Gillingham 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 20 February 2021
Result
Gillingham 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 20 February 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Gillingham 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Gillingham won against Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 20 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
John Akinde opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Gillingham's goals came from John Akinde (67') and John Akinde (90+1'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gillingham were 15th on 37 points from 28 and Bristol Rovers 18th on 27 points from 27. Gillingham went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.
Gillingham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Akinde of Gillingham (8.4), ahead of Jack Tucker (8.1).
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-W-L-D-W and Bristol Rovers's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 52'Yellow card · Brandon Hanlan
- 53'Yellow card · Steve Evans
- 67'Goal · John Akinde
- 70'Yellow card · Jonah Ayunga
- 73'Missed penalty · John Akinde
- 84'Yellow card · Luke McCormick
- 89'Yellow card · Jack Baldwin
- 90+1'Goal · John Akinde
Head-to-head
Team news
Gillingham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Robbie Cundy, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Kyle Dempsey, Callum Slattery, Jordan Graham, Oliver Lee, A. MacDonald, John Akinde
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joe Day, Jack Baldwin, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, G. Williams, Joshua Grant, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, James Daly, Brandon Hanlan, Jonah Ayunga