[ 7 Mar 26 ] GILLS v Fleetwood Town Match Thread

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- The Gills have only won 4 of the 20 meetings with Fleetwood and the visitors have won 10. Fleetwood have won the last 2 matches with the Gills after 2 games ended 0-0. The Gills are winless in 9 meetings (losing 5) since 3 consecutive wins in just over 10 months,
- Since the Gills last win against Fleetwood, a home win back in November 2018, they have failed to win any of the last 3 home games (2 defeats) against the Cod Army and failed to score in 2 of those games. In total, the Gills have won 3 and lost 4 of the 9 home games against them.
- Fleetwood won the reverse fixture giving them back-to-back league wins but they have only won 4 of the 13 league games since. They are, however, unbeaten in 5 games (3 wins) home and away following 5 defeats in 6 league games and 8 in 10 in all competitions.
- Fleetwood's 4 wins in 13 games have seen 3 of them come in away games where they are unbeaten in 4. They have won 4 (and lost 2) of their 8 away league games since a winless spell of 6 (5 defeats).
- The Gills have suffered 3 blank sheets in their last 4 games. Fleetwood have enjoyed 3 clean sheets in their last 4 games following just 2 in the 24 league games that preceded them.
- 19 of the 411 matches in League 2 have seen a side prevent their opponents from having a shot on target. Fleetwood are 1 of 5 sides to have stopped their opponents having at least 1 shot on target in 2 games - both coming in their last 4 games. The Gills stopped Barrow in their previous match.
- Fleetwood have been behind in the league 24 times but only 8 of those have come in their away games. They have not found themselves behind in any of their last 4 games and have had only 1 away deficit in the last 6.
- The League 2 average for fouls is currently 11.8 per team per match. The Gills have only won 39 in their last 5 games (an average of 7.8 per game) but conceded 67 (13.4). Fleetwood have only won 33 (an average of 6.6 per game) but conceded 62 (12.4).

[Sat 7th March 2026] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC v Fleetwood Town
Opposition Manager: Matt Lawlor (interim) Matchday Team: Jay Lynch, Finlay Potter, Conor Haughey, Shaun Rooney, Harrison Neal, Mitch Clark, Ethan Ennis, Mark Helm, [c] Elliot Bonds (Will Davies), Esapa Osong (Crispin McLean), Ched Evans (Owen Davenport)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (13th)
Referee: Lewis Sandoe
Attendance: 5,297 (69)

(15:00) Kick Off [ 5 - 3 - 2 ]
(15.13) Pinball in the Fleetwood box sees a number of Gills blocks. The ball is eventually forced through to Hutton who fires wide across the face of goal.
(15.18) Williams forces a point blank save.
(15.31) A second chance for Fleetwood who finds Turner making a fantastic block at close range
(15.37) Fleetwood play the ball across the face of goal and somehow no contact is made from 3 yards out and Clark clears away the danger.
(15.44) Hale gets onto a long through ball. As he collects, the keeper touches the ball and brings down the Gills attacker. Despite the appeals, the 50/50 ends in a goal kick.
(15.45) 1 minute will be added.
(15.46) Half time 0-0

(16.02) The second half kicks off.
(16.14) A turn and shoot chance for the visitors goes just over the right hand corner of the Gills goal.
(16.17) Gillingham 1-0 Fleetwood Town: Palmer-Houlden
(16.36) Fleetwood attacking constantly. The ball runs loose and Jonny Williams hacks the ball away before Fleetwood send a fierce drive just over the bar.
(16.43) Fantastic finger tip save to tip over by Turner from a Fleetwood direct free kick.
(16.44) Fleetwood hit the cross bar.
(16.47) The 4th official indicates a minimum of 5 additional minutes.
(16.47) Gillingham 1-1 Fleetwood Town: Rooney
(16.52) FULL TIME 1-1

Gills' League Position After Game: 16th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwykw8nx03et
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y09JJJG2hU