w/c 15th August 2026

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Saturday 15th
Match day - GILLS v Walsall (EFL Sky Bet League 2)

Sunday 16th
The Gills have lost successive home games 0-3, matching the number of 0-3 home losses from last season. The Walsall 0-3 was the 48th by that scoreline at Priestfield. 10 of the 11 season's prior only saw 1 home 0-3 defeat during the season after 0 in the 6 before.

Monday 17th
The Gills last lost their opening league game in 2022, starting their campaign with successive defeats in their opening 2 games for the first time since 2013 (when they also lost both at Priestfield). The 12 seasons in-between saw only 5 defeats from each of the season's opening 2 matches.

Tuesday 18th
The Gills have lost both games 0-3 this season. The last time they lost consecutive matches by a 0-3 scoreline was back in September 2005 when a loss at Rotherham followed a home defeat to Barnsley. They last lost back-to-back home games 0-3 in the 1905/6 season.

Wednesday 19th
The Gills struck the frame of the goal 3 times in the game against Walsall. Last season, the Gills only hit the woodwork a total of 10 times in their 51 matches with 2 being the most in any game. 2 was the most in a game the season before when they hit the woodwork 14 times.

Thursday 20th
The Gills hadn't lost more than 1 August home match since 2013 until this season. The previous 6 seasons had only witnessed 2 August defeats in total from the 16 home league and cup games played.

Friday 21st
The Gills have lost both matches this season, making it 2 August defeats out of 2. They followed 2 seasons in which there was just 1 defeat from the 12 matches played and 3 losses out of 19 August games played in the previous 3 seasons.