In this week 41 match on the 2nd of April, Gillingham will travel to Sunderland to battle Sunderland in a League One match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 7th placed Sunderland is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Lincoln City. Neither Lincoln City nor Sunderland could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Sunderland is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while gillingham sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Accrington Stanley. Charlie Kelman struck first for Gillingham in the 64th minute, then Vadaine Oliver added another in the 73rd minute. Gillingham is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Oct 16th, Sunderland was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Danny Lloyd struck first for Gillingham in the 25th minute on a penalty kick, then Aiden O’Brien tied it up for Sunderland in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick Finally they completed the comback in the 54th minute on a goal by Tom Flanagan to cap off a wild match.
Charlie Kelman has been the most effective weapon for Gillingham lately. The English attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches. Ross Stewart has been the most prolific scorer on Sunderland in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.