Gillingham 2-1 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 February 2017

Result

Gillingham 2-1 Southend United

League One · Saturday 25 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Gillingham 2-1 Southend United: match report

Gillingham defeated Southend United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 February 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

J. Wright opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Gillingham's goals came from J. Wright (41', penalty) and J. Wright (45+3'). Southend United scored through Nile Ranger (83').

Discipline: Gillingham received no yellow cards; Southend United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Gillingham were 18th on 36 points from 33 and Southend United 5th on 53 points from 33. Gillingham went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Southend United 7th with 72.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Gillingham wins, 4 draws and 2 for Southend United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Ryan InnissSouthend United
  • 41'Penalty goal · J. WrightGillingham · 1-0
  • 45+3'Goal · J. WrightGillingham · 2-0
  • 45+7'Second yellow · Ryan InnissSouthend United
  • 75'Yellow card · M. TimlinSouthend United
  • 83'Goal · Nile RangerSouthend United · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Ryan LeonardSouthend United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ben CokerSouthend United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gillingham 4, draws 4, Southend United 2.

Team news

Gillingham line-up

Stuart Nelson, Max Ehmer, Zeshan Rehman, Ryan Jackson, Scott Wagstaff, Emmanuel Osadebe, Josh Wright, Rory Donnelly, Cody McDonald, Lee Martin, Joe Quigley

Southend United line-up

Ted Smith, Ben Coker, Adam Thompson, Ryan Inniss, Anthony Wordsworth, Michael Timlin, Jermaine McGlashan, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Simon Cox, Marc-Antoine Fortune