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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Aiden McGeadySunderland · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Alex MacDonaldGillingham · 1-1
  • 43'Missed penalty · Grant LeadbitterSunderland
  • 43'Goal · Grant LeadbitterSunderland · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Callum SlatteryGillingham
  • 90'Goal · J. GrahamGillingham · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

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