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6¹ JOHNSON was put clear by EGAN and he beat the 'keeper but drilled his shot wide. 8¹ GOAL!! A Sheffield Weds. counter-attack allowed SMITH to setup JOHNSON with a simple goal. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.) 23¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in FOX driving the ball wide. 25¹ PALMER headed wide. 31¹ A free-kick from JOHNSON flew wide. 38¹ GOAL!! A long drive from OSEI-TUTU deflected off the legs of VAULKS and into his own net. (1-1) 41¹ A twenty yard drive from JOHNSON caused KOVÁR little difficulty. 42¹ VAULKS cautioned by PROBERT. 43¹ GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Gillingham, after BANNAN had fouled CHARLES-COOK which SURRIDGE comfortably converted. (2-1 Gillingham) 0² BANNAN beat OGILVIE and whacked the ball to SMITH who fired his effort wide. 4² RIIS flicked a deadly shot just beyond the far post from long range. 5² GOAL!! A wonderful shot from PALMER was punched clear by the Gillingham 'keeper only as far as SMITH who placed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (2-2) 8² A drive from SURRIDGE seemed a certain goal but PEACOCK-FARRELL managed to force the ball clear. 16² A accurate pass bobbled toward FOX and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide. 19² A cross from PALMER left FOX in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 21² GOAL!! A great solo effort from SURRIDGE who beat four defenders before blasting the ball in off the post. (3-2 Gillingham) 24² SURRIDGE ran onto a wonderful ball from CHARLES-COOK but dragged his effort wide. 28² BANNAN snapped at an easy chance. 29² A right foot effort from GRANT was clawed past the post by the 'keeper. 34² MURPHY chipped the ball to EGAN who forced it just beyond the near post. 39² Uncertainty in the Gillingham defence enabled PALMER to thump an effort inches wide. 41² SMITH hoofed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.

Gillingham   League position: 9 Home league form: WWWW Overall league form: OWLLWWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Matej KOVÁR 6  1 5½ Bailey PEACOCK-FARRELL Jordi OSEI-TUTU 6½ 2 8½ John EGAN Alfie DOUGHTY 7  3 7  Morgan FOX Regan CHARLES-COOK 7½ 4 7  Barry BANNAN (c)Christoph ZIMMERMANN 7½ 5 6½ Will VAULKS Connor OGILVIE 6½ 6 7  Julian BÖRNER Shaun WILLIAMS 6½ 7 7½ Jacob MURPHY(c) Jorge GRANT 6  8 7½ Marvin JOHNSON (p)Sam SURRIDGE 7½ 9 7  Michael SMITH(p) (f)Emil RIIS 6½ 10 7  Liam PALMER(f) Tom NICHOLS 5½ 11 6½ IVAN Ricardo CAVALEIRO Manager Kian BEST    12    Tom LEES Egil SELVIK    13    Cameron DAWSON Hakeeb ADELAKUN    14    Adam REACH Ethan COLEMAN    15    Steven FLETCHER Stuart O'KEEFE    16 6½ Joshua ONOMAH

Sheffield Weds.   League position: 15 Away league form: WWLL Overall league form: WWWWWLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Gillingham 3 Sheffield Weds. 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 11,293, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Lee Probert 5½) Vaulks 38¹ (og), Surridge 43¹ (pen), Surridge 21² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Johnson 8¹, Smith 5²   Ivan CavaleiroóOnomah 22²       Vaulks 42¹ 1 3 8 2 2 6 6 5 5 13 11 18 2 3 46% 54% ¶ Man of the match: John Egan ¶