Gillingham vs Accrington Stanley · League Two
Gillingham
12-13-16
2 – 0
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Accrington Stanley
14-9-18
Priestfield Stadium · Gillingham · England
The game ended Gillingham 2, Accrington Stanley 0 at Priestfield Stadium (crowd 5,383). The goal that settled it came from Andy Smith at the 36-minute mark and Garath McCleary added to the lead after 56 minutes. Tyler Walton was shown a red card at the 81-minute mark Dave Abimbola was shown a red card in added time at the end The game had seven bookings. On 53% of the ball Gillingham shot 12 times to 8 for Accrington. From 12 shots, Gillingham found the target 5 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Priestfield Stadium · Gillingham · England
- Crowd
- 5,383
- Referee
- George Laflin
- Gillingham form
- WWLDD
- Accrington form
- WDWDW
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillingham | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Accrington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
13Fouls18
3Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards2
0Offsides0
6Corner Kicks2
1Saves2
52.8%Possession47.2%
12Shots8
5On Goal0
40%On Target %0%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots4
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
90'+5'
🟥Dave Abimbola
84'
🔁Luke Butterfieldreplacing Shaun Whalley
🔁Louie Dayalreplacing Lenni Rae Cirino
84'
🔁Sam Vokesreplacing Ronan Hale
83'
🔁Conor Mastersonreplacing Andy Smith
83'
81'
🟥Tyler Walton
80'
🟨Patrick Madden
75'
🟨Tyler Walton
74'
🔁Dave Abimbolareplacing Josh Woods
🔁Bradley Dackreplacing Garath McCleary
62'
58'
🔁Devon Matthewsreplacing Connor O'Brien
58'
🔁Patrick Maddenreplacing Dan Martin
58'
🔁Liam Coylereplacing Seamus Conneely
⚽Garath McCleary
56'2 - 0
🔁Jonny Williamsreplacing Armani Little
55'
Half-time · 1-0
🟨Garath McCleary
42'
⚽Andy Smith
36'1 - 0
33'
🟨Josh Woods
🟨Nelson Khumbeni
24'
11'
🟨Oliver Wright
🟨Ronan Hale
11'
Kick-off
Teams
Gillingham4-2-3-1
38🟨↓Hale
32↓Rae Cirino
7⚽🟨↓McCleary
12Palmer-Houlden
27🟨Khumbeni
8↓Little
3Clark
5⚽↓Smith
2Hutton
30Gale
1Morris
Bench
- 23Bradley Dackon for Garath McCleary, 62'
- 25Jake Turner
- 35Louie Dayalon for Lenni Rae Cirino, 84'
- 4Conor Mastersonon for Andy Smith, 83'
- 10Jonny Williamson for Armani Little, 55'
- 19Sam Vokeson for Ronan Hale, 83'
- 9Josh Andrews
Accrington Stanley4-2-3-1
23🟥Walton
39🟨↓Woods
11Sinclair
7↓Whalley
22↓Martin
28↓Conneely
3Sass
2Love
38↓O'Brien
5Rawson
13🟨Wright
Bench
- 17Devon Matthewson for Connor O'Brien, 58'
- 8Patrick Maddenon for Dan Martin, 58' 🟨
- 1Michael Kelly
- 6Liam Coyleon for Seamus Conneely, 58'
- 27Dave Abimbolaon for Josh Woods, 74' 🟥
- 24Luke Butterfieldon for Shaun Whalley, 84'
- 20Charlie Brown
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
2Gillingham wins
2Level
1Accrington wins
Last times they met
FT
Accrington
1–1
Gillingham · 2025-26 English League Two
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Accrington
1–1
Gillingham · 2024-25 English League Two
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Gillingham
1–2
Accrington · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Accrington
1–2
Gillingham · 2023-24 English League Two
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Gillingham
1–0
Accrington · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Gillingham
L5-0L2-0L2-1L2-0D2-2
Last games: Accrington
D0-0L4-0L1-0L2-0W2-0
