Gillingham 4-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 December 2017
Result
Gillingham 4-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Gillingham 4-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Gillingham won against Bristol Rovers 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mark Byrne opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Mark Byrne (28'), Alex Lacey (37'), J. Parker (47') and Mark Byrne (53'). Bristol Rovers scored through Liam Sercombe (90+1').
Discipline: Gillingham received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Gillingham were 21st on 20 points from 21 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 27 points from 21. Gillingham went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Gillingham wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Gillingham's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Bristol Rovers's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 28'Missed penalty · Mark Byrne
- 28'Goal · Mark Byrne
- 37'Goal · Alex Lacey
- 47'Goal · J. Parker
- 53'Goal · Mark Byrne
- 65'Yellow card · Adam Smith
- 65'Missed penalty · Mark Byrne
- 67'Yellow card · Lee Martin
- 90+1'Goal · Liam Sercombe
- 90+4'Yellow card · Max Ehmer
Head-to-head
Team news
Gillingham line-up
Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Alex Lacey, Max Ehmer, Ben Nugent, Sean Clare, Scott Wagstaff, Mark Byrne, Tom Eaves, Lee Martin, Josh Parker
Bristol Rovers line-up
Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney