Gillingham 0-2 Sunderland: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

Gillingham 0-2 Sunderland

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Gillingham · Sunderland · League One predictions

Gillingham 0-2 Sunderland: match report

Gillingham lost to Sunderland 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Chris Maguire opened the scoring in the 84th minute. Gillingham did not score. Sunderland scored through Chris Maguire (84', penalty) and Lynden Gooch (90+4').

Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Gillingham were 16th on 10 points from 9 and Sunderland 7th on 15 points from 8. Gillingham went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Sunderland 4th with 80.

Gillingham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Maguire of Sunderland (8.4), ahead of Lee Burge (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Gillingham win, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 40'Yellow card · Ryan JacksonGillingham
  • 59'Missed penalty · J. GrahamGillingham
  • 61'Red card · Alex MacDonaldGillingham
  • 84'Penalty goal · Chris MaguireSunderland · 0-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Lynden GoochSunderland · 0-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Gillingham 1, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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Gillingham line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Lumley, Ryan Jackson, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Zech Medley, Jordan Graham, Robbie McKenzie, Kyle Dempsey, A. MacDonald, Dominic Samuel, Vadaine Oliver

Sunderland line-up (3-5-2)

Lee Burge, Connor McLaughlin, Bailey Wright, Tom Flanagan, Luke O'Nien, Josh Scowen, Grant Leadbitter, Lynden Gooch, Denver Hume, Aiden O'Brien, Charlie Wyke