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Match Preview – Gillingham (A)

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This evening sees a long trip to Gillingham’s Priestfield Stadium with the Gills squad containing former Alex striker Vadaine Oliver. NB: This is a 6:00 pm kick-off.

This season:

They sit in 13th place in the league after wins against Wigan Athletic, Blackpool, Oxford United, us, AFC Wimbledon, Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town, Rochdale and Accrington Stanley, they have drawn with Shrewsbury Town, Charlton Athletic and Rochdale while they have lost against Hull City, MK Dons, Portsmouth, Fleetwood Town, Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Doncaster Rovers, Accrington, Northampton Town, Plymouth Argyle and Burton Albion.

In the cups, they have lost to Exeter City in the 2nd Round of the FA Cup after knocking Woking out in Round 1 while they lost at Stoke City in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round after defeating Southend United and Coventry City (on pens) in the previous rounds. In the EFL Trophy, they finished 2nd in their group following a win against Crawley Town and defeats to Ipswich Town and Arsenal’s Under-21s (on pens) before losing to Cambridge United in Round 2.

Transfers:

Since the last meeting, they have signed Tyreke Johnson on a permanent deal (after initially arriving on loan) with loan deals agreed for midfielders Callum Slattery and Olly Lee joined by defender Robbie Cundy.

Head-to-Head:

Alex Wins: 22
Gills Wins: 20
Draws: 8

Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra in November 2004
Biggest Gillingham Win: 4-0 at Priestfield Stadium in December 1962

Last Meeting:

Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Gillingham, 25th February 2012

Substitute John Akinde, minutes after coming off the bench, scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute.

Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Offord, Beckles, Pickering; Ainley (Finney 75), Wintle, Lowery (Zanzala 88); Powell (Dale 69), Mandron, Kirk

Gills: Lumley; Jackson, Tucker, Ogilvie, Medley; Graham, Dempsey, McKenzie, O’Connor (Willock 90); Coyle (Akinde 55), Oliver (Samuel 71)

Played for Both:

The following players have been contracted to both teams:

Goalkeepers: Bertrand Bossu, Phil Kite, Steve Mautone

Defenders: Gary Armstrong, Don Campbell, Darren Carr, Donervon Daniels, Sam Davies, Geoff Hudson, Peter Johnson, Ian Macowat, Ben Nugent, Efe Sodje, David Wright

Midfielders: Billy Bingham, Justin Cochrane, John Crabbe, Phil Handford, Danny Hollands, Terry Nicholl, Les Riggs

Forwards: Harry Anstiss, Bill Baldwin, Febian Brandy, Chris Dickson, Jack Doran, Peter Henderson, Francis Joseph, Mikael Mandron, Lee Matthews, Fred Morris, Vadaine Oliver

Officials:

The officials for this game have been announced here with Alan Young the referee, Darren Blunden and Dean Treleaven are his assistants with Matthew Lee the fourth official. Here are the games that Young has refereed the Alex in the last 5 years:

  • Crewe Alexandra 6-0 Morecambe (4th August 2018) – Kirk, Nicholls (2), Jones (2), Porter
  • Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Walsall (17th August 2019) – Nolan

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