Gillingham 1-4 Sunderland: result and report

League One · Wednesday 22 August 2018

Result

Gillingham 1-4 Sunderland

League One · Wednesday 22 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Gillingham 1-4 Sunderland: match report

Gillingham lost to Sunderland 1-4 in the League One on Wednesday 22 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-3.

Tom Eaves opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Gillingham's goal came from Tom Eaves (3'). Sunderland scored through Chris Maguire (4'), George Honeyman (18'), Max Power (20') and Josh Maja (59').

Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 8th on 6 points from 3 and Sunderland 5th on 7 points from 3. Gillingham went on to finish that season 13th with 55 points, and Sunderland 4th with 89.

Going into the match Gillingham's last five read L-W-W and Sunderland's W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 1-0
  • 4'Goal · Chris MaguireSunderland · 1-1
  • 18'Goal · George HoneymanSunderland · 1-2
  • 20'Goal · Max PowerSunderland · 1-3
  • 43'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 51'Yellow card · Max EhmerGillingham
  • 59'Goal · Josh MajaSunderland · 1-4
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Denver HumeSunderland

Team news

Gillingham line-up

Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Bradley Garmston, Mark Byrne, Max Ehmer, Gabriel Zakuani, Regan Charles-Cook, Josh Parker, Brandon Hanlan, Tom Eaves, Billy Bingham

Sunderland line-up

Jon McLaughlin, Donald Love, Reece James, Max Power, Glenn Loovens, Jack Baldwin, Lynden Gooch, Lee Cattermole, Josh Maja, George Honeyman, Chris Maguire