Sheffield Utd (A) - 16 Nov 13

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The Gills face the 2nd of 3 league games against sides currently no more than 3 points difference to the Gills 15 points.

In the 8 matches against sides currently in the top 12, the Gills have taken 20.8% of the points. The figure from the 7 matches against bottom the 12 is 47.6%

Utd have won their last 2 league games but only won 2 in 12 before that. They won 5 in 9 away during that period but have just a draw this season.

Of all L1 sides last season, fewest goals occured in matches involving Sheffield Utd with just 98 goals being scored and conceded by the club.

Sheffield Utd conceded the fewest first half goals in the league last season, just 16 compared with Carlisle's 39.

The hosts were level at the break 24 times last season, the joint highest, & were only behind 7 times losing 4 at full-time (best in L1)

With 21 Sheffield Utd had the most league clean sheets last season but have only managed the 1 this season so far.

Utd won 8 penalties last season in the league, the joint highest along with Walsall.

The Gills 18 away goals conceded was the fewest of any Football League side. Next best was 21 achieved by Doncaster, Sheffield Utd and Chesterfield.

Sheffield Utd had the highest average attendances of any of last season's League 1 and 2 clubs with 18,611.

3:00
Kick-Off

3:06
GOAL! Sheffield Utd 0-1 Gillingham: Kedwell
Kedwell Scores after 7 mins. 4 of his 9 goals this season have come in the 10 min spell between 11th & 20th, the only Gills player to score in it so far.

3:16
GOAL! Sheffield 1-1 Gillingham.
Kedwell becomes the second player to come off injured.

3:32
The Gills have scored 3 goals when Dack has started (1 from Bradley) and also 3 (again with 1 from him) when he came on as a sub. The goals as a sub came from 106 fewer minutes.

3:48
Half-time: 1-1

4:05
GOAL! Sheffield Utd 1-2 Gillingham: McDonald
Gills top away scorer Cody McDonald gets his 19th away goal for the club and his 33rd in all!

4:43
The Gills had previously won 16 of the 26 games Cody had scored in (scoring the winner in 11 of them). He has a win % when scoring of 61.5%.

4:54
FULL-TIME: 1-2
The Gills have won 2 & drawn 1 away in League 1 this season. Cody has effectively won all those points by scoring the goal that earned the draw at Swindon, the opening goal in the 3-0 win at Crewe & the winner today!