Sunderland 4-2 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Tuesday 19 February 2019

Result

Sunderland 4-2 Gillingham

League One · Tuesday 19 February 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Sunderland 4-2 Gillingham: match report

Sunderland defeated Gillingham 4-2 in the League One on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The half-time score was 2-2.

L. Cattermole opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sunderland's goals came from L. Cattermole (4'), Tom Flanagan (10'), Will Grigg (66', penalty) and Aiden McGeady (77', penalty). Gillingham scored through Tom Eaves (6') and Brandon Hanlan (40').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 59 points from 31 and Gillingham 17th on 36 points from 32. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Gillingham 13th with 55.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 0 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · L. CattermoleSunderland · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 1-1
  • 10'Goal · Tom FlanaganSunderland · 2-1
  • 34'Yellow card · G. BurkeGillingham
  • 40'Goal · Brandon HanlanGillingham · 2-2
  • 54'Yellow card · George HoneymanSunderland
  • 59'Yellow card · Mark ByrneGillingham
  • 65'Yellow card · Leonardo LopesGillingham
  • 66'Penalty goal · Will GriggSunderland · 3-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Jimmy DunneSunderland
  • 77'Penalty goal · Aiden McGeadySunderland · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 0, Gillingham 0.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jon McLaughlin, Luke O'Nien, Tom Flanagan, Jimmy Dunne, Reece James, Lee Cattermole, Grant Leadbitter, Chris Maguire, George Honeyman, Aiden McGeady, Will Grigg

Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Max Ehmer, Connor Ogilvie, Mark Byrne, Leonardo Lopes, Barry Fuller, Darren Oldaker, Graham Burke, Brandon Hanlan, Tom Eaves