Gillingham 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 April 2016
Result
Gillingham 2-3 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 23 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Gillingham 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Gillingham lost to Shrewsbury Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 23 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sullay Kaikai opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Cody McDonald (45+3') and J. Hessenthaler (61'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Sullay Kaikai (16'), Andy Mangan (56') and J. Akpa Akpro (81').
Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Shrewsbury Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gillingham were 7th on 69 points from 43 and Shrewsbury Town 20th on 47 points from 42. Gillingham went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Shrewsbury Town 20th with 50.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Gillingham wins, 4 draws and 4 for Shrewsbury Town.
Going into the match Gillingham's last five read D-L-L-D-D and Shrewsbury Town's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Sullay Kaikai
- 33'Yellow card · Zak Whitbread
- 35'Yellow card · Aaron Morris
- 44'Yellow card · James Wesolowski
- 45+3'Goal · Cody McDonald
- 56'Goal · Andy Mangan
- 61'Goal · J. Hessenthaler
- 81'Goal · J. Akpa Akpro
- 90'Yellow card · Jack Hendry
- 90+4'Yellow card · J. Akpa Akpro
Head-to-head
Team news
Gillingham line-up
Stuart Nelson, John Egan, Max Ehmer, Aaron Morris, Bradley Garmston, Jake Hessenthaler, Bradley Dack, Josh Wright, Deji Oshilaja, Cody McDonald, Luke Norris
Shrewsbury Town line-up
Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Zak Whitbread, Jack Grimmer, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Jack Hendry, Sullay Kaikai, James Wesolowski, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Andrew Mangan, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro