- Both the Gills and Rochdale have won 14 each of the 44 meetings whilst the other 16 ended as draws.
- Both the Gills and Rochdale have only won one league match in their last 10 games. Rochdale have lost 4 and the Gills lost 5.
- Rochdale have won once at home in the league in 5 games but also lost only once in 13 and only twice in 25 at home in the league.
- Rochdale won this fixture 4-1 last season. Before that, Gills had won 3 and drawn 3 of the previous 6.
- Before today's game, Rochdale had led for the shortest time in League 1, just 28 minutes in 8 games. the Gills had led for 38.
- Rochdale were top home scorers in 16/17 with 48 (10 out 16 saw 3+ goals scored). They have scored 6 goals the 6 home games since.
15.01 Kick-Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]
15.25
GOAL! Rochdale 1-0 Gillingham: Henderson
Rochdale are the only side not to have won after scoring first this season. The 3 occasions saw them draw 1 and lose 2.
15.28
GOAL! Rochdale 2-0 Gillingham: Rafferty
The Gills have now scored 1 and conceded 7 goals in the first half of league games and scored 5 and conceded 6 in the second.
15.46
Red Card! Tom Eaves (already booked and facing a 1 match match ban for 5 yellows) receives a straight red.
15.50 Half-time 2-0 (48:58)
The Gills, Rochdale and Plymouth were the only League 1 sides before today still to have led at half-time in a league match this season.
16.06
The second half kicks off.
16.46
Penalty! Zakuani fouls Henderson in the area.
16.47
Tomas Holy saves the penalty!
16.51
GOAL! Rochdale 3-0 Gillingham: Done
16.54 FULL-TIME 3-0 (97:03)
Attendance: 2,793 (159)
Position: 22nd
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
Goal Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upYznH0gyoY
BBC Match Report: http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41289906