Gillingham FC Forum

- The Gills lead the wins over Oxford 18 to 12 but they haven't won any of the last 8 meetings whilst Oxford have won 5 (all coming in the last 6 ties).
- Just 14 goals have been scored in the last 12 meetings with Oxford and 8 of those have come in the last 3 games. Oxford have kept clean sheets in 6 of the last 8 meetings.
- Oxford have both conceded the most fouls in League 1 (283) and won the most (279), taking or giving a free kick every 3 minutes in the league! The 562 fouls is 147 more than those in Gills games (8,6 per game).
- Oxford have drawn 6 matches this season and all have occurred in away games. They have won 2 and lost 5 at home and are the only side without an away win in League 1 this season.
- Oxford have won their last 2 home league games and kept their only home clean sheets in them. They have scored 6 goals in their last 2 league matches after scoring 6 in the previous 8.
- The Gills last win over Oxford came in October 2011 and their last win in an away fixture came back in November 2010.
- Oxford are unbeaten in 7 games in all competitions (6 in the league) after going winless in 8 in all competitions (6 in the league).

14:59 Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]

15.10
Regan Charles-Cook puts the ball in the net but the offside flag goes up.

15.46 Half time 0-0
This is the 8th time (and only the 2nd in an away game) that the Gills have been 0-0 at half time this season. Only 1 of those games registered a win (3 defeats).

16.03
The second half kicks off.

16.15
Penalty! Tomas Holy brings down Marcus Browne in the box.

16.16
GOAL! Oxford Utd 1-0 Gillingham: Henry (pen)
Only 13 games have been lost by the home sides after scoring first. Rochdale, AFC Wimbledon and Oxford have lost the most (2) with the latter losing 2 of the 5 home games they opened the scoring in.

16.35
Oxford hit the inside of the post.

16.51 FULL TIME 1-0

Attendance: 6,628 (521)
Position: 19th
Referee: Neil Hair
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYeJOkQxLl0
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46160552

I will be making my first trip to Oxford tomorrow.Hoping we can get something against a side that is just below us.They do seem to score a few,so we need to be defensively sound.A point would be good,all three better.

GFC won't be getting many points all the time Lovell is in charge , trying to learn how to manage a club, keep him around another year or two and we will be swapping places with Orient.

I thought we were poor for the majority of the game.Not sure why Lovell has said it was a good performance.The ref and linesman were both poor,but we resulted to the predictable hoof ball even more once we went behind.It was definitely a penalty for them,but we had 2-3 turned down ourselves.Eaves was pulled about with no fouls given.Charles-Cook had a goal ruled out,but we didn’t test their keeper enough.No subs to try and do something was baffling.