[ 14 Jan 17] Oldham v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

- Only 6 of the 46 meetings have ended in draws with 2 of them coming in the last 5. The Gills have won 17 ties whilst Oldham have won 23.
- The Gills have seen Oldham win the last 2 meetings 2-1 and have registered 1 win against them in 8 games.
- In the last 7 trips to Oldham the Gills came home with a draw and 6 defeats and only managed to score 3 goals in them.
- Oldham to have failed to win any of their last 10 league games with 8 of them witnessing a blank sheet. Just 3 goals were scored in those 10.
- Oldham's 11 home games have seen 6 clean sheets (10 in 16 home games) whilst the Gills have managed just 2 in total (none away from home).
- Before today the Gills had scored 12 goals in their 13 away games - as many goals as Oldham had managed in their 24 league games in total.
- Oldham have only managed to be ahead at home in the league for 67 minutes over their 11 games. The Gills have been ahead for 128 minutes in their 13 away games.
- The Gills are one of 4 sides in League 1 yet to be involved in a 0-0. Oldham have been involved in 6 of the division's 24 this season.

3.01 Kick-Off ( 4 - 4 - 1 - 1 )
Adrian Pennock begins hits first game in charge of the Gills, assisted by Steve Lovell and Jamie Day.

3.16
The game is halted for 6 minutes after Stuart Nelson has a tooth knocked out.

3.40
GOAL! Oldham 1-0 Gillingham: Law
Oldham have only scored first at home in the league twice before this season (1 win, 1 defeat). Their 5 goals scored at home this season is the lowest in the league. The next worst is Shrewsbury's 12.

3:54 Half-time 1-0 (52:05)
Oldham are unbeaten when leading at half time in the league (2 wins, 2 draws) but have only done so 4 times, the joint second lowest total.

4.11
The second half kicks off.

4.59
Law (Oldham) hits the crossbar.

5.00 FULL-TIME 1-0 (100:55)

Position: 17th
Attendance: 3,475 ()
Referee: Dean Whitestone

[Garawa]

Horrific stats on the part of Oldham. I don't ever recall a side that have struggles to score (imagine only seeing your side score in 2 home games with 2 of the 4 goals coming in a defeat)!!! We are not struggling for goals but they aren't a bad side defensively so we have to be confident. However I can see Adrian Pennock's first game in charge end up in our first (and their 7th) 0-0 of the season.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

Probably the game Pennock and co will want for their first away game.Oldham are rock bottom of the league,and have not won many games recently at home.I`m hoping the break will help that we have had,and the players have got some good training in ready for Saturday.A win would be the perfect start for a new era.

What Team would you play? Konchesky,and Dack are both available for selection,hopefully a loan signing or two will be in before the game with Cargill & Nouble both leaving the club this week.

[gillsfan1066]

All ready seen the score on our soccer channel, something about time zones, Oldham 1- 2 Gillingham.

[baronnight]

Hopefully the weather will allow this match to go ahead, Oldham will have their transfer embargo lifted over the next week and will clearly be a better team in the next few weeks. That said, we didn't do that well at home against the current team, we were one of only 3 Oldham victories this season.
We already know that the back line will see yet another change with Cargill going back, who, if any new players will arrive in time to play, at the moment there are more questions than answers, at least I'm looking forward to this match, something that has been sadly lacking over the past few months.

[gillsfan1066]

Garawa,have they kicked off yet, have we scored where the hell are you when I need you ??

[gillsfan1066]

Oh just great,fill in the blanks when were losing,I demand you get the little one on the computer she will put things right for the good guys, lol.

[Garawa]

???????

I've been updating it s anything happened, perhaps your PC was slow?

[gillsfan1066]

Wish it had been slow, what a f ' ing f**k up this bunch are, how the hell do you lose twice in one season to the bottom club ??
Just think this time last year we were all talking PROMOTION, now were looking at Sheffield, Shrews,and Bradford,three loses there and we could find ourselves on the verge of the relegation zone ,shame,bloody shame.

[Garawa]

27.3% of all their points this season have come against us (6 out of 22).
23.1% of their goals scored have been against us (3 out of 13).
Virtually doubled their number of minutes in the lead in home games this season in this match against us (118 from 67).

How a side at the bottom with possibly one of the worst records in years can do so well against us I don't know. Let's just hope it's how we usually fare against sides at the bottom!