Milton Keynes Dons 3-2 Gillingham: result and report
League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025
Result
Milton Keynes Dons 3-2 Gillingham
League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Milton Keynes Dons 3-2 Gillingham: match report
Milton Keynes Dons won against Gillingham 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from an own goal by Sam Gale (6'), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (57') and Callum Paterson (69'). Gillingham scored through S. Palmer-Houlden (76') and Jonathan Williams (90+4').
Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 9th on 15 points from 10 and Gillingham 3rd on 21 points from 10. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Gillingham 17th with 53.
Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 4-3-3 and Gillingham in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathaniel Méndez-Laing of Milton Keynes Dons (7.5), ahead of Sam Gale (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Milton Keynes Dons wins, 1 draw and 5 for Gillingham.
Key events
- 6'Own goal · Sam Gale
- 34'Yellow card · Andy Smith
- 57'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
- 60'Yellow card · Remeao Hutton
- 63'Yellow card · Josh Andrews
- 63'Yellow card · Laurence Maguire
- 69'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 76'Goal · S. Palmer-Houlden
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jonathan Leko
- 90+4'Goal · Jonathan Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-3-3)
Craig MacGillivray, Luke Offord, Marvin Ekpiteta, Laurence Maguire, Jon Mellish, Will Collar, Liam Kelly, Alex Gilbey, Aaron Nemane, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing
Gillingham line-up (3-4-1-2)
Glenn Morris, Sam Gale, Andy Smith, Shadrach Ogie, Remeao Hutton, Robbie McKenzie, Ethan Coleman, Aaron Rowe, Jonathan Williams, Elliott Nevitt, Josh Andrews