Gillingham - Walsall

Logo Gillingham
Gillingham
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League Two Season 2026 - Round 1
0 - 3
Finished
Referee: E. Heaslip
Logo Walsall
Walsall
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Result

Ball possession

44%
56%

Timeline

12'
Elicha Ahui
Armani Little (out)
Robbie McKenzie (in)
31'
Liam Gordon (out)
(in)
37'
Andrew Smith
43'
46'
Elicha Ahui (out)
(in)
Kadeem Harris
47'
55'
Charlie Crew
Robbie McKenzie
58'
60'
Lewis Simper (out)
Courtney Clarke (in)
60'
Charlie Crew (out)
Isaac Moore (in)
67'
Andrew Dallas (out)
Tai Sodje (in)
Kadeem Harris (out)
Garath McCleary (in)
72'
Will Goodwin (out)
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (in)
72'
74'
Mason Hancock (out)
(in)
81'
0-1
Isaac Moore
89'
0-2
James Connolly
90'
0-3
Aaron Presley
Ronan Hale
90+3'

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Unibet William Hill
1 Gillingham 2.26 2.40 2.30 2.38 2.37 2.30 2.38 2.39 2.38 2.46 2.21 2.28 2.30
X Draw 3.35 3.18 3.10 3.20 3.15 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.18 3.29 3.01 3.20 3.10
2 Walsall 3.00 2.93 2.90 3.10 3.00 3.00 2.90 3.05 2.91 2.96 2.74 3.00 2.90

Previous confrontations (H2H)

3 Gillingham
9 Draw
6 Walsall
39% Over 2.5 goals
56% Both teams scored
2.1 Goals per match
Logo Gillingham 6 | Logo Walsall 6 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Walsall 4-1 Gillingham (2023)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Gillingham
0.83
Logo Walsall
1.28
Goals in home matches
Logo Gillingham
0.44
Logo Walsall
1.78
Goals in away matches
Logo Gillingham
1.22
Logo Walsall
0.78
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

Gillingham
Walsall
7
Shots on goal
5
7
Shots off goal
5
17
Total shots
17
3
Blocked shots
7
13
Shots inside box
15
4
Shots outside box
2
12
Fouls
8
6
Corners
9
4
Yellow cards
2
2
Goalkeeper saved
7
309
Total passes
392
203
Passes success
293
66%
Passes %
75%
1.77
Expected goals (xG)
3.45

Stadion

Stadion name

Priestfield Stadium

Capacity

11582

Address

Redfern Avenue
Gillingham, Kent

table 2026

League Two
Team Pts
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 9
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town 9
Barnet Barnet 8
Walsall Walsall 8
Crewe Crewe 8
Oldham Oldham 7
Cheltenham Cheltenham 7
York York 7
Colchester Colchester 7
Swindon Town Swindon Town 7
Tranmere Tranmere 6
Grimsby Grimsby 6
Salford City Salford City 6
Rotherham Rotherham 5
Newport County Newport County 4
Exeter City Exeter City 4
Chesterfield Chesterfield 4
Crawley Town Crawley Town 4
Northampton Northampton 3
Rochdale Rochdale 3
Gillingham Gillingham 3
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 3
Accrington ST Accrington ST 2
Port Vale Port Vale 2
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Gillingham Gillingham — Formation: 3-4-2-1
Coach: Gareth Ainsworth
40
Ashley Maynard-Brewer
5
Andrew Smith
19
Omar Beckles
4
Liam Gordon
22
Nicholas Freeman
15
8
Armani Little
7
Kadeem Harris
10
Ronan Hale
16
James Brophy
9
Will Goodwin
19
Aaron Presley
11
Reece Smith
9
Andrew Dallas
10
Lewis Simper
6
Sven Sprangler
8
Charlie Crew
3
Mason Hancock
4
James Connolly
25
Declan Skura
22
Elicha Ahui
1
Jed Ward
Walsall — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Walsall
Coach: Darren Byfield

