Gillingham 2-1 Morecambe: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 August 2021
Result
Gillingham 2-1 Morecambe
League One · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Gillingham 2-1 Morecambe: match report
Gillingham won against Morecambe 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Mustapha Carayol opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Mustapha Carayol (4') and Vadaine Oliver (79', penalty). Morecambe scored through Cole Stockton (25').
Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Morecambe received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gillingham were 18th on 2 points from 3 and Morecambe 11th on 4 points from 3. Gillingham went on to finish that season 21st with 40 points, and Morecambe 19th with 42.
Gillingham lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Morecambe in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Adshead of Gillingham (8.0), ahead of Greg Leigh (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Gillingham wins, 3 draws and 1 for Morecambe.
Going into the match Gillingham's last five read D-L-D and Morecambe's L-W-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Mustapha Carayol
- 25'Goal · Cole Stockton
- 46'Yellow card · Ryan Cooney
- 51'Yellow card · Sam Lavelle
- 79'Penalty goal · Vadaine Oliver
- 90+1'Yellow card · Vadaine Oliver
Head-to-head
Team news
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Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jamie Cumming, Ryan Jackson, Max Ehmer, Jack Tucker, Robbie McKenzie, Stuart O'Keefe, Daniel Adshead, Ben Reeves, Kyle Dempsey, Vadaine Oliver, Mustapha Carayol
Morecambe line-up (4-3-3)
J. Andrésson, Ryan Cooney, Sam Lavelle, Anthony O'Connor, Greg Leigh, Toumani Diagouraga, Callum Jones, Adam Phillips, Arthur Gnahoua, Cole Stockton, Josh McPake