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
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.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Ryan Inniss
- 41'Penalty goal · J. Wright
- 45+3'Goal · J. Wright
- 45+7'Second yellow · Ryan Inniss
- 75'Yellow card · M. Timlin
- 83'Goal · Nile Ranger
- 88'Yellow card · Ryan Leonard
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ben Coker
Head-to-head
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