Scunthorpe United 1-3 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-3 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Scunthorpe United 1-3 Gillingham: match report

Scunthorpe United were beaten by Gillingham 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 20 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lee Martin opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Scunthorpe United's goal came from Josh Morris (52'). Gillingham scored through Lee Martin (25'), J. Parker (68') and Tom Eaves (73').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 4th on 50 points from 27 and Gillingham 14th on 34 points from 27. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Gillingham 17th with 56.

Scunthorpe United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Gillingham in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Scunthorpe United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Lee MartinGillingham · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United
  • 41'Yellow card · C. ReillyGillingham
  • 43'Yellow card · Tom EavesGillingham
  • 52'Goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · J. ParkerGillingham · 1-2
  • 73'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 1-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Connor OgilvieGillingham

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Scunthorpe United 5, draws 2, Gillingham 2.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Rory Watson, Murray Wallace, Charlie Goode, Cameron Burgess, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Hakeeb Adelakun, Kevin van Veen, Tom Hopper, Duane Holmes

Gillingham line-up (4-4-2)

Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Max Ehmer, Gabriel Zakuani, Bradley Garmston, Jake Hessenthaler, Callum Reilly, Mark Byrne, Tom Eaves, Lee Martin, Josh Parker