On Saturday Jan 29th, in week 30, Oxford United and Gillingham will play a match in Gillingham in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Gillingham sits at 23rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Shrewsbury Town. Neither Gillingham nor Shrewsbury Town could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Gillingham looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 2 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Oxford United recorded a 3-2 win against Sheffield Wednesday. Barry Bannan struck first for Sheffield Wednesday in the 7th minute on a feed from Massimo Luongo, then in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time, Marcus Samuel Michael McGuane sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Matty Taylor Finally they completed the comback in the 84th minute on a goal by Sam Winnall to cap off a wild match. Oxford United is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in The Kassam Stadium, Oxford United and Gillingham battled to a 1-1 draw. Matty Taylor scored the first goal for Oxford United in the 5th minute, then Alex MacDonald tied it up for Gillingham in the 30th minute on a feed from Robbie McKenzie squeezing out at least the one point for Gillingham.
Oxford United’s most prolific scorer has been Matty Taylor. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Robbie McKenzie and Stuart O’Keefe are the top scorers for Gillingham in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.