Substitutes

Substitutes Gillingham

Name Age Position
Kate Holtam - Goalkeeper
Robbie McKenzie 27 Defender
Cameron Antwi 24 Midfielder
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden - Midfielder
Conor McManus 22 Midfielder
Garath McCleary 39 Attacker

Substitutes Walsall

Name Age Position
Courtney Clarke 29 Midfielder
Albert Danquah Adomah 38 Midfielder
Tai Sodje - Midfielder
Isaac Moore 20 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
1 Logo Walsall Jed Ward 9.3 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 38 - 26 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - 7 0 0 0 0
19 Logo Walsall Aaron Presley 8.0 90 Attacker 1 0 2 2 19 1 12 - - - 14 9 1 - 1 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Gillingham Armani Little 7.7 31 Midfielder - 0 - - 19 1 18 1 - 1 4 4 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Walsall James Connolly ©️ 7.6 90 Defender 1 0 2 1 62 1 44 1 - - 16 11 1 1 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Walsall Isaac Moore (sub) 7.6 30 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 17 2 12 1 1 - 4 3 2 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Gillingham James Brophy 7.2 90 Attacker - 0 2 - 40 3 29 - - - 8 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Walsall Declan Skura 7.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 38 - 29 1 - 1 12 6 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Walsall Mason Hancock 7.2 74 Defender - 0 - - 48 1 35 1 - 1 8 5 2 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Walsall Courtney Clarke (sub) 7.2 30 Midfielder - 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 - 8 3 2 1 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Walsall Roman Dixon (sub) 7.0 45 Defender - 0 - - 11 - 9 2 - 2 8 3 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Gillingham Omar Beckles 6.9 90 Defender - 0 1 1 40 - 30 3 2 2 11 7 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Gillingham Liam Gordon ©️ 6.9 37 Defender - 0 - - 17 - 13 1 - - 5 3 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Gillingham Robbie McKenzie (sub) 6.9 59 Midfielder - 0 - - 19 2 18 2 1 - 10 5 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Gillingham Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (sub) 6.9 18 Attacker - 0 1 - 6 - 3 2 - - 11 6 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Walsall Charlie Crew 6.9 60 Midfielder - 0 1 - 30 - 24 - - - 3 1 - - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Walsall Tai Sodje (sub) 6.9 23 Attacker - 0 - - 10 - 7 1 - - 5 4 2 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Walsall Harrison Burke (sub) 6.9 16 Defender - 0 - - 6 1 5 - 1 1 2 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Walsall Sven Sprangler 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 45 - 38 3 - 2 9 4 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Walsall Reece Smith 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 2 - 31 3 23 - - 1 9 6 4 4 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Gillingham Nicholas Freeman 6.6 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 16 1 10 1 - 1 5 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Gillingham Zane Albarus 6.6 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 16 - 13 3 1 - 19 8 - - 5 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Gillingham Ronan Hale 6.6 90 Attacker - 0 4 3 18 1 14 - - - 19 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Walsall Elicha Ahui 6.6 45 Defender - 0 - - 13 - 8 3 - 1 8 5 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Gillingham Kadeem Harris 6.5 72 Midfielder - 0 1 1 19 1 14 2 - 3 8 2 5 - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Gillingham Garath McCleary (sub) 6.3 18 Midfielder - 0 - - 8 - 4 1 - - 4 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Walsall Lewis Simper 6.3 60 Midfielder - 0 - - 9 - 8 1 - - 7 2 1 - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Walsall Andrew Dallas 6.3 67 Midfielder - 0 - - 13 2 12 1 - - 15 8 3 1 1 4 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Gillingham Will Goodwin 6.0 72 Attacker - 0 5 2 9 - 2 - - - 12 4 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
40 Logo Gillingham Ashley Maynard-Brewer 5.9 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 42 - 13 - - - 1 1 - - - 1 0 0 - 2 3 0 0 0
5 Logo Gillingham Andrew Smith 5.3 90 Defender - 0 - - 18 2 12 - - 2 7 1 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
13 Logo Gillingham Taite Holtam (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Gillingham Conor McManus (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Gillingham Cameron Antwi (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Walsall Jenson Kirloy (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
37 Logo Walsall Albert Danquah Adomah (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -