Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 March 2020

Result

Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham: match report

Sunderland drew with Gillingham 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 7 March 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Kyle Lafferty opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Kyle Lafferty (64') and Kyle Lafferty (83'). Gillingham scored through Mikael Mandron (74') and Mikael Mandron (90+6').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 5th on 58 points from 34 and Gillingham 11th on 50 points from 34. Sunderland went on to finish that season 8th with 59 points, and Gillingham 11th with 51.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-3 and Gillingham in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikael Mandron of Gillingham (8.8), ahead of Kyle Lafferty (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 1 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · J. GrahamGillingham
  • 42'Yellow card · A. ÖztürkSunderland
  • 43'Yellow card · Jordan RobertsGillingham
  • 44'Yellow card · Stuart O'KeefeGillingham
  • 64'Goal · Kyle LaffertySunderland · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Mikael MandronGillingham · 1-1
  • 83'Goal · Kyle LaffertySunderland · 2-1
  • 90+6'Goal · Mikael MandronGillingham · 2-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 0, Gillingham 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)

Jon McLaughlin, Jordan Willis, Alim Öztürk, Tom Flanagan, Luke O'Nien, George Dobson, Max Power, Denver Hume, Chris Maguire, Kyle Lafferty, Lynden Gooch

Gillingham line-up (4-4-2)

Jack Bonham, Barry Fuller, Max Ehmer, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Jordan Graham, Stuart O'Keefe, Alfie Jones, Jordan Roberts, Brandon Hanlan, Mikael Mandron