Gillingham 2-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Gillingham 2-2 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 24 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Gillingham 2-2 Northampton Town: match report

Gillingham drew with Northampton Town 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 24 April 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Vadaine Oliver opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Vadaine Oliver (11') and Olly Lee (68'). Northampton Town scored through Ryan Edmondson (79') and Fraser Horsfall (83').

Discipline: Gillingham received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 9th on 62 points from 43 and Northampton Town 21st on 43 points from 43. Gillingham went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.

Gillingham lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Lee of Gillingham (7.8), level with J. Mitchell (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Gillingham wins, 2 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Vadaine OliverGillingham · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Ryan WatsonNorthampton Town
  • 32'Yellow card · Stuart O'KeefeGillingham
  • 40'Yellow card · Joseph MillsNorthampton Town
  • 42'Yellow card · Robbie CundyGillingham
  • 55'Yellow card · Bryn MorrisNorthampton Town
  • 68'Goal · Olly LeeGillingham · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Dominic SamuelGillingham
  • 79'Goal · Ryan EdmondsonNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 83'Goal · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gillingham 6, draws 2, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Robbie Cundy, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Kyle Dempsey, Stuart O'Keefe, A. MacDonald, Oliver Lee, Dominic Samuel, Vadaine Oliver

Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)

J. Mitchell, Peter Kioso, Lloyd Jones, Fraser Horsfall, Joseph Mills, Shaun McWilliams, Bryn Morris, Ryan Watson, Sam Hoskins, Alex Jones, Mickel Miller