Accrington Stanley 3-1 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Accrington Stanley 3-1 Gillingham

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Wham Stadium, Accrington · half-time 2-1

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Accrington Stanley 3-1 Gillingham: match report

Accrington Stanley beat Gillingham 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Wham Stadium. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Stefan Mols opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Stefan Mols (11'), Josh Woods (28') and Josh Woods (66'). Gillingham scored through an own goal by Devon Matthews (31').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 17th on 11 points from 10 and Gillingham 4th on 16 points from 10. In the current table Accrington Stanley are 9th on 19 points and Gillingham are 8th on 20 points.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Gillingham in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Woods of Accrington Stanley (9.6), ahead of Stefan Mols (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Accrington Stanley wins, 3 draws and 5 for Gillingham.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Devon MatthewsAccrington Stanley
  • 11'Goal · Stefan MolsAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Donald LoveAccrington Stanley
  • 21'Yellow card · Harry WaldockGillingham
  • 28'Goal · Josh WoodsAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 31'Own goal · Devon MatthewsGillingham · 2-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Armani LittleGillingham
  • 66'Goal · Josh WoodsAccrington Stanley · 3-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Ronan HaleGillingham

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
8Gillingham145542019+120WLDLW
9Accrington Stanley144732317+619DWDWD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 2, draws 3, Gillingham 5.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-1-2)

Louie Moulden, Donald Love, Devon Matthews, Joe Anderson, Connor O'Brien, Aidan Borland, Stefan Mols, David Tutonda, Josh Woods, Tyler Walton, Charlie Warren

Gillingham line-up (3-4-3)

Oliver Wright, Andy Smith, Omar Beckles, Logan Dobbs, Nick Freeman, Robbie McKenzie, Armani Little, James Brophy, Harry Waldock, Lamin Sillah, Ronan Hale

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