of their last 6 league games after failing to win any of their previous 10 (losing 8 of them).

Swindon have won 7 and lost 9 of their last 20 home league games after winning 13 and losing just 4 of the 20 before them.

Swindon have scored just 9 first half goals in the league (the fewest in the division). The 9 second half goals conceded by the Gills is also the fewest.

Swindon last season won the joint highest number of home penalties (7) but also had the joint lowest number of away penalties (0).

3:00 Kick-Off

3:18
GOAL! Swindon 1-0 Gillingham.
Swindon scored the opener at home in 5 out of 12 home games (winning 1 and drawing 1 of the previous 11).

3:20
GOAL! Swindon 1-1 Gillingham: Dack
Bradley Dack equalises for only the second time this season. 5 of his 12 goals have given the Gills the lead.

3:35
GOAL! Swindon 1-2 Gillingham: Hessenthaler
The Gills have scored 2 first half goals for the second game in a row and have scored as many in the last 2 away games as they did in the previous 6.

3:42
6 of Swindon's 11 home games have seen them concede 2 goals in the game but they have yet to concede more than 2.

3:48 Half-time 1-2
The Gills have won all 7 matches in the league so far in which they led at half time.

3:58
Swindon were behind at the break on 10 previous occasions, eventually going on to lose 8 of them. Only Colchester had a worse total with 12.

4:05
The second half kicks off.

4:19
Bradley Dack has a goal ruled out for offside.

4:28
GOAL! Swindon 1-3 Gillingham: Jackson
The Gills' goals against Swindon in recent games: 3, 2, 2, 2,3 and now 3 again!

4:44
Swindon defender Branco is sent off for a second yellow.

4:50
There have been 5 red cards in the Gills games this season and 3 of them have come in each of the past 3 games!

4:51
Penalty to Gills after a foul on John Egan.

4:52
Bradley Dack's penalty is saved.

4:55 FULL-TIME: 1-3

Position: 3rd
Attendance: 9,228 (488)
Referee: Fred Graham

[baronnight]

Swindon are 1st in the 6 game form table, Walsall and Rochdale are the only top half teams in that 6 who they defeated 2 - 1, the only loss was against Fleetwood 5 - 1.

Will it be the team that beat Millwall 3 - 0, or the team that forgot to turn up against Burton.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

This will be tougher than Millwall I reckon,Swindon have been very good since Martin Ling took charge.I would be happy with a point.

[CadburyMan]

If Carlsberg did Swindon.............

[Garawa]

Two very good away victories on the bounce shows great resolve and a real intent to battle for the title (I think we can genuinely start talking about that now we are the "other" side of Christmas!! Next up Colchester who ship goals for fun!

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

Another great away win! I had to go by Twitter,but it was a great response to going behind.We scored straight after they went ahead then went in 1-2 up at H/T.Dack and Hessy with the goals,then Jackson chipped in with the third.Millwall and Swindon are two tough places to go,and we have got 6 points while scoring 3 goals in both games.The table is looking really good with us on 44 points.Next up Colchester who are conceding quite a few,but can be a bogey side for us.