[ 24 Sep 16 ] GILLS v Coventry Match Thread

[Garawa]

Coventry lead the wins 25 to 15 and a further 11 ended in draws. The Gills are unbeaten in 4 (3 wins) at home against them scoring 10 goals.

Coventry ended last season with 4 wins out of 5 but started this without one in the league (5 draws and 3 defeats).

Coventry have scored just 3 goals in 8 league games, the lowest in the league, however only 4 sides have conceded fewer than their 8.

Coventry have failed to score in 5 of their 8 league games (3 ended 0-0) and have only scored a maximum of 1 in the other 3.

The last match against Coventry ended 0-0. 7 of the 9 games before it saw at least 4 goals scored in the match.

Coventry have failed to score in 5 of their 8 league games as well as 5 of their last 8 away games of which they've lost 9 from 14.

3.04 Kick-Off

3.24
GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Coventry City: Reid
Coventry last won at Priestfield back in May 2004 when they ran out 5-2 winners.

3.29
GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Coventry City: Ehmer

3.52 Half-time: 1-1

4.10
The second half kicks off.

4.25
6 of the 8 goals previously conceded by Coventry have come in the final half hour of their 4 away games.

4.36
GOAL! Gillingham 2-1 Coventry City: Knott
Billy Knott scores the Gills' 20th goal of the season and is the 12th different scorer already this season.

4.59 FULL-TIME: 2-1

Position: 8th
Attendance: 7,664 (380)
Referee: Brett Huxtable

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

An important game for both sides.We will be wanting to get back to winning ways after no win in five in all Competitions.Coventry are surprisingly bottom after 8 games,and are yet to win so will be wanting to get their first win.Hopefully Spurs have not dented our confidence too much,and we can get a moral boosting win.The table is still taking shape,so a win could put us in the top 6,and a defeat close to the bottom 4.How lovely it would be to get a clean sheet and a win.

[lidbid46]

Don't mention bottom four! Surely we are good enough not to be dragged into a relegation fight. With the signings we made I was sure we were going to be towards the top; how disappointing to even be thinking about the bottom. Come on Gills; we must be due a decent home performance tomorrow.

[fan_of_mulligan]

I think Gillingham will line up as follows.......................

------------------------------------Nelson---------------------------------------
Jackson-------------Ehmer--------------------Oshilaja-----------------Konchesky
----------------------Byrne---------------------Wright-----------------------------
Wagstaff---------------------------Dack-------------------------------------Knott
----------------------------------McDonald-----------------------------------------

Subs: Hadler (GK), Pask, Oldaker, Hessenthaler, Osadebe, Donnelly, List

Time to see 4.2.3.1 at home, we tried three strikers against Bradford City with Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Rory Donnelly and Cody McDonald all starting, I think a bit of width is needed and maybe this is how Justin Edinburgh intended to line up, but Lee Martin is out injured for the entire season and Scott Wagstaff has only been available for selection for a few week's.

I just hope that we keep the ball on the deck and not just boot the ball into the sky towards Cody McDonald, hopefully with five in midfield this might well encourage Gillingham to keep the ball on the deck, any win will do tomorrow, as long as Gillingham pick up all three points - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!