Gillingham 1-2 Sunderland: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 October 2021
Result
Gillingham 1-2 Sunderland
League One · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Gillingham 1-2 Sunderland: match report
Gillingham were beaten by Sunderland 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 16 October 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Danny Lloyd opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Gillingham's goal came from Danny Lloyd (24', penalty). Sunderland scored through Aiden O'Brien (45+3') and Tom Flanagan (54').
Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Gillingham were 19th on 11 points from 12 and Sunderland 4th on 22 points from 10. Gillingham went on to finish that season 21st with 40 points, and Sunderland 3rd with 91.
Gillingham lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ron-Thorben Hoffmann of Sunderland (8.0), level with Tom Flanagan (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Gillingham win, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Gillingham's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Sunderland's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 24'Penalty goal · Danny Lloyd
- 43'Yellow card · D. Cirkin
- 45+3'Goal · Aiden O'Brien
- 54'Goal · Tom Flanagan
- 67'Red card · E. Embleton
- 84'Yellow card · Ross Stewart
- 90+3'Yellow card · Charlie Kelman
Head-to-head
Team news
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Gillingham line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jamie Cumming, Ryan Jackson, Jack Tucker, Max Ehmer, Robbie McKenzie, Rhys Bennett, Danny Lloyd, Kyle Dempsey, Stuart O'Keefe, Mustapha Carayol, Vadaine Oliver
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Carl Winchester, Tom Flanagan, Callum Doyle, Dennis Cirkin, Luke O'Nien, Dan Neil, Elliot Embleton, Alex Pritchard, Aiden O'Brien, Ross Stewart