w/c 14th February 2026

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Saturday 14th
Match day - Crewe Alexandra v GILLS (EFL Sky Bet League 2)

Sunday 15th
The 0-1 defeat at Crewe made it 2 away defeats in a row by the same scoreline. It was their 270th 0-1 away defeat (their 3rd most common away result) and 20th in 6 seasons. The Gills had not lost by successive away 0-1 results since the 1997/8 season despite several successive away league defeats by the same scoreline since.

Monday 16th
The blank sheet against Crewe was the Gills' 6th in their last 20 league and cup games and followed just 1 in the previous 24 since the start of Gareth Ainsworth's tenure as Gills boss.

Tuesday 17th
Match day - Chesterfield FC v GILLS (EFL Sky Bet League 2)

Wednesday 18th
The Chesterfield loss made it 3 successive away defeats in the league for the first time since the culmination of the 2023/4 season. Those 3 consecutive defeats were the first in one and half seasons after there were 5 runs of 3 away defeats in the 3 seasons prior.

Thursday 19th
The Gills last 3 away games (Notts County, Crewe and Chesterfield) have all ended 0-1. The previous 15 seasons had only seen 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3 and 2 away defeats by a 0-1 scoreline in both league and cup games. They last lost 3 in a row away by a 0-1 scoreline in the 1932/33 season.

Friday 20th
The Gills have won just 16 fouls in their last 3 games and they have won more than 16 in 3 individual matches this season. The last 3 games saw 5, 6 and 5 fouls conceded by their opponents and 5 or fewer had only been won in 6 of the 53 matches before them.