Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 January 2021
Result
Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham
League One · Saturday 30 January 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham: match report
Sunderland drew with Gillingham 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 30 January 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Aiden McGeady opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Aiden McGeady (6') and Grant Leadbitter (43'). Gillingham scored through Alex MacDonald (28') and J. Graham (90').
Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 39 points from 23 and Gillingham 12th on 33 points from 24. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Gillingham 10th with 67.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Gillingham in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Grant Leadbitter of Sunderland (8.4), ahead of Vadaine Oliver (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 1 draw and 1 for Gillingham.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Gillingham's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Aiden McGeady
- 28'Goal · Alex MacDonald
- 43'Missed penalty · Grant Leadbitter
- 43'Goal · Grant Leadbitter
- 87'Yellow card · Callum Slattery
- 90'Goal · J. Graham
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-2-2-2)
Lee Burge, Max Power, Jordan Willis, Tom Flanagan, Callum McFadzean, Grant Leadbitter, Josh Scowen, Jack Diamond, Aiden McGeady, Aiden O'Brien, Charlie Wyke
Gillingham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Robbie Cundy, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Kyle Dempsey, Callum Slattery, Jordan Graham, Oliver Lee, A. MacDonald, Vadaine Oliver