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Walsall vs Gillingham Live Stream, Predictions
The League Two meeting at Poundland Bescot Stadium on Saturday sees home side Walsall welcome Gillingham.
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📏 Form Guide
Walsall
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Walsall will play in this game following a 0-0 League Two drawn result versus Swindon Town.
Walsall haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their sum of goals equals just 4 against opposition teams over the course of their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, Walsall have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 7. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend might continue on in this upcoming game or not.
Going into this encounter, Walsall haven't lost in the league to Gillingham in their previous 4 games.
Gillingham
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Gillingham will go into this clash after a 2-0 League Two win as they beat Tranmere Rovers in their previous game.
For Gillingham, the goals were scored by Shaun Williams (32') and Conor Masterson (83').
In 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Gillingham, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell works out to a meagre 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by The Gills standing at 1.
Leading up to this clash, Gillingham:
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 19/11/2016, there has been little to separate the clubs with Walsall winning 2 of those games, Gillingham 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
A sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Saddlers and 4 for The Gills. The average goals per game has been 1.67.
The last league game featuring these sides was League Two match day 5 on 20/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Gillingham 0-0 Walsall.
The referee was Bobby Madley.
📰 Team News: Walsall
The Walsall boss Michael Flynn will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever before this match owing to a fully healthy group available to select from.
It looks as if The Saddlers will probably use a 3-4-1-2 formation for this one, utilising Seny Dieng, Jimmy Dunne, Robert Dickie, Sam Field, Aaron Drewe, Tim Iroegbunam, Stefan Johansen, Jamal Lowe, Taylor Richards, Lyndon Dykes and Chris Martin.
📰 Team News: Gillingham
Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Gillingham manager Neil Harris does not have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this match.
We’re of the thinking that The Gills seem likely to play in a 3-5-2 system by sending out John Ruddy, Kevin Long, Marc Roberts, Auston Trusty, Maxime Colin, George Hall, Krystian Bielik, Alfie Chang, Reda Khadra, Scott Hogan and Lucas Jutkiewicz.
⚡ Prediction
Our feeling is that Gillingham will do well to see themselves scoring against this Walsall lineup who should manage to score & go ahead.
We’re going for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 advantage for Walsall when the full-time whistle blows.
Let’s see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 02:27 14/03/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Walsall
Formed: 1888
Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11,300)
Captain: Donervon Daniels
Chairman: Leigh Pomlett
Manager: Michael Flynn
Competitions: League Two position 14
🔑 Key Player: Isaac Hutchinson
Mostly deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Isaac Hutchinson was born in Eastbourne, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Derby County in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Midfielder has accumulated 4 league goals in this League Two 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in 32 appearances.
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35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 72 | DWWDD |
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35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 66 | LWLWW |
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35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 64 | LWWWW |
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36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 63 | WDWDW |
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36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 59 | WLDDW |
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35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 59 | WWWDD |
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36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 56 | LWDWL |
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34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 55 | WWLWL |
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37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 55 | WDWDL |
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36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 52 | WWDWD |
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35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 50 | WWDLD |
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35 | 15 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 50 | LLDLW |
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36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 48 | LWWDL |
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35 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 45 | DLDLD |
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34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 45 | DLDWW |
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36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 43 | LLLLD |
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35 | 9 | 15 | 11 | -11 | 42 | DDDWL |
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36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 40 | LLDDD |
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35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 38 | WLDDW |
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36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 35 | DLLLL |
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36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 35 | LDDWL |
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36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -26 | 30 | DLDDD |
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34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -21 | 29 | LLLLW |
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36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -24 | 25 | LLDWL |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 25 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 28 |
Time first goal conceded | 30 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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Isaac Hutchinson | 5 |
Tom Knowles | 4 |
Emmanuel Monthe | 2 |
Hayden White | 2 |
Tom Nichols | 4 |
Oliver Hawkins | 2 |
Scott Kashket | 2 |
George Lapslie | 2 |
Shaun Williams | 2 |
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