[ 23 Oct 21 ] Bolton v GILLS Match Thread

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- Bolton lead the wins over the Gills by 9 wins to 7 and only 2 matches have been drawn. Before the Gills victory over Bolton in 2019, they had failed to win any of their previous 9 meetings with Wanderers and lost 7 of them.
- The sides last met in August 2019 when the Gills won 5-0. This came after Bolton had won 4-0 in both fixtures in the 2016/17 season. The Gills have drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 5 visits to Bolton, last winning there in January 1986.
- Bolton have lost their last 3 league games without scoring a goal and conceding 8 goals (7 of them in the last 2 games). They have won 1 of their last 4 at home in the league and failed to score in 3 of them, conceding 7 (their last home game was a 0-4 loss to Wigan).
- The Gills have scored 13 League 1 goals whilst Bolton have managed 20 and only 6 other sides have scored more goals than Bolton. Despite this, they have suffered 7 blank sheets which is the joint highest total along with bottom side Doncaster.
- Along with Shrewsbury, Bolton have conceded 13 first half league goals which is the most in the division. They have conceded 10 in the second halves with 6 coming in the last 4 games after managing to avoid conceding in the second halves of the 8 league games prior to them.
- Bolton have scored 10 second half goals but 3 of those came in their last 7 games, all of which were scored in the 4-1 away win at Charlton. The Gills have scored 5 second half goals in their 14 league games this season.

(15.00) Kick Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]

(15.11) GOAL! Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Gillingham: Akinde

(15.14) GOAL! Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Gillingham: Dempsey

(15.29) A lovely Dempsey cross finds the head of Tucker who strikes the crossbar.

(15.47) Gills drive forward and a shot is deflected wide.

(15.47) Half time 0-2

(16.03) The second half kicks off.

(16.07) Vadaine Oliver latches on to a loose back pass, goes into the area and rounds the goalkeeper but shoots wide.

(16.13) Oliver forces a good save from the 'keeper but get a second chance from the rebound which is also well saved. A third chance is dealt with comfortably.

(16.27) Cumming parries a good shot away and the follow up header is easily caught by him.

(16.30) Tucker sends the ball into the box. It comes off a defender and it falls to Oliver who blazes over with little time to control the ball.

(16.34) From a corner, Bolton blaze over from 2 yards out.

(16.45) GOAL! Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Gillingham: Afolayan

(16.49) GOAL! Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Gillingham: Lee

(16.54) FULL TIME 2-2

Attendance:
Position: 19th
Referee: Ben Toner
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcrxRHJ4KkA
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58936044