Barrow 2-0 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 5 March 2024

Result

Barrow 2-0 Gillingham

League Two · Tuesday 5 March 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Barrow 2-0 Gillingham: match report

Barrow defeated Gillingham 2-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 5 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

James Chester opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Barrow's goals came from James Chester (40') and Emile Acquah (55'). Gillingham did not score.

Discipline: Barrow received 3 yellow cards; Gillingham received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barrow were 8th on 53 points from 33 and Gillingham 7th on 54 points from 35. Barrow went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Gillingham 12th with 64.

Barrow lined up in a 3-5-2 and Gillingham in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to George Ray of Barrow (8.1), level with James Chester (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Barrow win, 1 draw and 0 for Gillingham.

Going into the match Barrow's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Gillingham's W-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Cole StocktonBarrow
  • 9'Yellow card · Kian SpenceBarrow
  • 39'Yellow card · Ethan ColemanGillingham
  • 40'Goal · James ChesterBarrow · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Emile AcquahBarrow · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Dean CampbellBarrow
  • 66'Yellow card · Jonathan WilliamsGillingham
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Remeao HuttonGillingham
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Conor MastersonGillingham

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Barrow 1, draws 1, Gillingham 0.

Team news

Barrow line-up (3-5-2)

Paul Farman, George Ray, James Chester, Niall Canavan, Tyrell Warren, Kian Spence, Dean Campbell, Robbie Gotts, Elliot Newby, Emile Acquah, Cole Stockton

Gillingham line-up (5-3-2)

Glenn Morris, Remeao Hutton, Conor Masterson, Max Ehmer, Shadrach Ogie, Max Clark, T. Dieng, Ethan Coleman, Jonathan Williams, Ashley Nadesan, Oli Hawkins