Gillingham face off with visiting opponents Doncaster Rovers at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in this League Two meeting on Saturday.
View all of the Gillingham v Doncaster Rovers predictions, poll and stats below (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Gillingham
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Gillingham will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-1 League Two losing effort in their last game against Mansfield Town.
The only player to score from Gillingham was Timothรฉe Dieng (19'). Davis Keillor-Dunn (77') and Stephen McLaughlin (80') scored for Mansfield Town.
Stephen Clemence's Gillingham have celebrated scoring a sum total of 8 times in their prior half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures stands at 10.
Going into this one, Gillingham haven't been defeated in their previous 10 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
Doncaster Rovers
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Doncaster Rovers will come into the encounter following on from a 1-4 League Two win with the eclipse of Colchester United in their most recent outing.
For Doncaster Rovers, the scorers were Luke Molyneux (14'), Harrison Biggins (22'), Tom Anderson (76') and Joe Ironside (85'). Jayden Fevrier (9') scored for Colchester United.
A run of reliable performances from the Doncaster Rovers defensive players has resulted in their โgoals againstโ tally amounting to 3 from their last 6 clashes combined. During the same period of time, their forwards have scored 16.
Going into this encounter, Doncaster Rovers have not beaten Gillingham when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league matches. Not good.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head to head clashes going back to 20/03/2021 tells us that Gillingham have won 3 of them and Doncaster Rovers 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A total of 11 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 from The Gills and 5 netted by The Rovers. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.
The last league fixture between these clubs was League Two match day 9 on 23/09/2023 when it ended Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham.
The referee was Thomas Parsons.
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Team News: Gillingham
The Gillingham manager Stephen Clemence has zero fitness concerns at all before this match thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection.
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Team News: Doncaster Rovers
Due to a fully healthy group available for selection, the Doncaster Rovers boss Grant McCann does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.
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Prediction
It seems to us that Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham could both well score here although itโs hard to see a clear-cut winner.
Letโs see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a draw. Weโre therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
02:01 27/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Gillingham
Formed: 1893
Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11,582)
Captain: Shaun Williams
Chairman: Brad Galinson
Manager: Stephen Clemence
Competitions: League Two position 11
โญ Star Man: Connor Mahoney
Mostly taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Connor Mahoney was born in Blackburn, England. After making a first senior appearance for Accrington Stanley in the 2013 - 2014 season, the goalscoring Forward has hit 7 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 38 appearances.