Gillingham 3-1 Southend United: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 October 2019
Result
Gillingham 3-1 Southend United
League One · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Gillingham 3-1 Southend United: match report
Gillingham defeated Southend United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 October 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Alfie Jones opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Gillingham's goals came from Alfie Jones (43'), Stuart O'Keefe (46') and Brandon Hanlan (87'). Southend United scored through Simon Cox (58').
Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Southend United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Gillingham were 16th on 10 points from 10 and Southend United 21st on 4 points from 10. Gillingham went on to finish that season 11th with 51 points, and Southend United 23rd with 19.
Gillingham lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Southend United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen McLaughlin of Southend United (8.1), ahead of Oliver Lee (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Gillingham wins, 3 draws and 3 for Southend United.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Alfie Jones
- 46'Goal · Stuart O'Keefe
- 57'Yellow card · B. Fuller
- 58'Goal · Simon Cox
- 63'Yellow card · Emile Acquah
- 66'Second yellow · Emile Acquah
- 70'Yellow card · Harry Lennon
- 71'Yellow card · E. Bwomono
- 72'Missed penalty · Mikael Ndjoli
- 74'Missed penalty · Mikael Ndjoli
- 81'Yellow card · R. Kiernan
- 87'Goal · Brandon Hanlan
Head-to-head
Team news
Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jack Bonham, Barry Fuller, Max Ehmer, Connor Ogilvie, Thomas O'Connor, Alfie Jones, Stuart O'Keefe, Mark Byrne, Oliver Lee, Mikael Ndjoli, Brandon Hanlan
Southend United line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Oxley, Jason Demetriou, Harry Lennon, Robert Kiernan, Elvis Bwomono, Isaac Hutchinson, Ethan Hamilton, Mark Milligan, Stephen McLaughlin, Simon Cox, Stephen Humphrys