[ 26 Oct 24 ] Swindon Town v GILLS Match Thread

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- Results between the sides are very even - the Gills have won 35 meetings whilst Swindon have won 36. A further 33 matches have been drawn. The Gills are unbeaten in 6 ties with Swindon, winning 3 of them.
- The Gills last defeat at the County Ground (and Swindon's last win against the Gills home or away), came in February 2017 and they have won 2 and drawn 1 of the 3 visits since. The Gills have won 4 of their last 6 visits, scoring 3 goals in 4 of them, and lost 1 of the last 7.
- After Newport beat the Gills with previously just 1 away win in 9 with the others ending in defeats, the Gills face a Swindon side who have 1 home league win in 7 (4 defeats) and they are winless in their last 3.
- Swindon's last 56 league and cup games have seen them lose 31 of them and they conceded goals in all bar 7 of them. The Gills have kept clean sheets in 6 of their 13 league matches this season but none in their last 5.
- In all competitions, Swindon have won 3 games this season and in their 19 league and cup games since their last win last season. In those 19 games, they have lost 10 of them including their most recent 2 league games.
- The Gills have conceded 2 goals in each of their last 4 league matches after having not conceded more than 1 in the 9 matches which preceded them. Swindon have conceded 2 goals in each of their last 3 league games - 3 of 7 in which Swindon conceded at least twice.
- Swindon have conceded 4 leads in their last 2 league matches. They have taken just 3 leads in their 13 league games (2 at home and none in their last 3) which is the fewest number of leads taken in the division.
- Swindon have taken 38 shots on target in League 2 this season - only 3 behind Newport as the side with the fewest. Swindon's 38 account for 26.6% of all their attempts at goal, the lowest accuracy in the division.

EFL Sky Bet League 2: Swindon Town v Gillingham FC
Opposition Manager: Marcus Bignot, Steve Mildenhall and Gavin Gunning (Interim managers). Matchday Team: Jack Bycroft, Will Wright, Grant Hall, Tunmise Sobowale, George Cox (Rosaire Longelo), Gavin Kilkenny, [c] Ollie Clarke (Harrison Minturn), Joel McGregor (Miguel Freckleton), Danny Butterworth (Joel Cotterill), Aaron Drinan (Kabongo Tshimanga), Harry Smith
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (22nd)
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Attendance: 7,325 (1,105)

(15:00) Kick Off [ 5 - 3 - 2 ]
(15.05) Dieng brings the ball down well and chooses to go near post but fires his shot into the side netting.
(15.09) Red Card! Grant Hall (Swindon) is sent off for a strong follow through challenge on Dieng after the referee gave a yellow but then consulted with the linesman.
(15.14) Hawkins strikes the face of the bar. Swindon can't clear, the 'keeper spills an effort and the Gills press hard and ends with Hawkins putting the ball wide from 6 yards out.
(15.16) GOAL! Swindon Town 0-1 Gillingham FC: Dieng
(15.30) Jayden Clarke looks to shoot but he appears to have been bundled over. It is deemed he went down a little easily, another shot is blocked and Euan Williams puts the rebound over.
(15.41) Harry Smith stretches to reach a cross but guides his header just wide into the side netting.
(15.42) Dieng gets a good header in which is saved well.
(15.45) There will be 6 minutes of additional time.
(15.52) Half time 0-1

(16.08) The second half kicks off.
(16.10) Wakeling, through on goal, is denied a goal-scoring opportunity by a last ditch tackle by former-Gill Wright.
(16.31) Little has a good shot which is deflected wide and could have gone anywhere.
(16.53) The 4th official indicates there will 4 minutes added to the end of the game.
(16.55) GOAL! Swindon Town 1-1 Gillingham FC: Smith
(16.55) Swindon score from their first shot on target.
(16.58) FULL TIME 1-1

Gills' League Position After Game: 11th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cy0l00lnd11t
Match highlights:

[Garawa]

Joy......new manager appointed today so bet this is another team we can help end a poor run of form for! Nobody seems to do that for us! Ian Holloway a decent manager at this level as well! He watches today and takes over on Monday so will they still have the new manager bounce?