[ 15 Feb 25 ] GILLS v Crewe Alexandra Match Thread

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- Of the 58 meetings between the sides, the Gills have won 23 ties whilst Crewe have won 25. The Gills last win against Crewe came at home in March 2023 and they have been winless (2 defeats) and goalless in the 3 played since.
- Crewe last won at the Gills back in March 2014. Since then, the Gills have been unbeaten at Priestfield in the 6 games against Crewe, scoring 12 goals and conceding 2. The 0-0 last season ended a run of 5 consecutive wins.
- The Gills are winless in 10 league games whilst Crewe are winless in their last 5. losing both of their matches in the last week 0-3.
- The Gills and Crewe have drawn 6 home league games between them (5 for Crewe) and only 3 ended 1-1, all of which came in Crewe in home games. Away from home, both sides have drawn 12 league games with 10 ending 1-1 (6 for Crewe and 4 for the Gills).
- The Gills have not led at home in their last 3 matches and have been behind for 213 minutes. Crewe have only led in 1 of their last 5 away games and for a total of 22 minutes. Their 116 minutes leading away from home and the average away lead being just 14.5 minutes are the lowest totals in League 2.
- Crewe have faced 25 shots on target in their last 7 league games. The Gills are the lowest shot takers in League 2 with 82 and have had 14 on target in their last 7 however this has increased to 8 from the last 3.
- Crewe have won the most fouls in League 2 with 393 and have won 74 in their last 5. The Gills have won 48 and conceded 60 in their last 5 games.

[Sat 15th Feb 2025] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Crewe Alexandra
Opposition Manager: Lee Bell. Matchday Team: Filip Marshall, Ryan Cooney, Max Sanders, Shilow Tracey (Adrien Thibaut), Joel Tabiner, Matus Holicek, [c] Jack Powell, Max Conway, Connor O'Riordan, Lewis Billington, Tom Lower (Callum Agius)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (8th)
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Attendance: 5,663 (222)

(15.00) Kick Off [ 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 ]
(15.15) Morris passes forward on the edge of the box but straight to a Crewe player who rolls it wide of the empty net.
(15.20) A Gills corner is played to the edge of the box for Little to blaze over. Crewe don't get the goal kick out of their box and McKenzie's shot deflects just wide of the post for a corner.
(15.25) Crewe charge forward and go to slide a shot under Morris who smothers the ball. It runs loose for an advancing attacker to slot into the empty net but he puts it high!
(15.40) A floated cross by Hutton lands on the top of the bar and bounces down besides the left post where a Crewe defender shepherds it out for a goal kick.
(15.42) Gills can't make enough space for a shot and see a couple of efforts blocked from Gale and Nevitt. Eventually Morgan gets a shot at close range which the keeper paries and a corner is conceded.
(15.45) 2 minutes are added to the half.
(15.48) Half time 0-0

(16.04) The second half kicks off.
(16.10) Smith's header on target from a corner beats the 'keeper but is headed off the line for another corner.
(16.15) Gale, from no more than 2 yards out, sees his header saved at point blank range for a corner.
(16.24) Another Gale header is palmed away from the top left corner of the goal for a Gills corner.
(16.26) A vital Gills block denies a goal at the expense of a corner.
(16.28) The Gills make a very attacking quadruple substitution (Dack, Hawkins, Nolan and top-scorer Jayden Clarke).
(16.34) Red Card! Cooney (Crewe) for a second bookable offence.
(16.38) A perfect Nolan cross finds the head of Hawkins who brushes the roof of the net.
(16.42) After a goalmouth scramble, Dack bundles the ball in the net but the ref pulls it back for a foul.
(16.49) The 4th official signals 8 additional minutes.
(16.57) A Gills corner leads to another goalmouth scramble. No idea how we didn't score.
(16.47) FULL TIME 0-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 19th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c98302dyprkt
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntUbKRUIaOk