Barnsley v Gillingham

Last time out - Barnsley Team:

Nick Townsend

Reece Wabara

Lewin Nyatanga

Alfie Mawson

George Smith

Josh Scowen

Conor Hourihane

Ben Pearson

Kadeem Harris

Sam Winnall

Marley Watkins

Head to Head

Last six Barnsley v Gillingham results:

28/2/15 Gillingham 0-1 Barnsley (George Waring 56) (League One)

23/8/14 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane 22, Sam Winnall 30, Devante Cole 68, Dale Jennings 76) 4-1 Gillingham (Danny Kedwell 74) (League One)

10/1/06 Barnsley (Chris Shuker 15) 1-0 Gillingham (League One)

13/9/05 Gillingham 0-3 Barnsley (Chris Shuker 40, Paul Hayes 43, Daniel Nardiello 85) (League One)

22/12/01 Barnsley (Chris Lumsdon 16, Darren Barnard 21, Bruce Dyer 48, Gary Jones 78) 4-1 Gillingham (Chris Morgan og 45) (Division One)

25/8/01 Gillingham (Iffy Onuora 39, Marlon King 72,84) 3-0 Barnsley (Division One)

Overall Record:

Barnsley Wins: 13

Gillingham Wins: 6

Draws: 9

Barnsley Goals: 47

Gillingham Goals: 30

At Oakwell:

Barnsley Wins: 10

Gillingham Wins: 1

Draws: 3

Barnsley Goals: 34

Gillingham Goals: 13

First Met In League: Gillingham 1-0 Barnsley Wednesday 9^th September 1964, Third Division.

Biggest Win: Barnsley 5-1 Gillingham Saturday 17^th January 1970, Third Division.

Biggest Defeat: Gillingham 5-1 Barnsley Saturday 20^th January 1973, Fourth Division.

Last Home Win: Barnsley (Conor Hourihane 22, Sam Winnall 30, Devante Cole 68, Dale Jennings 76) 4-1 Gillingham (Danny Kedwell 74), Saturday 23^rd August 2014, League One.

Last Away Win: Gillingham 0-3 Barnsley (Chris Shuker 40, Paul Hayes 43, Daniel Nardiello 85) Tuesday 13^th September 2005, League One)

Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Iffy Onuora og 89) 1-1 Gillingham (Simon Ratcliffe 64) Tuesday 17^th September 1996, League Cup.

Last Away Draw: Gillingham 0-0 Barnsley Saturday 21^st October 2000, Division One.

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-1 Gillingham Saturday 24^th August 1968, Third Division.

Last Away Defeat: Gillingham (Iffy Onuora 39, Marlon King 72,84) 3-0 Barnsley Saturday 25^th August 2001, Division One.

Last Home Meeting:

Saturday 23^rd August 2014:

Barnsley 4 1 Gillingham Hourihane 22 Kedwell 74

Winnall 30

Cole 68

Jennings 76

Barnsley:

Adam Davies, Reece Brown, Joe Dudgeon, Lewin Nyatanga, Martin Cranie, Luke Berry, Keith Treacy (Dale Jennings 63), Conor Hourihane, Brad Abbott, Sam Winnall (Kane Hemmings 79), Leroy Lita (Devante Cole 64)

Unused substitutes:

Ross Turnbull, Jean-Yves Mvoto, Paul Digby, James Bree.

Manager: Danny Wilson 17^th December 2013- 12^th February 2015)

Gillingham:

Stephen Bywater, John Egan, Kortney Hause, Leon Legge, Aaron Morris (Josh Pritchard 61), Gavin Hoyte, Jake Hessenthaler, Jermaine McGlashan (Luke Norris 79), Bradley Dack, Danny Kedwell, Ben Dickenson (Cody McDonald 61)

Unused substitutes:

Glenn Norris, Matt Fish, Callum Davies, Antonio German.

Manager: Peter Taylor (13^th October 2013- 31^st December 2014)

Still at respective clubs:

Barnsley: 7 (Davies, Nyatanga, Hourihane, Abbott, Winnall, Digby, Bree)

Gillingham: 12 (Egan, Morris, Hessenthaler, McGlashan, Dack, Dickenson, Morris, Davies, Pritchard, McDonald, German, Norris)

Managers since last meeting (including caretakers):

Barnsley: 2 (Mark Burton/Paul Heckingbottom 2015, Lee Johnson 2015-present)

Gillingham: 2 (Andy Hessenthaler 2014-2015, Justin Edinburgh 2015-present)

This Season:

Last six 2015-2016 results:

Barnsley:

19/9/15 Blackpool 1-1 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane 8) (League One)

12/9/15 Barnsley (Watkins 22, Wabara 44, Nyatanga 59, Hourihane 76) 4–1 Swindon (League One)

5/9/15 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 38) 1-2 Shrewsbury (League One)

1/9/15 Scunthorpe 1-2 Barnsley (Lewin Nyatanga 62, Marley Watkins 76) Johnstones Paint Trophy)

29/8/15 Rochdale 3-0 Barnsley (League One)

26/8/15 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 22, Marley Watkins 28, Dan Crowley 60) 3–5 Everton (League Cup)

W: 2 D: 1 L: 3 F: 11 A: 13 GD: -2 Points: 4 * 1 win in cup

Gillingham:

19/9/15 Colchester 2-1 Gillingham (Luke Norris 7) (League One)

12/9/15 Gillingham (Doug Loft 17, Bradley Dack 81) 2–1 Blackpool (League One)

5/9/15 Gillingham (Jake Hessenthaler 66) 1-0 Doncaster (League One)

29/8/15 Peterborough 1-1 Gillingham (Adedeji Oshilaja 85) (League One)

25/8/15 Birmingham 2-0 Gillingham (League Cup)

22/8/15 Gillingham (Bradley Dack 37,82) 2-0 Wigan (League One)

W: 3 D: 1 L: 2 F: 7 A: 6 GD: +1 Points 10

Gillingham last time out:

Colchester 2-1 Gillingham:

Stuart Nelson, Ryan Jackson, John Egan, Max Ehmer, Brennan Dickenson (Bradley Garmston 45), Jordan Houghton, Doug Loft, Bradley Dack, Josh Wright (Jake Hessenthaler 64), Cody McDonald (Rory Donnelly 64), Luke Norris.

Unused Substitutes:

Ben Williamson, Glenn Morris, Aaron Morris, Emmanuel Osadebe.

Gillingham manager Justin Edinburgh said:

“I don’t think anything went wrong, possibly we were a bit too open and I don’t think we controlled the game as we have done, certainly away from home.

"Their goal came against the run of play, we started very well and in the first five minutes we did really control it but we never got back to that, even when we got level.”

Interesting Stats:

Barnsley have won each of their last five meetings with Gillingham, scoring 13 times and conceding just twice.

They have kept clean sheets in three of the past four meetings.

Two of the last three Oakwell meetings have finished 4-1 to the Reds.

In total the Gills have won just six times against Barnsley and only two of the last eight clashes.

Barnsley have lost just ONCE at Oakwell against Gillingham, which came in 1968, 11 meetings ago. The Reds have won eight of those 11 clashes, including each of the last four.

Gillingham have scored more than once against Barnsley in only two of the last ten meetings, Barnsley have managed to score at least THREE times in four of those.

Should they net three again this weekend they will reach 50 goals v the Gills in only 29 clashes.

Gillingham have made their best start to a season for three years. They have 17 points from eight matches and last Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Colchester was their first reverse of the season.

The Gills have won five of their first eight matches and scored 14 times -only Coventry and Bury with 15 have scored more- whilst conceding only six -only Walsall and Rochdale with five- have conceded less.

Compared to a perfect home record, Gillingham have an indifferent record away from the Priestfield Stadium. Justin Edinburgh’s side have won four out of four in front of their own supporters, but have managed just ONE win on the road. That was however in Yorkshire, when they triumphed 2-1 at Bradford last month.

Five of the six goals they have conceded this season have come away from home.

Despite being one of the division’s lowest conceders, Gillingham have kept only three clean sheets, but Colchester were the first side to net more than once against them.

They have yet to keep a clean sheet on the road this season and it is 10 matches since they last kept an away clean sheet.

However the Gills have scored in all eight games, the first time they have scored in all of their first eight matches since 2012-2013 when they were a League Two outfit.

As mentioned before, Gillingham were defeated at Colchester last time out, they are yet to suffer back to back defeats since Edinburgh arrived at the club in February.

They have won nearly half of their matches since the end of January (16 of 32 in all competitions)

Mad Sites:

www.barnsley-mad.co.uk

www.gillingham-mad.co.uk

Official Sites:

www.barnsleyfc.co.uk

www.gillinghamfootballclub.com

Other Fixtures:

Saturday 26^th September 2015:

3pm:

Bradford v Peterborough

Bury v Coventry